Browse Items (271 total)
- Subject contains "Todmorden"
- AND Subject contains "church"
Sort by:
St Mary's Church, Todmorden - RDA00167
There seems to have been a church on the site since the 15th century, but with the opening of Christ Church in 1832 this church was largely redundant. By the 1980s it was accepted that the parish could not support two churches and in 1992 Christ…
National School, Todmorden - RDA00170
Todmorden National School, built on part of the church burial ground, had 153 scholars at the official opening ceremony in 1845. By 1851 this had increased to 294, although this figure included the Sunday School. There were 90 pupils in the day…
Cross Stone Church Interior - RDA00172
The first church at Cross Stone, in the Parochial Chapelry of Heptonstall, was built in 1527 and pulled down in 1717 and then replaced. Dedicated to St Paul, the present church dates from the mid-1830s being one of the so called 'Million Pound'…
Todmorden - Roomfield Baptist Chapel. - RDA00180
Previously based at Millwood, the congregation moved to Roomfield in 1877, nearer to Todmorden Centre. The Chapel was demolished in 1953 due to dry rot and similarly the schoolroom in 1959. A new small Chapel opened at Roomfield in 1962.
Clough Foot Independent Chapel, Todmorden - RDA00182
The chapel was completed in 1854 as seen on the commemorative stone above the door. The chapel closed in 1991 and is now a private house.
Mankinholes Wesleyan Methodist Chapel. - RDA00183
The Chapel was erected in 1814 and the Sunday School at the rear in 1833. The Chapel, but not the Sunday School, was completely re-built in 1912 but due to structural problems and dry rot it closed in 1979 and was demolished. The Sunday School is now…
United Methodist Chapel, Lumbutts. - RDA00184
A Chapel was built in 1837 by a breakaway group from Mankinholes Chapel but as the congregation grew it was demolished and replaced by this larger building in 1877. The Chapel remains open as at 2013.
Bridge Street United Free Methodist Chapel, Todmorden. - RDA00185
A chapel was opened by a break away group from the Wesleyan York Street Chapel in 1838. That chapel was demolished and replaced by this much larger chapel in 1873, dubbed the 'Cathedral of Methodism'. It closed in 1962 and the building was demolished…
Interior Bridge Street Methodist Chapel Todmorden - RDA00186
For more information see RDA00185.
Wellington Road Baptist Chapel Todmorden. - RDA00187
The Chapel opened in 1859 and was altered in 1871 and then closed in 1953.
York Street Wesleyan Methodist Chapel Todmorden - RDA00188
The Chapel and Sunday School opened in 1827 but a decade later the congregation separated and a break away group established the Bridge Street Chapel. In 1906 the York Street Sunday School was replaced with what is now the Central Methodist Church.…
Lineholme Baptist Chapel and School, Harley Wood. - RDA00198
Formed by a break away group from the chapel at Shore the church opened in a central valley position in 1819. The church closed in 1962 and the congregation joined the Roomfield congregation. The graves were moved to Shore Chapel and but a block of…
Cornholme, Todmorden - RDA00203
St Michael & all Angels C of E Church, Burnley Road, Cornholme.
Harley Wood, Lydgate, Todmorden. - RDA00219
Top right Harley Wood Church opened 1858 and demolished in 1975. The building in the foreground believed to be Lineholme Baptist Chapel which closed in 1962 and was subsequently demolished.
Cornholme, Todmorden. - RDA00226
In the foreground Mount Zion Methodist Chapel; closed 1968 and then demolished although the graveyard remains. Down the valley the tower and spire of St Michael and ALL Angels C of E Church. The large mill behind is Frostholme Mill.
Lydgate, Todmorden. - RDA00228
Looking up the valley with Robinwood Mill prominent centre left. Harley Wood church to the right.
Shore Baptist Chapel, Near Cornholme, Todmorden - RDA00232
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 but services continued in a room in the Sunday SChool until the final closure in October 1985. One part is now…
Cornholme Church, Todmorden. - RDA00236
The C of E Church dedicated to St Michael and All Angels. The Grade ll listed church was built about 1902. In October 2013 it received a £85,000 Heritage Lottery Fund grant to carry out restoration work.
Interior Harley Wood Church, Todmorden - RDA00239
All Saints Church, Harley Wood, Lydgate opened 1858 and was demolished in 1975 following closure.
Harley Wood Church, Todmorden. - RDA00240
All Saints Church, Harley Wood, Lydgate opened 1858 and was demolished in 1975 following closure.
Lower Laithe, Todmorden. - RDA00246
East of the town centre on the Halifax-Todmorden Road (now the A646) near Hall Royd. Cross Stone Church on the hilltop.
Sandholme, Todmorden. - RDA00251
Looking down the Upper Calder Valley. Cross Stone Church on the hillside with canal wharf in the centre.
Millwood and Kilnhurst, Todmorden. - RDA00254
The area down the Calder Valley to the east of the town with Cross Stone Church on the hillside.
Cross Stone, Todmorden. - RDA00255
St Paul's Church, Cross Stone on the hillside above the Calder Valley to the east of Todmorden. The church seen here dates from 1833 but there had been a church on the site since the 15th century when it was a chapelry in Halifax Parish. The church…
Cross Stone Church, Todmorden. - RDA00256
St Paul's Church, Cross Stone on the hillside above the Calder Valley to the east of Todmorden. The church seen here dates from 1833 but there had been a church on the site since the 15th century when it was a chapelry in Halifax Parish. The church…