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Abraham Ormerod Centre, Todmorden - RDA00168
The Abraham Ormerod Medical Centre was a gift to the town from a local family with textile mills in the area. The Clinic built on the site of their Ridgefoot Mill was opened on 23 July 1938 by the Princess Royal. It closed in 1992 and was later…
Bacup Road, Todmorden - RDA00267
Looking down to Cloughfoot.
Bacup Road. - RDA00269
Looking down the clough in the direction of Gauxholme.
Baltimore. Todmorden. - RDA00155
View over the Baltimore area of Todmorden on the east side of the town, with Cross Stone Church just visible on the skyline.
Beeton, Todmorden. - RDA00250
The long low building along the canal bank is Beeton Rope Works. Above left the western portal of Horsfall Tunnel.
Blake Dean and Chapel. - RDA00289
An offshoot of Mount Zion Baptist Church, Heptonstall Slack built in 1820 to serve the community at Alcomden. The Church closed in 1959 and was demolished in 1971. The nearby cottages were converted into a scout hostel.
Blarney Castle, Langfield, Todmorden. - RDA00284
Off the road from Todmorden at Knowl Wood to Lumbutts. Between Shepherds Rest and Swineshead. There used to be a fair held here.
Bridge Street United Free Methodist Chapel, Todmorden. - RDA00185
A chapel was opened by a break away group from the Wesleyan York Street Chapel in 1838. That chapel was demolished and replaced by this much larger chapel in 1873, dubbed the 'Cathedral of Methodism'. It closed in 1962 and the building was demolished…
Brungerley Bridge, Clitheroe. - RDA00308
The three arch stone bridge on the road between Clitheroe and Waddington over the River Ribble was built about 1815.
Burnley Road, Todmorden. - RDA00233
Looking down Burnley Road towards Mons Mill and chimney.
Carlaith, Todmorden - RDA00138
Carr Laithe house on Lovers Walk through Buckley Wood on the hillside above Centre Vale Park. The house has now been demolished.
Carr Laithe, Todmorden - RDA00200
Carr Laithe house on Lovers Walk through Buckley Wood on the hillside above Centre Vale Park. The house has been demolished.
Castle Street, Todmorden. - RDA00252
Millsteads Mill on the right.
Causey Wood, Todmorden. - RDA00285
Causey, or Causeway, Wood Dam in Lumbutts Clough with Causeywood Mill, or Folly Mill.
Charlestown - Whiteley Arches c.1890. - RDA00140
Behind the viaduct is Calderside Mill built in the 1820s by John Whiteley, after whom the viaduct came to be named. Reputedly it had the tallest chimney in the valley.
The bridge over the canal was a very early skew bridge and also one of the very…
The bridge over the canal was a very early skew bridge and also one of the very…
Charlestown Curve Accident 1912. - RDA00106
21 June 1912. 'The Manchester to Leeds express literally burst the rails asunder' on the already notorious Charlestown Curve between Todmorden and Hebden Bridge killing four passengers and injuring many more. Seen here the derailed Aspinall 2-4-2T…
Charlestown, c1920 - RDA00153
Callis Mill and dam looking down the valley. The mill was partially demolished in the 1970s. For further information see: www.hebdenbridgehistory.org.uk/charlestown/mills.
Cliviger, near Burnley. - RDA00307
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Clough Foot Independent Chapel, Todmorden - RDA00182
The chapel was completed in 1854 as seen on the commemorative stone above the door. The chapel closed in 1991 and is now a private house.
Cornholme - Wilson's Bobbin Mill. - RDA00150
The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway 'Copy Pit' Line between Todmorden and Burnley passing Wilson’s ‘bobbin mill'.
"Wilson's Bobbin Mill once dominated the village of Cornholme. The vast four-storey building, with its eye-catching clock bridge…
"Wilson's Bobbin Mill once dominated the village of Cornholme. The vast four-storey building, with its eye-catching clock bridge…