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Horbury history
Toponymy
Horbury is attested in 1086 as (H)orberie. It is derived from Old English horu ‘dirty land’ and burh, which translates as ‘filthy fortification’ or ‘stronghold on muddy land’ Horbury possibly referred to an old fording point of the River Calder.
Manor
Horbury and Crigglestone, on the south side of the River Calder, were the only parts of the Manor of Wakefield not described as “waste” The settlement predates the Domesday Book of 1086 in which Horbury was only described as ‘waste’ Horbury had a church dating from about 1106 which was a daughter church of the church in Wakefield and possibly replaced an earlier Saxon church.
Horbury Bridge
A wooden bridge spanned the River Calder on the road from Wakefield to Huddersfield in the 15th century. Money for its upkeep was left in local wills dated 1404 and 1492. A stone-arched bridge that replaced the wooden structure in the 17th century lasted until it partly collapsed in 1918. A new bridge was completed in 1930 and was repaired in 1991 at a cost of £2 million.
Industrial history
Wool spinning and cloth manufacture were important originally as cottage industries. At the start of the Industrial Revolution steam engines were installed at Race’s Mill in Dudfleet and Foster’s Mill on Engine Lane in 1795. Luddites, who blamed the new factories for depriving weavers from earning a living in a time of hunger and poverty, destroyed Fosters Mill.
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