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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…
Todmorden from Ewood - RDA00163
Looking over Centre Vale Mansion, which was demolished in the 1950s, to Stoodley Pike on the far hillside. To the right is the tower of Christ Church and on the skyline to the left the tower of Cross Stone Church.
Fielden Hospital, Lee-Bottom, Todmorden - RDA00148
The Fielden Hospital, Stoodley Grange, was built as an isolation hospital then, reopened as a children's hospital before becoming a hospital for mentally handicapped patients in connection with nearby Stansfield View Hospital. Now converted to…
Stoodley Pike, Todmorden - RDA00139
Stoodley Pike refers to a 1400 feet (400m) hill, although it is better known for its 121feet (37m) monument which was designed by local architect James Green and completed in 1856 at the end of the Crimean War.
The monument replaced an earlier…
The monument replaced an earlier…
The Original Stoodley Pike - RDA00107
Stoodley Pike stands on the top of Langfield Moor, Todmorden. It was built by public subscription in 1814 to commemorate the general peace. By an amazing coincidence it crumbled to the ground on the day on which the Russian Ambassador was withdrawn…
Stoodley Pike - ALC00831
This eye-catching monument on the Pennine Way stands nearly 1,400 feet above sea level and some 120 feet high on the crest of a windswept hill. It was erected to commemorate the surrender of Paris to the Allied Armies in March 1814: during the…
Early photographers - ALC00825
Stoodley Pike on the hillside above.
Hebden Bridge - ALC00790
Looking towards Horsehold.
Stoodley Pike - HLS01192
From a booklet entitled 'Views of Hebden Bridge & District', undated but believed to be around 1900.
View of Todmorden - HLS01034
Top left - Cross Stone Church. Bottom left - Town Hall, Bottom Right - Unitarian Chapel, Top Right - Stoodley Pike.
Stoodley Pike - HLS00175
This eye-catching monument on the Pennine Way stands 1,310 feet above sea level and some 120 feet high on the crest of a windswept hill. It was erected to commemorate the surrender of Paris to the Allied Armies in March 1814: during the Napoleonic…
Moss Bros, Eastwood - MOT00471
The scene on the morning after the 1878 fire which devastated Moss Bros dyeworks at Eastwood.
View over Todmorden - MOT00146
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.
Lydgate, Todmorden 1983 - TNC00373.tif
A good view of the Todmorden - Burnley railway line, the Copy Pit Line, and Lydgate or Nott Wood Viaduct. In the distance Mons Mill, demolished in 2000, and Stoodley Pike on the skyline top left.
Lydgate, Todmorden, 1983 - TNC00354.tif
Robinwood Mill on the right with Stoodley Pike on the skyline and the Burnley - Todmorden railway, the Copy Pit Line, on the left which was once threatened with closure but now has hourly Blackpool - York and Blackburn - Manchester services.
Eastwood, Todmorden 1986 - TNC00498.tif
A lovely view of Stoodley Pike in the distance taken from Eastwood.
Mankinholes, Todmorden, 1984 - TNC00427.tif
A rather crowded graveyard at Mankinholes with Stoodley Pike in the background.
Cornholme 1982 - TNC00341.tif
A good view of Cornholme with Bobbin Mill Close in the bottom centre, and Stoodley Pike on the far horizon. The railwayis the Burbley Branch from Todmorden or the Copy Pit Line as it is usually known.
Todmorden 1982 - TNC00333.tif
A snowy view of Todmorden with Stoodley Pike on the left side hill and Cross Stone church on the right hand side hill.