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Todmorden - Halifax Road. - RDA00317
Looking in the Halifax direction.
Todmorden - Lifeboat Saturday. - RDA00190
An annual event with the Lifeboat from Fleetwood, at that time of course a Rowing Lifeboat.
Todmorden - Lifeboat Saturday. - RDA00193
"Lifeboat Saturdays" were a regular event in Todmorden until July 7 1906 when the last - pictured here - took place. Officials of the charity, started nearly 10 years earlier to support the R.N.L.I., line up in front of the lifeboat "Busbie," manned…
Todmorden - RDA00314
View across Christ Church and the town to Cross Stone Church on the far hillside. Just discernible below the hillside on the left are the platforms of Stansfield Hall Station on the Todmorden - Burnley line. The station closed in 1944. Stansfield…
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.
Todmorden - St Mary's Church. - RDA00324
St Mary's is the historic Parish Church of Todmorden although although from 1832 until it closed 1992 that honour was held by Christ Church.
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 - Stansfield Hall. - RDA00318
The Grade ll listed house was originally built in 1640 for James Stansfield and extensively enlarged in 1862 in Gothic Revival style for Joshua Fielden M.P. It is now divided into apartments.
Todmorden - The Post Office. - RDA00319
Todmorden Hall, or Todmorden Old Hall, dates from around 1603 and was built by the Radcliffe family replacing an earlier house. It then passed into the Fielden family for several decades up to 1795. In 1924 it became the Post Office and is now a…
Todmorden - Unitarian Church Interior. - RDA00323
The Grade l Listed building dates from 1865/9. It was built by the three Fielden brothers, Samuel, John Jr. and Joshua, in honour of their late father, ‘Honest’ John Fielden MP at a cost of £35,000. It closed in 1987 but following a £1M restoration…
Todmorden - White Hart Fold. - RDA00320
The railway station is behind the buildings in the centre.
Todmorden -John Fielden Monument. - RDA00189
Honest John' Fielden a Radical MP for Oldham for many years. Although from humble beginnings he became a wealthy industrialist and founded the Fielden dynasty in Todmorden with their Riverside Mill complex, Dobroyd Castle and the Unitarian Church and…
Todmorden Cricket Field. - RDA00197
The Cricket Field and Pavilion Centre Vale. cricket club has been on this site since 1839 and its tenure was assured when the John Fielden bought Centre Vale in 1843.
Todmorden Free Library Interior. - RDA00194
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 now part of the Calderdale Council's branch library…
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.
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 Great Wall. - RDA00119
The brick 'Great Wall' supported the sidings and goods yard to the west of the station above the canal.
It is generally accepted that around 4 million bricks were used to construct the revetment known as the Great Wall of Todmorden. However,…
It is generally accepted that around 4 million bricks were used to construct the revetment known as the Great Wall of Todmorden. However,…
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…
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 Parish Church Interior. - RDA00316
The image is overwritten 'Parish Church' but this is Christ Church and not St Mary's which is the historic Parish Church. However with the opening of Christ Church in 1832 that became the Parish Church. In 1987 the decision was taken to close one of…
Todmorden Town Centre - RDA00126
The town centre road junctions with the magnificent Town Hall on the right.
Todmorden Town Hall Pediment - RDA00192
" One interesting external feature of the town hall is the pediment. The fine carved stonework has two central female figures on a pedestal. The left hand one represents Lancashire (cotton spinning industry) and the right hand one Yorkshire…
Todmorden Town Hall. - RDA00191
"The town hall in Todmorden straddles the River Calder and was situated in both Lancashire and Yorkshire until the county boundary was moved on January 1 1888. Designed by John Gibson of Westminster, this imposing building has a northern end which is…
Todmorden Water Works Filter Beds. - RDA00273
Believed to be at Gorpley Reservoir.