Did Horsforth change from an agricultural village into an industrial town
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Michael Mitchell Local History Project Mr Murgatroyd 11y Did Horsforth change from an agricultural village into an industrial town We first of all take our relevant evidence such as the 1851 census to create of Horsforth in this year. The census is a primary source which displays all the people their occupations and where they lived in a certain year , this is very useful to us as it is primary , we can see it is quite reliable as we can back the layout of the town up with maps that we also have from this period , by looking at what most peoples occupations are , we can see what type of town it was , for example a farming village would contain many farm labourers and maps would show that there would be a mass of farmland , also we had a site visit to see whether there is any residual evidence...


