Queensbury, West Yorkshire
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Queensbury is a village in the metropolitan borough and city of
Queensbury is known as being the home of
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
Queensbury Ward is a
Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | |||
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2004 | Tracey McNulty (Con) | Stuart Hanson (Con) | Michael Walls (Con) | |||
2006 | Paul Gregory Smith Cromie (BNP) | Stuart Hanson (Con) | Michael Walls (Con) | |||
2007 | Paul Cromie (BNP) | Lynda Cromie (BNP) | Michael Walls (Con) | |||
2008 | Paul Cromie (BNP) | Lynda Cromie (BNP) | Michael Walls (Con) | |||
2010 | Paul Cromie (BNP) | Lynda Cromie (BNP) | Michael Walls (Con) | |||
May 2011 | Paul Cromie (BNP) | Lynda Cromie (BNP) | Michael Walls (Con) | |||
June 2011 | Paul Cromie ( The Queensbury Ward Independents)[4]
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Lynda Cromie ( The Queensbury Ward Independents)[4]
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Michael Walls (Con) | |||
2012 | Paul Cromie ( The Queensbury Ward Independents )
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Lynda Cromie ( The Queensbury Ward Independents )
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Michael Walls (Con) | |||
2014 | Paul Cromie ( The Queensbury Ward Independents )
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Lynda Cromie ( The Queensbury Ward Independents )
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Michael Walls (Con) | |||
2015 | Paul Cromie ( The Queensbury Ward Independents )
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Lisa Dawn Carmody (Con) | Michael Walls (Con) | |||
2016 | Paul Cromie ( The Queensbury Ward Independents )
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Lisa Carmody (Con) | Lynda Cromie ( The Queensbury Ward Independents )
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By-election 4 May 2017 |
Paul Cromie ( The Queensbury Ward Independents )
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Andrew Senior (Con)[5][6] | Lynda Cromie ( The Queensbury Ward Independents )
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2022 | Matthew Bibby (Con)[7] | Luke Majkowski ( The Bradford South Independents)[8]
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Hazel Parsan (Lab)[9] |
indicates seat up for re-election. indicates councillor defection. indicates a by-election.
Black Dyke Mills
Black Dyke Mills was built from 1835 onwards by
The mill has now been converted into individual business units. The company now manufactures elsewhere in the area.
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
A short distance from the station on the Halifax line was Queensbury Tunnel, 2,501 yards (2,287 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 (967 m). All these lines were closed to passengers in May 1955, later to freight in the 1960s, before finally closing to all traffic in 1972–74.
The main Bradford to Halifax road
Gallery
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Black Dyke Mills
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Sunset over Queensbury in September 2010.
See also
- William Foster- John Foster's grandson
- Trinity Academy Bradford, a secondary school in Queensbury
- Listed buildings in Queensbury, West Yorkshire
References
- ^ Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ "Census 2001 : Urban Areas : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population". Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2009. Retrieved 26 August 2009.
- ^ Vision of Britain website: Queensbury, West Riding
- ^ Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- ^ "Election results for Queensbury By-Election - Thursday, 4th May, 2017". bradford.moderngov.co.uk. City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- ^ "Election results for Queensbury - Local - Combined District, NPR & Parish Elections - Thursday, 5th May, 2022". Bradford Council. Bradford Metropolitan District Council. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
- ^ "Councillor Luke Majkowski". Bradford Council. Bradford Metropolitan District Council. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
- ^ "Councillor Hazel Parsan". Bradford Council. Bradford Metropolitan District Council. Retrieved 17 June 2022.