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Todmorden Looking East - RDA00146
The Stansfield or Todmorden Curve going off centre left after the signal box at the end of the viaduct, with the coal drops in front of the box. The curve provided a connection from Todmorden Station onto the 'Copy Pit' line to Burnley and the North…
Todmorden - Stansfield Hall Railway Accident 1904. - RDA00147
Accident at Stansfield Hall on 5th December 1904. Wagons on a heavy goods train broke loose coming down from Copy Pit to Portsmouth and the train divided into two parts. When the engines stopped at Stansfield Hall signals the detached wagons…
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…
Heptonstall Church. - RDA00149
The church, dedicated to St Thomas the Apostle, was completed in 1854 and replaced a much older one on the same site. The ruins of the old church are adjacent.
Cornholme - Wilson's Bobbin Mill. - RDA00150
The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway 'Copy Pit' Line between Todmorden and Burnley passing Wilson’s ‘bobbin mill'.
"Wilson's Bobbin Mill once dominated the village of Cornholme. The vast four-storey building, with its eye-catching clock bridge…
"Wilson's Bobbin Mill once dominated the village of Cornholme. The vast four-storey building, with its eye-catching clock bridge…
Hawden Hall - RDA00151
Originally known as Hawden Hole, it is situated on the south Hebden Dale hillside between Midgehole and Hebden Hey above Hebden Water and the lower part of Hardcastle Crags. It was the site of the locally infamous murder of Samuel Sutcliffe in…
Foster Mill, Hebden Bridge. - RDA00152
Redman Bros' Foster Mill after the fire of 1888. The mill was re-built.
New Bridge, Midgehole - RDA00154
Originally a water powered cotton mill, by the time this photo was taken it was used by Frank Leelo as Tea Rooms to cater for the vast number of visitors to Hardcastle Crags. The Lodge at the gates into the Crags is on the right hand side.
Baltimore. Todmorden. - RDA00155
View over the Baltimore area of Todmorden on the east side of the town, with Cross Stone Church just visible on the skyline.
Unitarian Church, Todmorden - RDA00156
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.
Fielden Square, Todmorden - RDA00157
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…
Floods at Patmos, Todmorden - RDA00159
Looking down Burnley Road towards the town centre viaduct. Date unknown.
Mytholmroyd from Daisy Bank. - RDA00160
View over the town from the south west. A train can be seen pulling away from the station towards Hebden Bridge.
Unitarian Church and Langfield Moor, Todmorden. - RDA00161
The Grade l building built by 'Honest John' Fielden MP in the late 1860s.
Todmorden from Shoebroad - RDA00162
Looking down on the town, with the Unitarian Church on the left and the gable of the Town Hall nearly centre.
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.
Halifax Road, Todmorden - RDA00164
St Mary's Church at the top and the Town Hall on the right.
The Vicarage, Christ Church, Todmorden - RDA00165
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…
The vicarage was the location of 2 murders committed by Miles Weatherill in…
Todmorden Library - RDA00166
Todmorden Library was built by Todmorden Industrial and Co-operative Society and opened in 1897 and was handed over to Todmorden Borough Council. The library remains in the original building but is now part of the Calderdale Council's branch library…
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…
Abraham Ormerod Centre, Todmorden - RDA00168
The Abraham Ormerod Medical Centre was a gift to the town from a local family with textile mills in the area. The Clinic built on the site of their Ridgefoot Mill was opened on 23 July 1938 by the Princess Royal. It closed in 1992 and was later…
National School, Todmorden - RDA00169
National Schools were founded in 19th century by the National Society for Promoting Religious Education, to provide elementary education for poor children based on the teaching of the Church of England.
Todmorden National School opened in 1851 on…
Todmorden National School opened in 1851 on…
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…
Mytholmroyd, c1900 - RDA00171
View over the town from the north hillside. Scout Rocks are on the left, with Scout Road School below.