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Looking down on Todmorden - BIM00259
Taken from the road to Dobroyd Castle, the Rochdale Canal is in the foreground, and the Unitarian Church is in the centre
Rochdale Canal, Todmorden - BIM00475
On the skyline is the tower of Dobroyd Castle, a mock gothic Victorian pile built by cotton magnate John Fielden Junior.
Demolition of Todmorden Co-op Building - BIM00494
. Dobroyd Castle on the skyline.
Rochdale Canal, Todmorden - BIM00475
On the skyline is the tower of Dobroyd Castle, a mock gothic Victorian pile built by cotton magnate John Fielden Junior.
Demolition of Todmorden Co-op Building - BIM00494
. Dobroyd Castle on the skyline.
Dobroyd Castle and the Cliviger Wind farm - CRN00222
Looking towards Flower Scar Hill
Dobroyd Castle, Todmorden, December 2013 - FJW00214
The dome in the main hall.
Dobroyd Castle, Todmorden, December 2013 - FJW00216
The main hall.
Dobroyd Castle, Todmorden - FJW00229
The main staircase.
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…
Walsden 1981 - TNC00316.tif
View towards Todmorden with the tower of Dobroyd Castle above the distant trees left of centre. The railway was built 1840 by the Manchester & Leeds Railway.
Walsden, Todmorden, 1981 - TNC00326.tif
View over Gauxholme with the railway on the left curving to cross the Gauxholme Viaduct with the tower of Dobroyd Castle visible above it.
Dale Street Todmorden 1984 - TNC00434.tif
Restoration work in progress on the canal, the tower of Dobroyd Castle can be seen top centre.
Dobroyd Castle, Todmorden, c. 1869 - PNH01806
Joshua Fielden’s brother John, born in 1822, fell in love with one of his mill workers, Ruth Stansfield. The story goes that she replied to his proposal of marriage by jokingly saying that she would accept on the condition that he built her a castle…
Building the 'Great Wall of Todmorden', 1881. - MOT00142
The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Company had to build a double retaining wall alongside the canal side at Salford due to land subsidence but also to extend the goods yard.
Todmorden Station c.1910. - LYR00251
LYRS 2795 - This was the third station on the site and dates from 1881. Seen here in about 1910 looking west with Dobroyd Castle on the hillside. On the right the ‘down’ side warehouse and the carriages in the left hand bay would have formed a…
Todmorden Station Looking South West 1950. - LYR00259
LYRS 4340 - General view of platforms, buildings and canopies with an additional platform and line behind the 'down' platform on the right. The station is now reduced to two through platforms and the buildings on the right have gone as have the…