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York Street Weslyan Sunday School, Todmorden. - TAS00452
A new Chapel and Sunday School were built here in the 1820s but in 1906, a new Sunday school was built, as seen here. Today (2015) this is the Central Methodist Church in Todmorden.
Well Street, off Dog House Lane, Todmorden - TAS00449
This is the site of the first Methodist Meeting Room in Todmorden. In the early days of the Methodist movement it was quite usual to meet in houses, it was only later as the Movement grew that purpose built chapels came into being.
Vale Baptist Chapel, Cornholme, Todmorden - TAS00444
During the first half of the 19th century there was a gradual movement from the hilltop villages down to the growing small mill towns in the valley bottom and in 1851 a small group from Shore Baptist Chapel on the hillside formed a congregation in…
Unknown Chapel Interior - TAS00454
Can anyone identify?
Unitarian Sunday School, Todmorden - TAS00436
Situated off Longfield Road, Todmorden it is Grade II listed. Built in 1823 this was Todmorden’s first Unitarian Church but as the congregation outgrew it so the new church, which still dominates the area, was built opening in 1869 and the old…
Unitarian Church, Todmorden - TAS00437
Built 1865/69 the church is Grade 1 listed and looking more like a cathedral than a non-conformist chapel with its 192 foot spire visible for miles around making it one of the areas landmarks. Todmorden’s first Unitarian church had opened in 1823 but…
The old St Paul's Church, Cross Stone, Todmorden - TAS00418
The Chapel of Cross Stone or Crostone takes its name from a fragment of an 11th century cross found in the wall of a barn. Situated in the Township of Stansfield, it was part of the Heptonstall parish, but due to the size of the area covered, a sub…
St Peter's, Walsden - TAS00412
St Peters Parish Church was constructed in 1845 when Walsden became a parish in its own right and no longer part of Todmorden Chapelry. The church was consecrated in 1848. This photo was taken before the devastating fire that took place on May 28th…
St Michael and All Angels, Cornholme, Todmorden. - TAS00417
St Michael & All Angels C of E Church, Burnley Road, Cornholme built in 1902. The rear part of the church has been converted into a two storey community space, available for hire, and separated from the area used for services.
St Aidan's Mill, Bacup Road, Todmorden - TAS00409
The second floor was used as a Christian meeting Room.
St Paul's Church,Cross Stone, Todmorden. - TAS00420
There has been a church here since about 1450 high up on the hills above the Todmorden valley and it was built as a Chapel of Ease for Heptonstall Parochial Chapelry to serve the townships of Stansfield and Langfield.
The old medieval church was…
The old medieval church was…
Shore Baptist Chapel and Sunday School, Cornholme, Todmorden - TAS00441
On the hillside above Burnley Road the chapel was founded in 1777 and enlarged and extended over the years. The church closed in the 1960s and a part is now a private house but the rest is derelict and the chapel roofless.
Shade Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Todmorden - TAS00456
A church was founded here in 1848 and the chapel seen here closed in 1965 and is now a private house.
Oxford Street Mill, Todmorden - TAS00407
This building was used as a meeting room for St Mary's church.
Outdoor Service in the ruins of St Peter's, Walsden - TAS00415
St Peter's was devastated by fire in May 1948, but this service in the ruins of the church demonstrated faith in the future. The church was rebuilt and rededicated on 10th March 1956. The church had originally been built in 1845 when Walsden became a…
Order of Service - COC00106
For Civic Service Sunday June 2nd 1985 at St John the Divine, Rishworth
Mount Zion Primitive Methodist Chapel, Mytholmroyd - ALC05021
The church is decked for Harvest Festival.
Lintel of St Paul's Church, Cross Stone, Todmorden - TAS00419
The lintel of the old St Paul's Church dated1619. That church was replaced 1717 and that in turn was replaced in 1833. The lintel now re-used in a private house near Castle Hill School.
Lineholme Baptist Chapel & School, Harley Wood, Todmorden. - TAS00442
Formed by a breakaway group from Shore Chapel on the hillside it opened in a central valley position in 1819. It closed in 1962 and the congregation joined the Roomfield congregation. The graves were moved to Shore Chapel and the chapel demolished…
Lanebottom Wesleyan Chapel, Todmorden - TAS00455
The chapel seen here opened in 1876 replacing an earlier Chapel and school. Following closure it was demolished in the 1970s and is now the site of housing.
John Fielden's Grave, Unitarian Church, Todmorden - TAS00440
The grave is in the burial ground of the first Unitarian Church off Longfield Road which became the Sunday School when the magnificent new church opened in 1869. Although a very wealthy mill owner and influential politician he requested a very simple…
Interior of Christ Church, Todmorden - TAS00433
Rerodos, behind the High Altar, showing the Last Supper it was erected in memory of the Rev. William Augustus Conway who was Vicar from 1876 to 1883. The inscription notes that it was erected by his daughter.