Horsforth

{{short description|Town and civil parish in West Yorkshire, England}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| official_name = Horsforth

| coordinates = {{coord|53.837|-1.643|type:city(20000)_region:GB|display=inline,title}}

| pushpin_map = United Kingdom Leeds

| population = 18,895

| population_ref = (2011 Census){{NOMIS2011|id=1170211013|title=Horsforth Parish|access-date=24 April 2018}}

| civil_parish = Horsforth

| metropolitan_borough = City of Leeds

| metropolitan_county = West Yorkshire

| region = Yorkshire and the Humber

| constituency_westminster = Leeds North West

| post_town = LEEDS

| postcode_district = LS18

| postcode_area = LS

| dial_code = 0113

| os_grid_reference = SE236376

| static_image_name = TownStreetHorsforth.jpg

| static_image_caption = Town Street, Horsforth

| website = {{URL|horsforthtowncouncil.gov.uk}}

}}

Horsforth is a town and civil parish in the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, five miles north-west of Leeds city centre. Historically a village within the West Riding of Yorkshire, it had a population of 18,895 at the 2011 Census. It became part of the City of Leeds metropolitan borough in 1974. In 1999, a civil parish was created for the area, and the parish council voted to rename itself a town council. The area is within the Horsforth ward of Leeds City Council, which also includes the southern part of Rawdon.{{cite web | url = http://www.leeds.gov.uk/docs/Horsforth%20ward.pdf | title = Horsforth Ward | publisher = Leeds City Council | year = 2015 | access-date = 17 May 2017 | archive-date = 26 October 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211026155257/https://www.leeds.gov.uk/docs/Horsforth%2520ward.pdf | url-status = dead }}

History

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Horsforth was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Horseford, Horseforde, Hoseforde; but late-ninth-century coins with the legend ORSNA FORD and OHSNA FORD may have come from Horsforth. The name derives from Old English hors or, to judge from the coins, *horsa ('horse') in the genitive plural form horsa/horsna + ford 'ford', thus meaning 'horses' ford'.{{cite book|last1=Watts|first1=Victor|last2=Gelling|first2=John|title=The Cambridge dictionary of English place-names : based on the collections of the English Place-Name Society|date=2004|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=New York|isbn=9780521362092|page=3|edition=1}} This refers to a river crossing on the River Aire (possibly at Newlay), that was subsequently used to transport woollen goods to and from Pudsey, Shipley and Bradford. The original ford was situated off Calverley Lane, but was replaced by a stone footbridge at the turn of the 19th century.

The three unnamed Saxon thegns who held the land at the Conquest gave way to the king who granted it to lesser Norman nobles,{{cite web|title=Horsforth CA|url=http://www.leeds.gov.uk/docs/horsforth%20caa%20for%20full%20designation-final%20version%20adjusted.pdf|website=Leeds City Council|publisher=LCC|access-date=26 November 2015|page=5|date=10 November 2008}} but not long after most of the village came under the control of Kirkstall Abbey, a Cistercian house founded in 1152 on the bank of the River Aire downstream of Horsforth.

After the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539, Horsforth was partitioned and sold to five families, one of them – the Stanhopes – achieved supremacy and controlled the village for the next 300 years. The estate record of the Stanhopes is regarded as one of the most extensive and important collections of its kind, complementing the extensive medieval record associated with Kirkstall Abbey.

Until the mid 19th century, Horsforth was an agricultural community but it expanded rapidly with the growth of the nearby industrial centre of Leeds. A tannery business was founded at Woodside in about 1820 by the Watson family. It was on the eastern edge of their small farm, and memorialised by Tanhouse Hill Lane. The business became a soap manufacturer and moved to Whitehall Road in Leeds in 1861 and under the chairmanship of Joseph Watson junior, created Baron Manton in 1922, as Joseph Watson & Sons Ltd, became the largest soap supplier to the northeast of England, second in size nationally only to Lever Brothers.Wilson, Charles. History of Unilever, London, 1954. Vol.1 Industrially, Horsforth has a history of producing high-quality stone from its quarries. Not only did it supply Kirkstall Abbey with building materials and millstones in the medieval period, it provided the stone for Scarborough's seafront and sent sandstone from Golden Bank Quarry as far afield as Egypt. Situated on Horsforth Beck (Oil Mill Beck) were mills serving the textile trade.

Between 1861 and 1862, there was an outbreak of typhoid.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=htEDAAAAYAAJ&q=horsforth&pg=PA406 |title=Epidemiological Society of London, Transactions (in GoogleBooks) |year=1863 |access-date=10 January 2012}}

Horsforth was historically a township in the parish of Guiseley. It became a separate civil parish in 1866.{{cite web|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10434233/relationships|title=Horsforth CP/Ch through time – Census tables with data for the Parish-level Unit|website=www.visionofbritain.org.uk|access-date=8 April 2018}} In the late-19th century it achieved note as the village with the largest population in England.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}} Railways, turnpike roads, tramways and the nearby canal made it a focus for almost all forms of public and commercial transport and it became a dormitory suburb of Leeds. The civil parish became Horsforth Urban District in 1894. The parish and urban district were abolished in 1974 and merged into the new City of Leeds metropolitan district. In 1999 Horsforth became a civil parish and a parish council was created, which exercised its right to declare Horsforth a town.{{cite web | url=https://www.horsforthtowncouncil.gov.uk/The_Council_32391.aspx | title=Horsforth Town Council | access-date = 12 March 2024}}

File:7th Airedale St Margaret's Scouts and Guides - New Road Side - geograph.org.uk - 1600453.jpg

Horsforth Village Museum{{cite web|url=http://www.ukattraction.com/yorkshire/horsforth-museum.htm |title=Horsforth Museum, Leeds – Yorkshire |publisher=UK Attraction |access-date=10 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302002845/http://www.ukattraction.com/yorkshire/horsforth-museum.htm |archive-date=2 March 2012 }} has collections and displays illustrating aspects of life set against the backdrop of the changing role of the village.

During the Second World War the £241,000 required to build the corvette HMS Aubrietia was raised entirely by the people of Horsforth. In 2000 the US President Bill Clinton acknowledged Horsforth's contribution to the war effort in a letter sent to MP Paul Truswell.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/773913.stm |title=Storm over U-boat film |work=BBC News |date=2 June 2000 |access-date=10 January 2012}} The letter is in the museum. The Scout and Guide hut on New Road Side was requisitioned during the war as an emergency mortuary for the factories based around what is now Leeds Bradford Airport (Yeadon Aerodrome at the time), but it was never needed.{{cite web|last1=Sheerin|first1=Joseph|title=What Horsforth Used to Look Like|url=https://leeds-list.com/culture/leeds-past/what-horsforth-used-to-look-like/|website=leeds-list.com|access-date=24 April 2018|date=22 February 2016}} The building was later used as a cafe, serving as a popular stop-off on the way out to Otley, Ilkley and the Dales, before being purchased by the scouts and guides.{{when|date=May 2012}}

In October 2020 Horsforth was named the most musical village in Britain as it was revealed that 22 home-grown acts were in the running for the charts with their latest singles.{{cite news|website=Express.co.uk |url=https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/1348015/Leeds-suburb-music-hub-pop-music |title=Leeds suburb is music hub of pop with 22 acts vying for charts |date=15 October 2020 |accessdate= 13 November 2020}}

Transport

=Rail=

File:Horsforth station.jpg looking south towards Leeds]]

File:Newlay & Horsforth station geograph-2165895.jpg with a freight train in 1964]]

Horsforth railway station is on the Harrogate line between Harrogate and Leeds. The station is just outside the Horsforth parish boundary, on the Cookridge side of Moseley Beck.

Kirkstall Forge railway station is located in Kirkstall near the boundary with Horsforth, around two miles from Horsforth station. It is on the Leeds to Bradford Line between Leeds City and Shipley and was opened on 19 June 2016, near the site of an earlier station with the same name.

Newlay station, which was built by the Midland Railway, was renamed Newlay & Horsforth station in 1889. It was situated south of the River Aire and was accessible from Horsforth on Pollard Lane which connects Horsforth to Bramley.{{cite web|url=http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&X=424000.083541348&Y=436500.93831502&width=700&height=400&gride=424042.083541348&gridn=438498.93831502&srec=0&coordsys=gb&db=freegaz&addr1=&addr2=&addr3=&pc=&advanced=&local=&localinfosel=&kw=&inmap=&table=&ovtype=&keepicon=true&zm=0&scale=10000&up.x=296&up.y=9 |title=Multi Map |publisher=Multi Map |access-date=10 January 2012}} The station on the Airedale line was renamed Newlay station in 1961. It closed on 22 March 1965, along with other stations on the Airedale line: Armley Canal Road, Kirkstall, Calverley & Rodley and Apperley Bridge.

=Bus=

The town is served by several bus routes:

23 (formerly 6) – Holt Park to Leeds city centre via Horsforth
8 – Pudsey to Cross Gates via Horsforth
9 – Seacroft to Holt Park via Rothwell Rodley and Pudsey evenings and Sundays
19A – Yeadon to East Garforth via Horsforth, Cookridge, Headlingley, Burley, Leeds city centre & Halton{{cite web|url=https://www.firstgroup.com/leeds/plan-journey/timetables/?day=1&source_id=2&service=19/19A&routeid=19214441&operator=16&source=sp|title=Timetables {{!}} Leeds |website=First UK Bus|access-date=16 December 2017}}
27 (formerly 97) – Leeds city centre to Guiseley via Headingley, Horsforth & Yeadon
31, 32 – Horsforth Town Circular
33, 34 – Leeds city centre to Guiseley/Otley via Kirkstall, New Road Side, Guiseley & Menston
50, 50A – Horsforth (The Green) to Seacroft via Burley city centre & Harehills
A1 – Leeds to Otley via New Road Side, Leeds Bradford Airport

=Airport=

The nearest airport is Leeds Bradford Airport, in neighbouring Yeadon approximately 2.6 miles away.

Education

Leeds Trinity University, formerly Leeds Trinity University College, is an independent university after a period as an accredited college of the University of Leeds. The residential campus is located off Brownberrie Lane, Horsforth.

The further education college Leeds City College has a former site in Horsforth which was called the Horsforth Campus which has lain redundant since it closed in June 2017. Housing has now been built on the site.{{cite web |last1=Murphy |first1=Lizzie |title=Leeds City College site to be transformed into 152 affordable homes |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/leeds-city-college-site-to-be-transformed-into-152-affordable-homes-3448343 |website=Yorkshire Post |access-date=20 November 2023}} It was previously part of Park Lane College.

The main secondary school is Horsforth School.{{cite web|url=http://www.horsforthschool.org/|title=Horsforth school |publisher=Horsforth.leeds.sch.uk |access-date=29 July 2015}} Horsforth's state sector primary schools are West End Lane Primary School, St Margaret's Primary School, Newlaithes Primary School, Westbrook Lane Primary School, Broadgate Lane Primary School, St Mary's Catholic Primary School and Featherbank Primary School.

Featherbank School opened in 1911 as a primary school, replacing the Grove Day School. The school's infant department was moved to the Grove Methodist Church on Stanhope Drive in 1933, but in 1960 transferred to the Featherbank School annexe. In 1972 Featherbank juniors (7–11 years) were allocated places at the newly built Newlaithes Junior School, at which point Featherbank became purely an infants' school (4–7 years).{{cite web|url=http://www.featherbank.leeds.sch.uk/keyinfo_detail.asp?Section=3&Ref=13 |title=school history |publisher=Featherbank.leeds.sch.uk |access-date=10 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227071516/http://www.featherbank.leeds.sch.uk/keyinfo_detail.asp?Section=3&Ref=13 |archive-date=27 February 2012 }} In September 2011 Featherbank reverted to being a full primary school.

There is a private primary school, The Froebelian School, providing independent preparatory education.

Architecture

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Horsforth has a large percentage of sandstone buildings sourced from local quarries, more than any other part of Leeds. A draft design statement[http://www.leeds.gov.uk/files/Internet2007/2010/46/hds%20final%20copy.pdf "Horsforth Design Statement"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812181106/http://leeds.gov.uk/files/Internet2007/2010/46/hds%20final%20copy.pdf |date=12 August 2011 }}, requires Pdf download. Retrieved 10 January 2012 was produced in 2010, which summarises much of the architectural and historical character.

Churches

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The main churches in Horsforth are;

Lister Hill Baptist Church{{cite web |title=Lister Hill Baptist Church |url=http://www.lhbc.org.uk |access-date=10 January 2012 |publisher=www.lhbc.org.uk}}
Cragg Hill Baptist Church{{cite web|url=http://www.spbc.org.uk/cragg.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120913024515/http://www.spbc.org.uk/cragg.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 September 2012 |title=Cragg Hill Congregation |publisher=South Parade Baptist Church |access-date=10 January 2012 }}
St Margaret's Church of England{{cite web|url=http://www.stmargaretshorsforth.org.uk/ |title=St Margaret's Church Horsforth|publisher=Stmargaretshorsforth.org.uk |access-date=10 January 2012}}
St James Woodside Church of England{{cite web|url=http://www.stjameswoodside.org/ |title=St James, Woodside |publisher=Stjameswoodside.org |access-date=10 January 2012}}
Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/PhotoFrames/WRY/HorsforthKingdomHall_RT.html "The Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, Calverley Lane, Horsforth"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924124207/http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/PhotoFrames/WRY/HorsforthKingdomHall_RT.html |date=24 September 2015 }}, GENUKI.org.uk. Retrieved 10 January 2012
Central Methodist Church, Town Street[https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/100634 "Central Methodist Church, Town Street, Horsforth, Leeds"], Geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 10 January 2012
Grove Methodist Church{{cite web|url=http://www.grovemethodist.org.uk/ |title=Grove Methodist Church, Horsforth, Leeds |publisher=Grovemethodist.org.uk |date=6 January 2012 |access-date=10 January 2012}}
Woodside Methodist ChurchThomson, Richard; [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/Misc/Transcriptions/WRY/WoodsideMethodist.html "Woodside Methodist Church, Outwood Lane, Horsforth, Leeds"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924121356/http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/Misc/Transcriptions/WRY/WoodsideMethodist.html |date=24 September 2015 }}, Genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 10 January 2012
Willow Green Christian Fellowship Pentecostal[http://grovemethodist.org.uk/content/together.html Horsforth Churches Together], Grovemethodist.org.uk. Retrieved 10 January 2012
St Mary's Roman Catholic Church[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/PhotoFrames/WRY/HorsforthStMaryRC_RT.html "St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Horsforth"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924124217/http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/PhotoFrames/WRY/HorsforthStMaryRC_RT.html |date=24 September 2015 }}, Genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 10 January 2012
Leeds Trinity University campus chapel[http://www.leedstrinity.ac.uk/aboutus/CatholicIdentity/Pages/HistoryoftheChapel.aspx "History of the Chapel"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321103319/http://leedstrinity.ac.uk/aboutus/CatholicIdentity/Pages/HistoryoftheChapel.aspx |date=21 March 2015 }}, Leedstrinity.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 January 2012
Comboni Missionaries, Brownberrie Lane[http://www.comboni.org.uk/uk__eire.html Comboni Missionaries] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923205552/http://www.comboni.org.uk/uk__eire.html |date=23 September 2015 }}, Comboni.org.uk. Retrieved 10 January 2012
Emmanuel Baptist Church[https://www.ebcleeds.org.uk/contact], Ebcleeds.org.uk. Retrieved 7 August 2018
Mosaic Church[https://mosaic-church.org.uk/gatherings/north], mosaic-church.org.uk. Retrieved 23 May 2020

Sports clubs and facilities

AFC Horsforth; Based at The Old Ball
AFC Horsforth Junior Club; Trinity and All Saints College.
Yarnbury Rugby Club{{cite web|url=https://www.pitchero.com/clubs/yarnbury/|title=Yarnbury RFC |publisher=Pitchero.com |access-date=24 April 2021}}
Horsforth Saints FC{{cite web|url=https://www.pitchero.com/clubs/horsforthsaintsfc|title=Horsforth Saints FC |publisher=Pitchero.com |access-date=24 April 2021}}
Horsforth St Margaret's AFC{{cite web|url=https://www.hsmfc.co.uk/|title=Horsforth St Margaret's FC |access-date=24 April 2021}}
Horsforth Cricket Club{{cite web|url=https://www.horsforthsportsclub.co.uk/cricket/|title=Horsforth Cricket Club|access-date=24 April 2021}}
Horsforth Hall Park Cricket Club
Horsforth Harriers running club{{cite web|url=http://www.horsforthharriers.co.uk |title=Horsforth Harriers Running Club |publisher=Horsforthharriers.co.uk |access-date=10 January 2012}}
Horsforth Fellandale running club{{cite web|url=https://www.fellandale.com |title=Horsforth Fellandale Running Club |publisher=Fellandale.com|access-date=7 August 2018}}
Horsforth Golf Club
Old Ball Football Pitches (Home of Horsforth St Margaret's FC)
Cragg Hill Football Pitches (Home of Horsforth St Margaret's FC and AFC Horsforth Reserves)
The Rec football pitch (Home of Horsforth Ringway)
Horsforth School Astroturf (Owned by Horsforth School)
Horsforth School Football and Rugby Pitches (Owned by Horsforth School and Home of AFC Horsforth Firsts)
Horsforth Ladies Hockey Club
West Yorkshire Wolves Junior Rugby League Club
Horsforth Tennis Club{{cite web|url=https://clubspark.lta.org.uk/HorsforthTennisClub|title=Horsforth Throstle Nest Tennis Club|access-date=24 April 2021}}
LS18 Rocks Music School{{cite web|url=http://www.ls18rocks.com/|title=LS18 Rocks|access-date=24 April 2021}}

Nightlife

Given its size, Horsforth has a relatively high number of bars and pubs of varying types from traditional pubs going back to the 17th century to more modern café bars and lounges. Horsforth Town Street has the highest concentration of these with several bars and pubs within a short distance of each other. Other popular night life areas include Station Road and New Road Side.{{cite web|url=http://pubsinhorsforth.co.uk/|title=Pubs In Horsforth – A Guide to the Bars and Pubs of Horsforth in Leeds|website=Pubs In Horsforth|access-date=8 April 2018}}

Notable people

Although originally from London, in the 1970s the former leader of the Labour Party Ed Miliband attended Featherbank Primary School,[http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/at-a-glance/main-section/once-a-featherbanker-ed-miliband-returns-to-the-horsforth-school-that-fostered-his-love-of-leeds-united-1-3874753 "'Once a Featherbanker...' Ed Miliband returns to the Horsforth school that fostered his love of Leeds United"], Yorkshire Post, 14 October 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2012 and his brother David Miliband attended Newlaithes Primary School,McIntyre, Annette [http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/archive/2010/06/24/Otley+%26+Aireborough+News+%28news_otleyaire%29/8237015.Miliband_says_school_taught_him_a_lot______/ ". . . and that he would never be a professional footballer"], Telegraph & Argus, 24 June 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2012 when their father Ralph Miliband was a professor at the University of Leeds{{cite web|url=http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/miliband/ralphMiliband.htm |title=Ralph Miliband biography, London School of Economics website |publisher=Lse.ac.uk |date=24 November 2010 |access-date=10 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527213412/http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/miliband/ralphMiliband.htm |archive-date=27 May 2010 }}
The footballer James Milner who attended Horsforth School and used to play for Leeds United, Newcastle United, Aston Villa, Manchester City and Liverpool. He currently plays for Brighton and Hove Albion and was an English International Footballer.{{cite news|last1=Newton|first1=Grace|title=Leeds suburb named one of England's best places to live|url=https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/leeds-suburb-named-one-of-england-s-best-places-to-live-1-8431804|access-date=30 April 2018|work=Yorkshire Evening Post|date=10 March 2017}}
The actors Matthew Lewis (Neville Longbottom in the Harry Potter film series), Patric Knowles and Frazer Hines
The keyboard player Nick Baines, from the Kaiser Chiefs{{cite news|last1=Woodward|first1=Grant|title=Kaiser kickabout|url=https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/kaiser-kickabout-1-2134900|access-date=30 April 2018|work=Yorkshire Evening Post|date=18 October 2005}}
The singer Marc Almond, who was educated at Featherbank Primary School{{cite web|last1=Haywood|first1=Jo|title=Ten reasons to love Horsforth|url=http://www.yorkshirelife.co.uk/out-about/places/ten-reasons-to-love-horsforth-1-1957101|website=Yorkshire Life|access-date=24 April 2018|date=9 January 2016}}
David Oxtoby, artist{{cite news|title=Leeds artist rocking again with new show|url=https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/leeds-artist-rocking-again-with-new-show-1-7778626|access-date=30 April 2018|work=Yorkshire Evening Post|date=7 March 2016}}
Actor Malcolm McDowell, famous for his film roles including If...., A Clockwork Orange and O Lucky Man!.
Alistair and Jonny Brownlee (triathlon)
Paralympic gold medallist David Stone{{cite web|url=http://www.horsforthtoday.co.uk/sport/Dave-Stone-Horsforth-cyclist-wins.4502213.jp |title=Dave Stone: Horsforth cyclist wins second Paralympics gold – Sport – Yorkshire Evening Post |publisher=Horsforthtoday.co.uk |date=17 September 2008 |access-date=10 January 2012}}
Olympic cycling bronze medallist Jonny Clay{{cite web|url=http://www.horsforthtoday.co.uk/news/Jonny-Clay-Horsforth39s-own-Olympic.4431632.jp |title=Jonny Clay in Horsforth Today |publisher=Horsforthtoday.co.uk |date=27 August 2008 |access-date=10 January 2012}}
Sean Conlon who was in the boyband Five, grew up in Horsforth and attended St Mary's RC Primary School.
BTCC racing driver Sam Tordoff{{cite news|last1=Sobot|first1=Lee|title=Motorsport: Tordoff confident of being in the touring car title race|url=http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/other-sport/motorsport-tordoff-confident-of-being-in-the-touring-car-title-race-1-6440469|access-date=30 April 2018|work=Yorkshire Evening Post|date=15 February 2014}}
Kathryn Apanowicz (1960–2025), a British actress notable for appearing in EastEnders.{{cite news|last1=Greaves|first1=Amanda|title=Kathryn to switch on Ilkley's Christmas lights|url=http://www.ilkleygazette.co.uk/news/8438967.Kathryn_to_switch_on_Ilkley_s_Christmas_lights/|access-date=24 April 2018|work=Ilkley Gazette|date=8 October 2010}}
Stanley Metcalfe (1932–2017), first-class cricketer
Frank Kershaw (1879–1959), first-class cricketer
Belinda O'Hooley, folk musician, born in Horsforth
Nia Archives, DJ, record producer, singer and songwriter{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/apr/12/nia-archives-interview-music-silence-is-loud

|title=‘I want to bring the party up north’: Nia Archives on unleashing a Yorkshire rave revolution|website=The Guardian|date=12 April 2024|access-date=13 April 2024}}

Gallery

File:LCW Horsforth.jpg|Leeds Country Way close to Horsforth

File:HorsforthMillennium.jpg|Horsforth Millennium Stone

References

External links

[http://www.HorsforthTownCouncil.gov.uk Horsforth Town council]
[http://www.horsforthtoday.co.uk Horsforth Today Online Newspaper]
[http://www.horsforthtoday.co.uk/ YEP Horsforth Today Community Website]
[http://www.horsforthonline.co.uk Horsforth Community website]
{{Genuki|county=WRY|Guiseley||Horsforth}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20080724085917/http://www.listerhill.ik.com/ Lister Hill Baptist Church]