Place:Queensbury, West Riding of Yorkshire, England

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NameQueensbury
Alt namesQueensburysource: from redirect
Queensheadsource: Family History Library CatalogClayton Heights|village in parish
Horton Bank Topsource: village in parish
Amblerthornsource: hamlet in parish
Ambler Thornsource: another spelling of above
Calder Bankssource: hamlet in parish
Catherine Slacksource: hamlet in parish
Hazel Hirstsource: hamlet in parish
Hunger Hillsource: hamlet in parish
Little Moorsource: hamlet in parish
Mountainsource: hamlet in parish
Old Dolphinsource: hamlet in parish
Scarlet Heightssource: hamlet in parish
Shibden Headsource: hamlet in parish
West Scholessource: hamlet in parish
TypeCivil parish, Urban district
Coordinates53.767°N 1.833°W
Located inWest Riding of Yorkshire, England     (1894 - 1974)
Also located inWest Yorkshire, England     (1974 - )
Yorkshire, England    
See alsoClayton (near Bradford), West Riding of Yorkshire, Englandparish from which it was part created in 1894
Northowram, West Riding of Yorkshire, Englandparish from which it was part created in 1894
Queensbury and Shelf, West Riding of Yorkshire, Englandurban district of which it was a part 1937-1974
Bradford (metropolitan borough), West Yorkshire, Englandmetropolitan borough of which it has been a part since 1974
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Queensbury is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. Perched on a high vantage point above Clayton (near Bradford) and Thornton (near Bradford) and overlooking Bradford itself, Queensbury is one of the highest parishes in England, with fine views beyond the West Yorkshire conurbation to the hills of Brontë Country and the Yorkshire Dales to the north and northwest. It has a population of 16,273 in the 2011 UK Census.

Queensbury is most famous as being the home of Black Dyke Mills, and the Black Dyke Band. The town was originally known as Queenshead.

The village was historically divided between the township of Clayton in the parish of Bradford, and the township of Northowram in the parish of Halifax. The whole area was in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It became a separate civil parish and urban district in 1894. In 1937 the civil parish was abolished, and the urban district was merged into the new Queensbury and Shelf Urban District (Shelf being another urban district immediately to the east). In 1974 the urban district was split. Queensbury was transferred to the City of Bradford and Shelf went to Calderdale, both in the new administrative county of West Yorkshire.

Queensbury includes the villages of Clayton Heights and Horton Bank Top as well as several hamlets: Ambler Thorn, Calder Banks, Catherine Slack, Hazel Hirst, Hunger Hill, Little Moor, Mountain, Old Dolphin, Scarlet Heights, Shibden Head and West Scholes.

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