Horsforth: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

A suburb of the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire. It can be found at Ordnance Survey grid reference SE 236 376 GB Grid.

Horsforth was considered to have the largest population of any village in the UK during the latter part of the nineteenth century. It became officially part of the City of Leeds in 1974.

Horsforth first apeared in the Domesday Book and its name is from horse and ford but which ford is not known. It has been primarily an agricultural village, although it was also home to quarries of high quality and a number of mills along the banks of Horsforth/Moseley Beck. Stone from Horsforth was used in the construction of Kirkstall Abbey and Scarborough seafront.