Place:Queensbury, Yorkshire, England

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NameQueensbury
Alt namesQueensheadsource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeInhabited place
Coordinates53.767°N 1.833°W
Located inYorkshire, England
Also located inWest Yorkshire, England    
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
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 and Thornton 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 north west. It has a population of 8,718.

Queensbury was originally known as Queenshead. That name was derived from a local pub (still existing) which was popular with travellers on the pack horse route from Halifax to Bradford.

Queensbury itself is most famous as being the home of Black Dyke Mills, and the Black Dyke Band.

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