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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.

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The mill on Burnley Road was originally a cotton mill built in 1861 with subsequent extensions. Now occupied by furniture manufacturers.

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All Saints Church, Harley Wood, Lydgate opened 1858 and was demolished in 1975 following closure.

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All Saints Church, Harley Wood, Lydgate opened 1858 and was demolished in 1975 following closure.

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Towering above the 'Staff of Life Inn' on Burnley Road between Cornholme and Todmorden it was the subject of supernatural legend.

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Mr Crabtree is in the foreground. Per (Photo by?) the late Mr F Anderson, 169 Manchester Road, Burnley who died in 1988.AN 55941158

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Outside Cornholme post Office.

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As buses became taller, the bridge became a hazard and, after several accidents, it was replaced by a taller, metal structure.

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This photograph was taken during works to replace the stone arch with a metal bridge.

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A bus negotiating the original and then the new metal bridge

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The Chapel was built in 1854 largely through the efforts of the Wilson Family of Wilson’s Bobbin Works and then the school in 1881. The chapel closed in 1968 and the school was then used as a chapel until that too closed in 1985 due to structural…
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