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Built 1865/69 the church is Grade 1 listed and looking more like a cathedral than a non-conformist chapel with its 192 foot spire visible for miles around making it one of the areas landmarks. Todmorden’s first Unitarian church had opened in 1823 but…

Situated off Longfield Road, Todmorden it is Grade II listed. Built in 1823 this was Todmorden’s first Unitarian Church but as the congregation outgrew it so the new church, which still dominates the area, was built opening in 1869 and the old…

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During the first half of the 19th century there was a gradual movement from the hilltop villages down to the growing small mill towns in the valley bottom and in 1851 a small group from Shore Baptist Chapel on the hillside formed a congregation in…

The rear of Vale Baptist Chapel School is bottom right. During the first half of the 19th century there was a gradual movement from the hilltop villages down to the growing small mill towns in the valley bottom and in 1851 a small group from Shore…

This is the site of the first Methodist Meeting Room in Todmorden. In the early days of the Methodist movement it was quite usual to meet in houses, it was only later as the Movement grew that purpose built chapels came into being.

The building featured here was demolished and a bank built on the site. Later that was demolished and another bank built, which in its turn was demolished.

St Mary's Church can be seen on the left, and the coal merchant's was run by author Billy…

St Peter's Church of England Primary School with St Peter's Church behind. The school building is now (2014) being redeveloped as houses, and the school has been re-located to Walsden Junior School site on nearby Rochdale Road.

A new Chapel and Sunday School were built here in the 1820s but in 1906, a new Sunday school was built, as seen here. Today (2015) this is the Central Methodist Church in Todmorden.