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  • Collection: Rene Dawson Collection

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The 13 arch Nott Wood Viaduct, Lydgate, on the Todmorden-Burnley 'Copy Pit' line, completed 1849. Robinwood Mill on the left.

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Nott Wood Viaduct in the centre with Robinwood Mill to its right. To the right of the viaduct the former primary school now the Robinwood Activity Centre.

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A small village on the moors above Todmorden with Stoodley Pike on the skyline and the United Methodist Chapel centre right.

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East of the town centre on the Halifax-Todmorden Road (now the A646) near Hall Royd. Cross Stone Church on the hilltop.

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Lovers Walk through Buckley Wood on the hillside above Centre Vale Park.

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Lovers Walk in Buckley Wood on the hillside above Centre Vale Park.

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"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.

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Lob Mill east of the town with the chimney being felled on 29 September 1906 by which time the mill was disused Note the crowds standing on the railway viaduct to watch.

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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…

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Jumble Hole Clough runs north westerly up from the Upper Calder Valley between Charlestown and Eastwood.

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St Peter's church was built in the late 1840s.

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Dedicated to St John the Divine it is a fine Georgian Church dating from the late 18th century.

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

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The village is on the Todmorden - Burnley road and railway line and once had a station.

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The Todmorden - Burnley Road (now A646) running through the village.

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The Todmorden - Burnley Road (now A646) in the centre of the village. On the left is the lychgate to the church.

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Holme Station Cliviger on the Todmorden-Burnley 'Copy Pit' line. On 27th October 1907 some wagons on a coal train became detached at Copy Pit and rolled back down and leaving the track demolished the Booking Office killing the Booking Clerk.

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Holme House or Hall probably dates from the 15th century with re-building in the 17th century and additions in the mid 18th century. Between 1985 and 2003 it was used as a retirement home but was gutted by arson in 2004, but has since been…

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Dedicated to St John the Divine the church dates fro the late 1790s.

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Originally known as Hole-Bottom-Meadow-Bottom. Situate on the north hillside above Burnley Road.

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Hole Bottom on the north hillside up above Burnley Road. Originally known as Hole-Bottom-Meadow-Bottom.

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A cotton spinning mill at Meadow Bottom; it was destroyed by fire in February 1918.

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Mount Zion Baptist Church was built in 1808 by a breakaway group from Birchcliffe Chapel in Hebden Bridge but the present building dates from 1878.
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