Visit Bardney Places

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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Bardney

  

Bardney Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Bardney

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Bardney history

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Two Roman artefacts have been found in Bardney; a gemstone and a coin. The place-name is Old English in origin, and means “island of a man called Bearda” It occurs in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, under the year 716, as “Bearddanig”, and in Domesday Book as “Bardenai”

Bardney Abbey

Bardney Abbey was founded before 679, perhaps as double house of monks and nuns. It was destroyed by the Danes circa 860. Refounded 1087 as a Priory, it became a Benedictine Abbey in 1115.

Lost villages

Near the Abbey is the site of the Deserted Medieval Village of Butyate, which was demolished in 1959, and converted to farmland. There is another abandoned village associated with the former chapels of St Lawrence and St Andrew, north of modern Bardney.

Transport

Bardney was a junction for the Branch Line to Louth via Wragby and the Lincolnshire Loop Line. The Louth to Bardney Line closed as well as the Loop Line in 1970. The route of the old railway has been converted into a cycle-track.

Great Western Express Festival

In 1972 the area was host to the Great Western Express Festival, a four-day pop concert (also known as the Bardney Festival) Funded by Lord Harlech and the actor Stanley Baker (amongst others) it attracted 30,000 people to the venue.

You can visit Bardney places with Walkfo Bardney to hear history at Bardney’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Bardney has 12 places to visit in our interactive Bardney map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Bardney, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Bardney places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Bardney & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 12 audio facts unique to Bardney places in an interactive Bardney map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Bardney Places Map
12 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Bardney historic spots	Bardney tourist destinations	Bardney plaques	Bardney geographic features
Walkfo Bardney tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Bardney

  

Best Bardney places to visit

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Bardney has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Bardney’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Bardney’s information audio spots:

Burreth, Lincolnshire Burreth (also occasionally Burgrede) is a now-deserted village in Lincolnshire. Burreth is also known as Burreth, or Burreth.

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