Baildon

Other current and historical names

Beldone
Beldun
Beldune

Built-Up Area: Baildon
Parish/Community: Baildon
Unitary Authority: Bradford
Region: Yorkshire and The Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Town

Latitude/Longitude: 53°51'12"N 1°45'58"W
Eastings/Northings: 415470, 439712
OS Grid: SE154397
Mapcode Local: GBR JR3W.DD
Mapcode Global: WHC92.VD2R

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Baildon within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Baildon in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Baildon, vil. with ry. sta., Otley par., E. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 5 m. N. of Bradford, pop. 5430; P.O.

Baildon in the Domesday Book

A village in Skyrack hundred, in the county of Yorkshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Archbishop of York St Peter
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Archbishop of York
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Archbishop of York
- Taxable Value: 60 ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1066; £3 in 1086
- Households: 11 villagers; 19 smallholders; 5 freemen; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 11 men's ploughs (35 plough lands)
- Meadow: 4 acres
- Woodland: 2 mixed measures
- Churches: 1
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Gospatric son of Arnketil
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Erneis of Buron
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Erneis of Buron
- Taxable Value: 12 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066
- Woodland: 2 leagues

British Place Names

Baildon, Bradford

Baildon is a town in Bradford

Baildon in historic gazetteers

Baildon in the Domesday Book