Bardsey cum Rigton

Bardsey cum Rigton is a civil parish in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England.

[3] The parish includes the villages of Bardsey, East Rigton and Thornhurst.

The name of Bardsey is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Berdesei and Bereleseie, situated in the hundred of Skyrack.

Since the site is not in fact an island, it has been suggested that the name was metaphorical, referring to a hill rising, island-like, from flat ground.

[5]: 20 The name of East Rigton is likewise first attested in the Domesday Book, as Riston, Ritone, and Ritun.