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Looking down the nave from the chancel. Taken prior to the re-ordering of the church which took place in the early 1990s.

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Taken prior to the re-ordering of the church which took place in the early 1990s.

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The choir and sanctary. Taken prior to the re-ordering of the church which took place in the early 1990s.

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The building featured here was demolished and a bank built on the site. Later that was demolished and another bank built, which in its turn was demolished.

St Mary's Church can be seen on the left, and the coal merchant's was run by author Billy…

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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…

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St Peter's Church of England Primary School with St Peter's Church behind. The school building is now (2014) being redeveloped as houses, and the school has been re-located to Walsden Junior School site on nearby Rochdale Road.

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St Peter's was devastated by fire on 28th May 1948, but was rebuilt and re-dedicated on 10th March 1956. The church had originally been built in 1845 when Walsden became a parish in its own right.

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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…

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All Saints Church, Harley Wood, Lydgate opened 1858 and was demolished in 1975 following closure in 1972.

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Top left - Cross Stone Church. Bottom left - Town Hall, Bottom Right - Unitarian Chapel, Top Right - Stoodley Pike.

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Engraving by J Shore c.1855. Looking up from Stubbing Holme where the Colden Water joins the River Calder, the 'mytholm'. Above is Mytholm Hall, St James Parish Church and above that Eaves Lower and Upper Mills and to the right Bankfoot Mill, now the…

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The hamlet below the church is known locally as Little Cornwall. Top right of the picture is the graveyard for the Methodist Church.

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Corn Mill on left. During the war they kept a fire engine inside the mill so that if the bridge was bombed or put out of action they would have an engine on that side of the bridge. Cross Stone church is on the skyline.

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The Town Hall is on the right, and the building on the left was pulled down in order to widen the junction.

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The town is looking very elegant. St Mary's church is left of centre, with Cross Stone church on the skyline.

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View over the town from the west. The remains of Fielden’s Waterside Mill, an old spinning mill built in 1800, can be seen on the right after a disastrous fire in 1901. The spire of the Unitarian Church, built by the Fieldens, is in the centre. The…

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The Grade 1 listed building was built in 1865-69 by the philanthropist ‘Honest John’ Fielden, MP. It is now in the care of the Historic Chapels Trust and is available for weddings and events.

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The Square, off Rochdale Road, is named after 'Honest John' Fielden, a Radical MP and wealthy local industrialist from humble beginnings. His statue is seen here in the centre. It was originally erected by the Town Hall in 1875 and then moved to the…

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The Grade l building built by 'Honest John' Fielden MP in the late 1860s.

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Looking down on the town, with the Unitarian Church on the left and the gable of the Town Hall nearly centre.

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Christ Church, one of the 'Million Pound Churches', was built 1830-32. The church closed in 1992 and is now in private ownership, and the vicarage is a private house.

The vicarage was the location of 2 murders committed by Miles Weatherill in…
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