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Eastwood 1980 - TNC00302.tif
Walled track to hamlet.
Eastwood Railway Crossing, 1980 - TNC00309.tif
Site of the former Eastwood Railway station. The station opened in December 1840 when the section of the Manchester & Leeds Railway between Hebden Bridge and Summit East was completed. The station closed in 1851.
Tags: Eastwood, Level Crossing, M&LR, Places, Railway, Railway line, Railway station, Railways, Todmorden
Eastwood, Todmorden 1986 - TNC00498.tif
A lovely view of Stoodley Pike in the distance taken from Eastwood.
Tags: Eastwood, Places, stone walls, Stoodley Pike, Todmorden
Eastwood Station - LYR00232
LYRS 2680 - 1880s. Station staff and maintenance ganger's at the station. The station half way between Hebden Bridge and Todmorden was opened by the Manchester & Leeds Railway in December 1840. The valley is so narrow that the track had to be built…
Eastwood Station 1963 - LYR00233
LYRS 6034 - General view from above station looking north east towards Hebden Bridge. The passenger station had closed 12 years earlier and goods facilities were to be shortly withdrawn when this photo was taken in August 1963.
The station half way…
The station half way…
Eastwood Station Level Crossing. - LYR00234
LYRS 6036 -- The Level Crossing and Station Buildings in August 1963 some 12 years after the passenger station closed. The station half way between Hebden Bridge and Todmorden was opened by the Manchester & Leeds Railway in December 1840. The valley…
Eastwood Station Level Crossing - LYR00235
LYRS8406. - The Level Crossing and derelict Station Buildings several years after the passenger station had closed in 1951. The buildings seen here were built into the hillside behind. The crossing was accessed by a steep double sided ramp from the…
Eastwood Station and Signal Box - LYR00236
LYRS 8407 - Mid-1960s- The Station Buildings, Level Crossing and the line looking towards Hebden Bridge. The Signal Box had controlled the crossing gates and also a goods siding and the siding over the coal drops. All the buildings have been…
Eastwood Station Buildings - LYR00237
LYRS 8410 - 1967. The disused and derelict station buildings on the 'down' line looking towards Todmorden. The passenger station had closed in 1951 and goods and coal facilities had been withdrawn in 1964. The buildings built into the hillside…
Eastwood Station - Coal Drops - LYR00238
LYRS 6039 - 1967. The goods and coal facilities had been withdrawn in 1964. The drops to the west of the steep ramp up to the station are right up to the A646 as seen here with barely room for a car to park. The drops are still there.
Eastwood and Cockden - ALC00425
Cockden was the industrial area of Eastwood and Cockden Mill, known as Dan Crabtree's, was west of the station. The typical L&YR station name board is on the right. The mill was demolished late 1950s/early 60s by when derelict.
Tags: Buildings, Cockden Mill, Eastwood, Eastwood Station, Houses, Mill, Mills, Railway, Railways
Eastwood School - ALC00426
The school which opened in 1875 as a Board School was opposite the railway station, seen here above the school. To the left of the station is Cockden Mill. The school closed in 1946 and was subsequently demolished.
Tags: Buildings, Burnley Road, Cockden Mill, Colour, Eastwood, Eastwood Station, Houses, Mill, Mills, Primary School, Railway, Railways, School, Station, Street Names, Transport
Eastwood c.1960 - ALC00451
Pair of B1Class locos double heading a westbound passenger train.
Eastwood Station prior to demolition - ALC00452
The derelict station building after closure in 1951. Now demolished although the rear wall built into the hillside remains as does the level crossing.
Bridgeroyd House, Eastwood - ALC06358
The farmhouse was originally on the other side of the road, but it was in the way of the railway so it was demolished and this 'compensation' house was built. Above one of the windows is the word 'Dairy'. Latterly the house was used by the Manager of…
Tags: Eastwood, Gas Lamp, Gate posts, House
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…
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…
Stoodley Pike from Eastwood. - RDA00249
The Pike was originally built to commemorate the peace treaty after the Napoleonic Wars. The monument collapsed in 1854 having been weakened by a lightning strike, but was re-built a decade later, slightly further from the edge of the hill. During…
Tags: Eastwood, Places, Stoodley Pike
Eastwood, Todmorden - BBS00113
Postcard published G.H. Greenwood, The Post Office, Todmorden. The Rochdale Canal is in the foreground.
Tags: Eastwood, Places, River, River Calder, Rochdale Canal, Todmorden