Demonstrating the fact that Todmorden is at the cross roads of Lancashire and Yorkshire, this wonderful pediment depicts the Lancashire cotton trade on one side and the Yorkshire woollen trade on the other.
Statue of John Fielden MP, in celebration of the 'Ten Hours Act' 1847. Designed by J H Foley in 1863 and cast in 1869. The Ten Hours Act reduced the permitted maximum hours of work for women and children to 10 hrs per day and 58 in any one week.