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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…
Millwood and Kilnhurst, Todmorden. - RDA00254
The area down the Calder Valley to the east of the town with Cross Stone Church on the hillside.
Lord Bros., Todmorden. - RDA00253
"BOILER EXPLOSION at Lord Bros. 7 killed and 40 or 50 injured. Three boilers placed in Canal Street Works new in 1866. Whole of boiler house, beaming room and small engine room adjoining all reduced to ruins.
Castle Street, Todmorden. - RDA00252
Millsteads Mill on the right.
Sandholme, Todmorden. - RDA00251
Looking down the Upper Calder Valley. Cross Stone Church on the hillside with canal wharf in the centre.
Beeton, Todmorden. - RDA00250
The long low building along the canal bank is Beeton Rope Works. Above left the western portal of Horsfall Tunnel.
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…
Hallroyd, Todmorden. - RDA00248
Hallroyd east of Todmorden town centre is where the Burnley line divides from the Manchester and Leeds line. The signal box and signals, but not the junction, seen here.
Woodhouse Mill, Todmorden. - RDA00247
The Grade ll listed building situated on the Rochdale Canal between Todmorden and Eastwood. It was built in 1832 as a steam powered cotton mill but by the mid-20th century lay derelict and then in 1994 it was gutted by a fire. It was subsequently…
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.
Stansfield Mill, Todmorden, 1905/6. - RDA00245
Laying cables at Lower Laithe, Todmorden.
Springside, Todmorden. - RDA00244
Springside between Eastwood and Todmorden. Most of the buildings now demolished.
Scaitcliffe Hall, Todmorden. - RDA00243
Looking across to Scaitcliffe Hall from Ewood below Buckley Wood. The hall is now a hotel and the area in front the site of Todmorden High School.
Eagles Crag, Todmorden. - RDA00241
Towering above the 'Staff of Life Inn' on Burnley Road between Cornholme and Todmorden it was the subject of supernatural legend.
Harley Wood Church, Todmorden. - RDA00240
All Saints Church, Harley Wood, Lydgate opened 1858 and was demolished in 1975 following closure.
Interior Harley Wood Church, Todmorden - RDA00239
All Saints Church, Harley Wood, Lydgate opened 1858 and was demolished in 1975 following closure.
Frostholme Mill, Cornholme, Todmorden. - RDA00238
The mill on Burnley Road was originally a cotton mill built in 1861 with subsequent extensions. Now occupied by furniture manufacturers.
Stoneyroyd, Harley Wood, Todmorden - RDA00237
On the hillside above Burnley Road, To the rifgt of the building the arch of a bridge on the Todmorden-Burnley railway line.
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.
Vale, Cornholme, Todmorden. - RDA00234
Looking across towards Cornholme Station which closed in 1938 with Burnley Road in the foreground.
Burnley Road, Todmorden. - RDA00233
Looking down Burnley Road towards Mons Mill and chimney.
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…
Newton, Todmorden. - RDA00231
Burnley Road at Newton between Todmorden and Lydgate.