History
The placename comes from the Old English Beardan e.g., island of a man called Bearda. In 731 Bede renders it Beardaneu and the Domesday Book as Bardenai.
Once the peaceful site of a mediaeval abbey, ruined in Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries, Agricultural improvement made the village prosperous in the 19th century. Improved transport, first on the River and then the arrival of several railways caused considerable expansion between the traditional centre of the village and the former riverside settlement of Bardney Ferry, where in 1894 the ferry was replaced by the present bridge. Largest of these was the huge British Sugar factory, built in 1927, which survived the closure of the railways but ceased processing on 9 February 2001.
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