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St Aidan's Mill, Bacup Road, Todmorden - TAS00409
The second floor was used as a Christian meeting Room.
St Paul's Church,Cross Stone, Todmorden. - TAS00420
There has been a church here since about 1450 high up on the hills above the Todmorden valley and it was built as a Chapel of Ease for Heptonstall Parochial Chapelry to serve the townships of Stansfield and Langfield.
The old medieval church was…
The old medieval church was…
Springside, Todmorden - TAS00448
Site of former Springside Congregational Chapel
Shore Baptist Chapel and Sunday School, Cornholme, Todmorden - TAS00441
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 and a part is now a private house but the rest is derelict and the chapel roofless.
Shade Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Todmorden - TAS00456
A church was founded here in 1848 and the chapel seen here closed in 1965 and is now a private house.
Roomfield Baptist Chapel, Todmorden - TAS00447
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, which had temporarily been used for services, followed the same fate…
Rodwell End, Higher Eastwood, Todmorden - TAS00445
Todmorden’s first Baptist Meeting House was built on this site about 1703 but it closed eighty years later although there was short revival at the end of the century but then in 1804 the congregation moved down the hill to their new Rehoboth Chapel…
Patmos Congregational Chapel, Todmorden - TAS00469
The chapel was founded in 1816 by the Methodist New Connextion. The Congregational Church purchased the chapel along with the Manse and school in 1841 for the sum of £1,250. The Rev. Robert Stevens was the first Minister.
By 1878, the building had…
By 1878, the building had…
Patmos Baptist Chapel, Burnley Road, Todmorden - TAS00467
Only the chapel's gate and railings can be seen here. A chapel was first opened her by the New Connexion Methodists in 1816 but was sold to the Baptists in 1841. By 1878 they had outgrown it and a new Chapel was built on the site. It closed and was…
Oxford Street Mill, Todmorden - TAS00407
This building was used as a meeting room for St Mary's church.
Outdoor Service in the ruins of St Peter's, Walsden - TAS00415
St Peter's was devastated by fire in May 1948, but this service in the ruins of the church demonstrated faith in the future. The church was rebuilt and rededicated on 10th March 1956. The church had originally been built in 1845 when Walsden became a…
Organ and Choir Stalls of St Mary's Church, Todmorden - TAS00405
Taken prior to the re-ordering of the church which took place in the early 1990s.
Mount Zion United Methodist Church and Sunday School, Cornholme, Todmorden - TAS00460
The Chapel was built in 1854 largely through the efforts of the Wilson Family of Wilson’s Bobbin Works and then the school in 1881. The chapel closed in 1968 and the school was then used as a chapel until that too closed in 1985 due to structural…
Lumbutts Methodist Chapel, Todmorden - TAS00459
A Chapel was built in 1837 by a breakaway group from Mankinholes Chapel but as the congregation grew it was demolished and replaced by this larger building in 1877. The Chapel remains open as at 2015.
Lintel of St Paul's Church, Cross Stone, Todmorden - TAS00419
The lintel of the old St Paul's Church dated1619. That church was replaced 1717 and that in turn was replaced in 1833. The lintel now re-used in a private house near Castle Hill School.
Lineholme Baptist Chapel & School, Harley Wood, Todmorden. - TAS00442
Formed by a breakaway group from Shore Chapel on the hillside it opened in a central valley position in 1819. It closed in 1962 and the congregation joined the Roomfield congregation. The graves were moved to Shore Chapel and the chapel demolished…
Lanebottom Wesleyan Chapel, Todmorden - TAS00455
The chapel seen here opened in 1876 replacing an earlier Chapel and school. Following closure it was demolished in the 1970s and is now the site of housing.
Knowl Wood Chapel, from above Bacup Road - TAS00468
The road in front of the chapel goes to Lumbutts., and Gauxholme arches are just below the centre of the picture/
John Fielden's Grave, Unitarian Church, Todmorden - TAS00440
The grave is in the burial ground of the first Unitarian Church off Longfield Road which became the Sunday School when the magnificent new church opened in 1869. Although a very wealthy mill owner and influential politician he requested a very simple…
John Fielden's Grave, Unitarian Church, Todmorden - TAS00439
The grave is in the burial ground of the first Unitarian Church off Longfield Road which became the Sunday School when the magnificent new church opened in 1869. Although a very wealthy mill owner and influential politician he requested a very simple…
Interior of St Mary's Church, Todmorden - TAS00404
Looking down the nave from the chancel. Taken prior to the re-ordering of the church which took place in the early 1990s.
Interior of Christ Church, Todmorden - TAS00433
Rerodos, behind the High Altar, showing the Last Supper it was erected in memory of the Rev. William Augustus Conway who was Vicar from 1876 to 1883. The inscription notes that it was erected by his daughter.