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Ferrybridge
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Ferrybridge is a village in West Yorkshire, England. Ferrybridge lies at a historically important crossing of the River Aire which borders the North Yorkshire village of Brotherton. It is linked to other communities by the A1, which follows the route of the Great North Road. The village falls within the Knottingley ward of Wakefield City Council.
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- Locality
- Wakefield
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 1,491
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Wakefield
- Population
- 1491
- Image
- Ferrybridge.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01977
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- Ferrybridge
- OS grid reference
- SE475245
- historic county
- Yorkshire
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- The village
- History
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Ferrybridge is a village in West Yorkshire, England. Ferrybridge lies at a historically important crossing of the River Aire which borders the North Yorkshire village of Brotherton. It is linked to other communities by the A1, which follows the route of the Great North Road. The village falls within the Knottingley ward of Wakefield City Council.
The origin of the place-name is from Old Norse and means bridge by the ferry. It appears as Ferie in the Domesday Book of 1086 and as Ferybrig in 1198.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ferrybridge” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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