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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.
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.
Charlestown, c1920 - RDA00153
Callis Mill and dam looking down the valley. The mill was partially demolished in the 1970s. For further information see: www.hebdenbridgehistory.org.uk/charlestown/mills.
Foster Mill, Hebden Bridge. - RDA00152
Redman Bros' Foster Mill after the fire of 1888. The mill was re-built.
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
The Railway and Rochdale Canal at Gauxholme - RDA00145
1904/05 and a busy industrial scene, looking east towards Todmorden. To the right can be seen a section of the long, low viaduct, and further in the distance the bow string bridge with its castellated abutments. In the centre foreground is the…
Eastwood Station - RDA00144
Eastwood Station looking east. The station opened at the same time as the line between Todmorden and Hebden Bridge in October 1840 but closed to passengers in 1951, although coal continued to be delivered for some time after. The station was…
Eastwood, near Todmorden - RDA00143
Looking towards Hebden Bridge with far left the cobbled double side sloping track up to the station. The track is still there but the station closed to passengers in 1951.
The street facing you is Valley Street. In front is James (Jimmy) Mitchell's…
The street facing you is Valley Street. In front is James (Jimmy) Mitchell's…
Hebden Bridge from Fairfield - RDA00142
Looking over to Heptonstall Road with Heptonstall Church on the skyline. Early 20th century prior to building of Riverside School in 1909.
Naze Bottom, Charlestown - RDA00141
Looking towards Hebden Bridge with the tall chimney of Calderside Mill and barely visible below it the road passing under Whiteley Arches. A railway signal can just be seen below the top row of houses.
Charlestown - Whiteley Arches c.1890. - RDA00140
Behind the viaduct is Calderside Mill built in the 1820s by John Whiteley, after whom the viaduct came to be named. Reputedly it had the tallest chimney in the valley.
The bridge over the canal was a very early skew bridge and also one of the very…
The bridge over the canal was a very early skew bridge and also one of the very…
Stoodley Pike, Todmorden - RDA00139
Stoodley Pike refers to a 1400 feet (400m) hill, although it is better known for its 121feet (37m) monument which was designed by local architect James Green and completed in 1856 at the end of the Crimean War.
The monument replaced an earlier…
The monument replaced an earlier…
Carlaith, Todmorden - RDA00138
Carr Laithe house on Lovers Walk through Buckley Wood on the hillside above Centre Vale Park. The house has now been demolished.
Interior of Walsden Parish Church - RDA00137
St Peter's church was built in the late 1840s.
Gandy Bridge, Todmorden - RDA00136
Burnley Road opposite Centre Vale Park, the park entrance can be seen on far left.
Rochdale Road, Todmorden - RDA00135
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…
Walsden Parish Church - RDA00134
St Peters Church was constructed in 1845 when Walsden became a Parish in its own right and no longer part of Todmorden Parish. The church was consecrated in 1848.
Walsden - RDA00133
Walsden from the south hillside. Centre left is the village school and below it an eastbound train heading away from the station.
Waterside, Todmorden - RDA00132
Originally a Fielden Bros warehouse, also used for offices and a factory school, it was later sold to Todmorden Council for use as a technical school and fire station.
Dobroyd Lane, Todmorden, in the snow. - RDA00131
The railway crossing keeper's cottage is at the bottom of the lane. Taken in the 1920s. Fielden Bros warehouses are on the right with Rose Bank in the distance.