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Cornholme and Station, Todmorden - RDA00222
Looking up the valley over the small mill town towards Burnley with the station more or less in the centre. The station had opened in 1878 and closed in 1938. The chimney to the left of the big chimney was for Law Mill.
Cornholme Church, Todmorden. - RDA00236
The C of E Church dedicated to St Michael and All Angels. The Grade ll listed church was built about 1902. In October 2013 it received a £85,000 Heritage Lottery Fund grant to carry out restoration work.
Cornholme Station - RDA00179
The station on the 'Copy Pit Line' from Todmorden to Burnley opened in 1878 some 30 years after the line and the station closed in 1938.
Cornholme, Todmorden - RDA00203
St Michael & all Angels C of E Church, Burnley Road, Cornholme.
Cornholme, Todmorden. - RDA00226
In the foreground Mount Zion Methodist Chapel; closed 1968 and then demolished although the graveyard remains. Down the valley the tower and spire of St Michael and ALL Angels C of E Church. The large mill behind is Frostholme Mill.
Cross Stone Church Interior - RDA00172
The first church at Cross Stone, in the Parochial Chapelry of Heptonstall, was built in 1527 and pulled down in 1717 and then replaced. Dedicated to St Paul, the present church dates from the mid-1830s being one of the so called 'Million Pound'…
Cross Stone Church, Todmorden. - RDA00256
St Paul's Church, Cross Stone on the hillside above the Calder Valley to the east of Todmorden. The church seen here dates from 1833 but there had been a church on the site since the 15th century when it was a chapelry in Halifax Parish. The church…
Cross Stone Vicarage, Todmorden. - RDA00257
On the hillside overlooking the Upper Calder Valley. The church closed in 1978 and it and the vicarage are now in private ownership.
Cross Stone, Todmorden. - RDA00255
St Paul's Church, Cross Stone on the hillside above the Calder Valley to the east of Todmorden. The church seen here dates from 1833 but there had been a church on the site since the 15th century when it was a chapelry in Halifax Parish. The church…
Dawson City, Heptonstall C1905 - RDA00113
Dawson City was a hutted encampment which housed up to 600 navvies and engineers employed in the construction of the Walshaw Dean Reservoirs and the Hardcastle Crags Railway. It was situated at White Hill Nook, Heptonstall. The contractor for the…
Dobroyd Castle, Todmorden - RDA00129
The home of the Fielden family. The castle was built for John Fielden between 1866 and 1869 at a cost of £71,589. In the mid-twentieth century it became an approved school, then a Buddhist Retreat and is currently used as an Activity Centre for…
Dobroyd Castle, Todmorden - RDA00128
The home of the Fielden family. The castle was built for John Fielden between 1866 and 1869 at a cost of £71,589. In the mid-twentieth century it became an approved school, then a Buddhist Retreat and is currently used as an Activity Centre for…
Dobroyd Clough, Todmorden - RDA00130
The Clough leads to Dobroyd Castle.
Dobroyd Lane, Todmorden, in the snow. - RDA00131
The railway crossing keeper's cottage is at the bottom of the lane. Taken in the 1920s. Fielden Bros warehouses are on the right with Rose Bank in the distance.
Dulesgate. - RDA00268
On the Bacup Road out of Gauxholme.
Eagles Crag, Todmorden. - RDA00241
Towering above the 'Staff of Life Inn' on Burnley Road between Cornholme and Todmorden it was the subject of supernatural legend.
Eastwood Station - RDA00144
Eastwood Station looking east. The station opened at the same time as the line between Todmorden and Hebden Bridge in October 1840 but closed to passengers in 1951, although coal continued to be delivered for some time after. The station was…
Eastwood, near Todmorden - RDA00143
Looking towards Hebden Bridge with far left the cobbled double side sloping track up to the station. The track is still there but the station closed to passengers in 1951.
The street facing you is Valley Street. In front is James (Jimmy) Mitchell's…
The street facing you is Valley Street. In front is James (Jimmy) Mitchell's…
Farmhouse - RDA00105
Location and date unknown.
Fern Cottage, Dulesgate. - RDA00277
On Bacup Road from Gauxholme.
Ferny Lee, Todmorden - RDA00210
North of Burnley Road opposite Centre Vale, seen here looking over to Buckley Wood. The large building left of centre was Todmorden Grammar School and is now Ferny Lee Primary School.
Fielden Hospital, Lee-Bottom, Todmorden - RDA00148
The Fielden Hospital, Stoodley Grange, was built as an isolation hospital then, reopened as a children's hospital before becoming a hospital for mentally handicapped patients in connection with nearby Stansfield View Hospital. Now converted to…
Fielden Square, Todmorden - RDA00157
The Square, off Rochdale Road, is named after 'Honest John' Fielden, a Radical MP and wealthy local industrialist from humble beginnings. His statue is seen here in the centre. It was originally erected by the Town Hall in 1875 and then moved to the…
Floods at Patmos, Todmorden - RDA00159
Looking down Burnley Road towards the town centre viaduct. Date unknown.