๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Queensbury is a large village in the metropolitan borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. Perched on a high vantage point above Halifax, 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 Brontรซ Country and the Yorkshire Dales to the north and north west. Queensbury is known as being the home of Black Dyke Mills, and the Black Dyke Band.
History Queensbury was originally known as Queenshead, a name derived from a local public house, now a house on the High Street, which was popular with travellers on the pack horse route from Halifax to Bradford.
Governance The village was divided between the township of Clayton in the parish of Bradford, and the township of Northowram in the parish of Halifax, both in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It became a 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. In 1974 the urban district was split, and Queensbury was transferred to the City of Bradford in the new county of West Yorkshire.
Queensbury Ward is a ward in Bradford Metropolitan District in the county of West Yorkshire, named after the village. It 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.
Black Dyke Mills Black Dyke Mills was built from 1835 onwards by John Foster as a wool spinning and weaving mill specialising in worsted and mohair fabric, and by 1851 dominated the town. John Foster & Son, the owners of Black Dyke Mills, were responsible for the construction of many of the buildings in and around Queensbury, each being for the benefit of the employees, be it housing/accommodation, shops and leisure facilities. In 1891 the company erected the Victoria Hall in Queensbury for the benefit of its workers and the local community - it had a concert hall, with gallery to seat 650 people, library, billiard room and many other facilities. It also sponsored the internationally famous Black Dyke Mills Band.
The mill has now been converted into individual business units. The company now manufactures elsewhere in the area.
Culture: Music As well as being home to the world famous Black Dyke Band, Queensbury is also noted for its strong musical heritage. Home to the world-class rehearsal studio Backfeed, notable musical residents Giles Stocks and Joe Irish of Jon Jones and the Beatnik Movement, pop-punk trio State of Error, and the bands of the Sherry family, including the nationally successful Scarlet Heights (named after the hamlet), The Bad Beat Revue and Ti Amo.
Transport Three railway lines once converged on Queensbury, one each from Halifax, Keighley and Bradford, known as the Queensbury Lines, all belonging to the Great Northern Railway (later the London & North Eastern Railway). Where they met was located Queensbury station, which famously consisted of continuous platforms on all three sides of a triangular junction, an uncommon layout in the United Kingdom (the only other examples were Ambergate, on the Midland Railway in Derbyshire and Earlestown in Lancashire).
A short distance from the station on the Halifax line was Queensbury Tunnel, 2,501 yards (2,287ย m) in length (the second longest on the Great Northern system after Ponsbourne Tunnel in Hertfordshire), while close by on the Bradford line was Clayton Tunnel at 1,057 yards (967ย m). All these lines were closed to passengers in May 1955, later to freight in the 1960s, before finally closing to all traffic in 1972โ74.
The main Bradford to Halifax road A647 road runs through the village as well as the A644 road. These roads intersect at the Albert Memorial. First Calderdale & Huddersfield & First Bradford bus route 576, runs through the village between Bradford and Halifax along the A647 road.
Queensbury has a population of over 16,270 people. Queensbury also forms part of the wider Leeds-Bradford metropolitan area which has a population of over 2,302,000 people. Queensbury is situated 6 km north of Halifax.
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๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Burnley 53.789
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Hull 53.799
๐ฉ๐ช Bad Oldesloe 53.8
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Bradford 53.8
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Preston 53.761
๐ท๐บ Novokuznetsk 53.758
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Accrington 53.753
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Blackburn 53.75
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Kingston upon Hull 53.75
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Wakefield 53.741
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Lichfield -1.829
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Ilkley -1.822
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Sutton Coldfield -1.822
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Kirklees -1.801
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Salisbury -1.8
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Saltaire -1.796
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Swindon -1.785
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Uttoxeter -1.86
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Halifax -1.862
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Bournemouth -1.88
๐ช๐ธ Errenteria -1.899
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Birmingham -1.9
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Keighley -1.91
Locations Near: Queensbury -1.8504,53.7666
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Halifax -1.862,53.721 d: 5.1
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Saltaire -1.796,53.838 d: 8.7
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Bradford -1.75,53.8 d: 7.6
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Keighley -1.91,53.868 d: 11.9
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Huddersfield -1.78,53.645 d: 14.3
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Ilkley -1.822,53.925 d: 17.7
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Kirklees -1.801,53.593 d: 19.6
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Batley -1.655,53.726 d: 13.6
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Leeds -1.533,53.783 d: 20.9
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Glossop -1.946,53.443 d: 36.5
Antipodal to: Queensbury 178.15,-53.767
๐ณ๐ฟ Dunedin 170.474,-45.884 d: 18981.3
๐ณ๐ฟ Christchurch 172.617,-43.517 d: 18805.9
๐ณ๐ฟ Canterbury 171.58,-43.543 d: 18781.4
๐ณ๐ฟ Invercargill 168.373,-46.413 d: 18942.3
๐ณ๐ฟ Queenstown 168.658,-45.033 d: 18827.8
๐ณ๐ฟ Wellington 174.767,-41.283 d: 18604.4
๐ณ๐ฟ Hutt 174.917,-41.217 d: 18599
๐ณ๐ฟ Lower Hutt 174.917,-41.217 d: 18599
๐ณ๐ฟ Upper Hutt 175.05,-41.133 d: 18591.5