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  • Collection: Todmorden Churches & Chapels

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On June 29 1830, the cornerstone for Christ Church, Todmorden was laid amidst great celebrations. A large crowd of people had gathered to hear speeches from local dignitaries and watch the stone being laid. During the ceremony, a rope broke and the…

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When Christ Church replaced St Mary’s as the Parish Church this became Todmorden Vicarage. With the closure of the Church in the 1990s it passed into private hands.

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Christ Church built in1830-32 was one of the 'Million Pound’, or Commissioner’s, churches and came to replace St Mary’s as the Parish Church, although the town remained in Rochdale Parish until 1866. By the 1980s it was accepted that the parish could…

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Back row holding the cross is John Hodgson. Other choir members identified include Marion Barker, Herbert Green, Joy Tootell, and Florence Kershaw. The church closed in 1992 and is now in private hands.

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Built in 1906 as a new Sunday School for York Street Weslyan Methodist Chapel to replace an earlier school built in the 1820s. The Chapel closed in 1942 and was used for various purposes before being demolished in 1962. With the closure of the Chapel…

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The inscription over the door reads ‘Built 1840. Re-built 18??’ – probably the 1880s. Now demolished.

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The Chapel seen here fronted on to the side of the Town Hall. A breakaway group from the Wesleyan York Street Chapel gad opened a chapel here in 1838 but that chapel was demolished and replaced by this much larger one in 1873, dubbed the 'Cathedral…

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The chapel front on the left and the side of the Town Hall on the right. A breakaway group from the Wesleyan York Street Chapel had opened a chapel here in 1838 but that chapel was demolished and replaced by this much larger one in 1873, dubbed the…

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All Saints Church, Harley Wood, Lydgate opened 1858 and was demolished in 1975 following closure in 1972.
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