Editing Horsforth

{{short description|Town and civil parish in West Yorkshire, England}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
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| country                  = England
| official_name            = Horsforth
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| pushpin_map              = United Kingdom Leeds
| population               = 18,895
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| civil_parish             = Horsforth
| metropolitan_borough     = [[City of Leeds]]
| metropolitan_county      = [[West Yorkshire]]
| region                   = Yorkshire and the Humber
| constituency_westminster = [[Leeds North West (UK Parliament constituency)|Leeds North West]]
| post_town                = LEEDS
| postcode_district        = LS18
| postcode_area            = LS
| dial_code                = 0113
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| static_image_name        = TownStreetHorsforth.jpg
| static_image_caption     = Town Street, Horsforth
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'''Horsforth''' is a town and [[civil parishes in England|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.<ref name=":popstats:" /> 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)|Horsforth]] [[Ward (electoral subdivision)|ward]] of [[Leeds City Council]], which also includes the southern part of [[Rawdon, West Yorkshire|Rawdon]].<ref>{{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 }}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Horsforth Museum.jpg|thumb|left|Horsforth Museum]]
[[File:HorsforthHomeFront.JPG|thumb|left|The Home Front: Second World War display in Horsforth Museum]]
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 (river)|ford]]', thus meaning 'horses' ford'.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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, West Yorkshire|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 [[Anglo-Saxons|Saxon]] [[thegns]] who held the land at the [[Norman Conquest|Conquest]] gave way to the king who granted it to lesser [[Normans|Norman]] nobles,<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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, 1st Baron Manton|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]].<ref>Wilson, Charles. History of Unilever, London, 1954. Vol.1</ref> 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, North Yorkshire|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]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>

Horsforth was historically a [[Township (England)|township]] in the parish of [[Guiseley]]. It became a separate civil parish in 1866.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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 (Great Britain and Ireland)|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 councils in England|parish council]] was created, which exercised its right to declare Horsforth a town.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.horsforthtowncouncil.gov.uk/The_Council_32391.aspx | title=Horsforth Town Council | access-date = 12 March 2024}}</ref>

[[File:7th Airedale St Margaret's Scouts and Guides - New Road Side - geograph.org.uk - 1600453.jpg|thumb|Scout and Guide hut]]
Horsforth Village Museum<ref name=HM>{{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  }}</ref> 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 (K96)|HMS ''Aubrietia'']] was raised entirely by the people of Horsforth. In 2000 the [[President of the United States|US President]] [[Bill Clinton]] acknowledged Horsforth's contribution to the war effort in a letter sent to MP [[Paul Truswell]].<ref>{{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}}</ref> The letter is in the museum. The [[Scouting|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 International Airport|Leeds Bradford Airport]] (Yeadon Aerodrome at the time), but it was never needed.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==Transport==

===Rail===
[[File:Horsforth station.jpg|thumb|[[Horsforth railway station|Horsforth station]] looking south towards [[Leeds railway station|Leeds]]]]
[[File:Newlay & Horsforth station geograph-2165895.jpg|thumb|[[Newlay and Horsforth railway station|Newlay & Horsforth station]] with a freight train in 1964]]
[[Horsforth railway station]] is on the [[Harrogate line]] between [[Harrogate railway station|Harrogate]] and [[Leeds railway station|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 and Horsforth railway station|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, Leeds|Bramley]].<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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 railway station|Armley Canal Road]], [[Kirkstall railway station|Kirkstall]], [[Calverley and Rodley railway station|Calverley & Rodley]] and [[Apperley Bridge railway station|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, West Yorkshire|Rothwell]] [[Rodley, West Yorkshire|Rodley]] and Pudsey evenings and Sundays
* 19A – Yeadon to East Garforth via Horsforth, [[Cookridge]], [[Headingley|Headlingley]], [[Burley, Leeds|Burley]], Leeds city centre & [[Halton, Leeds|Halton]]<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* 27 (formerly 97) – Leeds city centre to Guiseley via [[Headingley]], Horsforth & [[Yeadon, West Yorkshire|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, Leeds|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, West Yorkshire|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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> It was previously part of Park Lane College.

The main [[Secondary school#England and Wales|secondary school]] is [[Horsforth School]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.horsforthschool.org/|title=Horsforth school |publisher=Horsforth.leeds.sch.uk |access-date=29 July 2015}}</ref> Horsforth's [[State school#United Kingdom|state]] sector [[Primary school#United Kingdom|primary school]]s 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 school|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).<ref>{{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  }}</ref> In September 2011 Featherbank reverted to being a full primary school.

There is a [[Private schools in the United Kingdom|private primary school]], The Froebelian School, providing independent preparatory education.

==Architecture==
[[File:St James Drive, Horsforth - geograph.org.uk - 829932.jpg|thumb|right|Flats in Horsforth]]
{{See also|Architecture of Leeds}}
Horsforth has a large percentage of sandstone buildings sourced from local quarries, more than any other part of Leeds. A draft [[design statement]]<ref name=Design>[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</ref> was produced in 2010, which summarises much of the architectural and historical character.

==Churches==
[[File:St. Margaret's Parish Church, Horsforth - geograph.org.uk - 83596.jpg|thumb|right|St Margaret's Church]]

The main churches in Horsforth are;
*Lister Hill [[Baptists Together|Baptist]] Church<ref>{{cite web |title=Lister Hill Baptist Church |url=http://www.lhbc.org.uk |access-date=10 January 2012 |publisher=www.lhbc.org.uk}}</ref>
*Cragg Hill Baptist Church<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
*St Margaret's [[Church of England]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stmargaretshorsforth.org.uk/ |title=St Margaret's Church Horsforth|publisher=Stmargaretshorsforth.org.uk |access-date=10 January 2012}}</ref>
*St James Woodside Church of England<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stjameswoodside.org/ |title=St James, Woodside |publisher=Stjameswoodside.org |access-date=10 January 2012}}</ref>
*Kingdom Hall of [[Jehovah's Witnesses]]<ref>[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</ref>
*Central [[Methodist Church]], Town Street<ref>[https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/100634 "Central Methodist Church, Town Street, Horsforth, Leeds"], [[Geograph Britain and Ireland|Geograph.org.uk]]. Retrieved 10 January 2012</ref>
*[[Grove Methodist Church]]<ref>{{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}}</ref>
*Woodside Methodist Church<ref>Thomson, 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</ref>
*Willow Green Christian Fellowship [[Pentecostal]]<ref>[http://grovemethodist.org.uk/content/together.html Horsforth Churches Together], Grovemethodist.org.uk. Retrieved 10 January 2012</ref>
*St Mary's [[Roman Catholic Church]]<ref>[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</ref>
*[[Leeds Trinity University]] campus chapel<ref>[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</ref>
*Comboni Missionaries, Brownberrie Lane<ref>[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</ref>
*Emmanuel Baptist Church<ref>[https://www.ebcleeds.org.uk/contact], Ebcleeds.org.uk. Retrieved 7 August 2018</ref>
*Mosaic Church<ref>[https://mosaic-church.org.uk/gatherings/north], mosaic-church.org.uk. Retrieved 23 May 2020</ref>

==Sports clubs and facilities==
{{More citations needed|section|date=April 2019}}

*AFC Horsforth; Based at The Old Ball
*AFC Horsforth Junior Club; Trinity and All Saints College.
*Yarnbury Rugby Club<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pitchero.com/clubs/yarnbury/|title=Yarnbury RFC |publisher=Pitchero.com |access-date=24 April 2021}}</ref>
*Horsforth Saints FC<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pitchero.com/clubs/horsforthsaintsfc|title=Horsforth Saints FC |publisher=Pitchero.com |access-date=24 April 2021}}</ref>
*Horsforth St Margaret's AFC<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hsmfc.co.uk/|title=Horsforth St Margaret's FC |access-date=24 April 2021}}</ref>
*Horsforth Cricket Club<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.horsforthsportsclub.co.uk/cricket/|title=Horsforth Cricket Club|access-date=24 April 2021}}</ref>
*[[Horsforth Hall Park Cricket Club]]
*Horsforth Harriers running club<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.horsforthharriers.co.uk |title=Horsforth Harriers Running Club |publisher=Horsforthharriers.co.uk |access-date=10 January 2012}}</ref>
*Horsforth Fellandale running club<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fellandale.com |title=Horsforth Fellandale Running Club |publisher=Fellandale.com|access-date=7 August 2018}}</ref>
*[[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<ref>{{cite web|url=https://clubspark.lta.org.uk/HorsforthTennisClub|title=Horsforth Throstle Nest Tennis Club|access-date=24 April 2021}}</ref>
*LS18 Rocks Music School<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ls18rocks.com/|title=LS18 Rocks|access-date=24 April 2021}}</ref>

==Nightlife==
Given its size, Horsforth has a relatively high number of bars and [[pub]]s 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==Notable people==
{{see also|List of people from Leeds}}
*Although originally from London, in the 1970s the former [[Leader of the Labour Party (UK)|leader of the Labour Party]] [[Ed Miliband]] attended Featherbank Primary School,<ref>[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</ref> and his brother [[David Miliband]] attended Newlaithes Primary School,<ref>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</ref> when their father [[Ralph Miliband]] was a professor at the [[University of Leeds]]<ref>{{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  }}</ref>
*The footballer [[James Milner (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.<ref name=":YEP10:">{{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}}</ref>
*The actors [[Matthew Lewis (actor)|Matthew Lewis]] ([[Neville Longbottom]] in the [[Harry Potter film series|''Harry Potter'' film series]]), [[Patric Knowles]] and [[Frazer Hines]]
*The keyboard player [[Nicholas M. Baines|Nick Baines]], from the [[Kaiser Chiefs]]<ref>{{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}}</ref>
*The singer [[Marc Almond]], who was educated at Featherbank Primary School<ref>{{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}}</ref>
*[[David Oxtoby (artist)|David Oxtoby]], artist<ref>{{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}}</ref>
*Actor [[Malcolm McDowell]], famous for his film roles including ''[[If....]]'', ''[[A Clockwork Orange (film)|A Clockwork Orange]]'' and ''[[O Lucky Man!]]''.<ref name=":YEP10:" />
*[[Alistair Brownlee|Alistair]] and [[Jonny Brownlee]] (triathlon)
*[[Paralympic]] gold medallist [[David Stone (cyclist)|David Stone]]<ref>{{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}}</ref>
*Olympic cycling bronze medallist [[Jon Clay|Jonny Clay]]<ref>{{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}}</ref>
*[[Sean Conlon]] who was in the boyband [[Five (band)|Five]], grew up in Horsforth and attended St Mary's RC Primary School.
*[[BTCC]] racing driver [[Sam Tordoff]]<ref>{{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}}</ref>
*[[Kathryn Apanowicz]] (1960–2025), a British actress notable for appearing in ''[[EastEnders]]''.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
*[[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<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:LCW Horsforth.jpg|[[Leeds Country Way]] close to Horsforth
File:HorsforthMillennium.jpg|Horsforth Millennium Stone
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[Listed buildings in Horsforth]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* [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]
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080724085917/http://www.listerhill.ik.com/ Lister Hill Baptist Church]
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