The church of St Peter & St Leonard Introduction Welcome to the Church of St Peter and St Leonard – Horbury’s parish church. Below you will find information about various details of the interior of the building, which you can look up as you walk round and explore...
Built in 1939, prior to the outbreak of World War II, this brick built cleansing station was granted Grade 2 listed status in 2019. Historic England described it as one of the best preserved purpose-built centres of its kind in the country. The unit would have been...
William Baines was born on the 26th March 1899 and baptised at Horbury Primitive Methodist Chapel on the 30th April that year. He was the son of George William and Mary Alice (nee Townsend). George Baines was organist at the Primitive Methodist Chapel and William...
John Carr was born in Horbury, the first child of nine, to Rose Lascelles and Robert Carr who during John’s childhood lived in a cottage at the end of Northfield Lane. His father was a mason-architect and owned two small quarries. John entered the family...
One of Horbury’s past industrial giants was Arthur Horsfield, who at one time owned the Iron Works at Horbury Junction. Arthur Horsfield was born on the 4th October 1854, to parents James Wood Horsfield and Jane Eliza (nee Whitehead). He was baptised at Dewsbury...
Canon John Sharp, vicar of Horbury, reached out to the people of Horbury Junction after he received an offer of £100 from Louisa Goodenough, Mother Superior of the House of Mercy, towards building a mission room there, if he could raise the remainder of the cost. On...
