In this photograph, taken from Dale Street, the public house seen on the left is The Royal George Inn which, until the end of the 18th century was known as The Ship Inn. Interestingly there was a watergate passage under the adjoining coal merchant’s…
In the middle of the 18th century it was called The White Swan and renamed The Lord Nelson after the Battle of Trafalgar (1805) It is in Luddenden Village opposite the church.
In 1431, The Holme, then a manor house of 40 rooms, was referenced in connection with Thomas Whitaker. The process of converting the original wooden structure into stone began in 1603 and was completed 1717 with west wing. The Whitakers built an…
Stoodley Pike, Todmorden. Obelisk 121 ft tall on a hill 1,300 ft above sea level. Completed in 1856 at the end of the Crimean War. It is on the Pennine Way. (2013)