Horsforth (England)
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Name (Hebrew)
הורספורת' (אנגליה)
Name (Latin)
Horsforth (England)
Coordinates
-1.642880555 -1.642880555 53.83413056 53.83413056 (gooearth )
W0013800 W0013800 N0535000 N0535000 (geonames )
Associated country
Great Britain
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Collins Britain atlas and gazetteer, 1999(Horsforth, W.Yorks.; suburb, 4m/7km NW of Leeds)
- GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 53°50ʹ00ʺN 001°38ʹ00ʺW)
- Grove vine, December 2016/January 2017:t.p. (Horsforth, Leeds)
- Wikipedia. viewed 18 January 2018(Horsforth; suburb and civil parish within the City of Leeds metropolitan bourough in West Yorkshire, England; historically, it was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire and an agricultural community but it expanded rapidly during the age of industrialisation and by the later 19th century, was considered to be the largest village in the UK; it became part of the City of Leeds metropolitan borough in 1974)
- NUCMC data from Maine Hist. Society for Longfellow, S. Letter, Oct. 1888(letter to A. Longfellow about the family and the old home at Horsforth)
- BGN, May 18, 2005(Horsforth; PPL; 5350N; 00138W; UK00)
Wikipedia description:
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.
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