Horbury (England)
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Name (Latin)
Horbury (England)
Other forms of name
nne Horbury (West Riding of Yorkshire)
Coordinates
-1.5566 -1.5566 53.6595 53.6595 (gooearth )
W0013337 W0013337 N0533938 N0533938 (geonames )
Associated country
Great Britain
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- The Will of Horbury, 1980:
- Col. Lipp., 1966
- A letter to the parishioners of Horbury, 1888.
- England, United Kingdom Map & Placename Index WWW Home page, 6 May 2005
Wikipedia description:
Horbury is a town in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is situated north of the River Calder about three miles (5 km) south west of Wakefield and two miles (3 km) to the south of Ossett. It includes the outlying areas of Horbury Bridge and Horbury Junction. At the 2001 census the Horbury and South Ossett ward of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council had a population of 10,002. At the 2011 census the population was 15,032. Old industries include woollens, engineering and building wagons for the railways. Horbury forms part of the Heavy Woollen District.
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