St. Peter & St. Leonard’s Church

St. Peter & St. Leonard’s Church

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The Church of St. Peter and St. Leonard is a Grade I listed building standing in the conservation area of the oldest part of the township of Horbury. It was built by the architect John Carr on the site of a Norman church dedicated to St. Leonard. About 1788/89, John...
Queen Street

Queen Street

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Probably named in honour of Queen Victoria, Queen Street was formerly known as Hodge Lane & Widgery Lane. ‘Boon’s’ public house began life as ‘The Woolpacks Inn’, licensed in 1800. The shop, now called ‘Pinx’ was once a...
No.2 Highfield Road

No.2 Highfield Road

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Built on the site of Lidgate Mill (worsted), this was originally the ‘United Counties Bank’, which became a branch of ‘Barclay’s Bank’. For the past 25 years or so it has been various licensed premises before its current incarnation. To...
No.1 Cluntergate

No.1 Cluntergate

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The building at the corner of New Road and Cluntergate, once occupied by H. Pullan and Son, makers of bowling green woods was built by G & W Thickett for Mr. William Brooke, painter and decorator in about 1856. His son used the these buildings for his...
Methodist Chapel

Methodist Chapel

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The Methodist Church standing on this site today opened in 2016. It replaced a previous Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, St Paul’s (pictured), which opened in 1884 & was demolished in 2012 due to the structure becoming unsafe. St Paul’s had also replaced an...
Horbury Library

Horbury Library

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Built by the local firm Henry Fallas & Sons, who had recently completed the Town Hall next door, the foundation stone was laid by Cllr. A. Horsfield J.P. on the 4th January 1905. A grant of £2,000 had been obtained from the Carnegie Foundation*, which along with...