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Shore Chapel and grounds. The chapel is now (2019) in a state of dereliction.

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Situated just off Longfield Road, Todmorden this Grade II listed building was built in 1823 and was Todmorden’s first Unitarian Church.
The current - much larger - church was built in 1869 and this became the Sunday School. It is now apartments.

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The plaque reads:
TO THE MEMORY OF
SAMUEL, JOHN AND
JOSHUA FIELDEN
Constant Benefactors of
THE UNITARIAN
CHURCH AND SCHOOL
This Stone was laid by
S. ALFRED STEINTHAL
June 17th 1899

(Rev. Samuel Alfred Steinthal was a prominent…

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Set in an elevated position, its spire pointing 196 feet to the sky, the Unitarian Church at Todmorden symbolises man’s earnest attempts to glorify God, while at the same time demonstrating a desire to perpetuate man’s achievements. Designed by John…

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Set in an elevated position, its spire pointing 196 feet to the sky, the Unitarian Church at Todmorden symbolises man’s earnest attempts to glorify God, while at the same time demonstrating a desire to perpetuate man’s achievements. Designed by John…

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The little hamlet directly below the church is known as Little Cornwall.

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On the left is Todmorden Cricket Ground. On the right is the tower of Christ Church, which opened in 1832. It continued as the parish church of Todmorden until 1992 when St. Mary’s was re-dedicated and the church closed. It remained unused until 2003…

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Top left - Cross Stone Church. Bottom left - Town Hall, Bottom Right - Unitarian Chapel, Top Right - Stoodley Pike.

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Engraving by J Shore c.1855. Looking up from Stubbing Holme where the Colden Water joins the River Calder, the 'mytholm'. Above is Mytholm Hall, St James Parish Church and above that Eaves Lower and Upper Mills and to the right Bankfoot Mill, now the…

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NAME: SANDHOLME MILL

LOCATION: Commercial Street, Todmorden

REF: CD37

GRID REF: 944 242

CLASSIFICATION: B and C

CONDITION: Fully used

APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: From early 19C

DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: The last of this group of…

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View over Todmorden with the Rochdale Canal restoration in progress. 1984. Ref: 67-512

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A general view from Holebottom showing the railway cutting across the centre of the town. Clearly visible on the right are Christ Church and its Vicarage. The former Ridgefoot Mill complex can be seen abutting the viaduct.

From a lithograph by…

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General view of Todmorden from Sunnyside in the early 1900s, with the main Manchester to Leeds railway lines arcing away to the left. The triangle not yet developed here.

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Taken from the road to Dobroyd Castle, the Rochdale Canal is in the foreground, and the Unitarian Church is in the centre

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Set in an elevated position, its spire pointing 196 feet to the sky, the Unitarian Church at Todmorden symbolises man’s earnest attempts to glorify God, while at the same time demonstrating a desire to perpetuate man’s achievements. Designed by John…

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Mons Mill, Todmorden was a cotton spinning mill in Todmorden for the Hare Spinning Company Limited. It was built in 1907, but ran into financial difficulties. It passed over to the Mons Mill (1919) Co Ltd and then was taken over by the Lancashire…

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LYRS 2800 - Looking across to the Manchester 'up' platform in about 1950 with the station master’s house behind the fence, that and the warehouse to its left have been demolished.
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