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Portsmouth, Todmorden. - RDA00224
Portsmouth looking up towards Burnley. Just discernible right of centre the small station on the Todmorden- Burnley 'Copy Pit' line, closed 1958.
Vale, Cornholme, Todmorden. - RDA00223
Vale to the east of Cornholme.
Cornholme and Station, Todmorden - RDA00222
Looking up the valley over the small mill town towards Burnley with the station more or less in the centre. The station had opened in 1878 and closed in 1938. The chimney to the left of the big chimney was for Law Mill.
Lydgate, Todmorden. - RDA00220
Looking up Burnley Road to Knott Wood Viaduct on the Todmorden-Burnley 'Copy Pit' line. To the left the top storeys of Robinwood Mill.
Lydgate, Todmorden - RDA00216
Nott Wood Viaduct in the centre with Robinwood Mill to its right. To the right of the viaduct the former primary school now the Robinwood Activity Centre.
Lydgate, Todmorden. - RDA00215
The 13 arch Nott Wood Viaduct, Lydgate, on the Todmorden-Burnley 'Copy Pit' line, completed 1849. Robinwood Mill on the left.
Portsmouth Station. - RDA00214
The station on the Todmorden-Burnley 'Copy Pit' line opened in 1849 and closed in 1958. Seem here looking up the line towards Burnley.
Steam Train Todmorden Area. - RDA00213
Can you locate? Originally thought to be the road overbridge at Copy Pit looking North West and the second bridge seen through the arch would be commensurate with that although the two bridges were further apart than they appear to be here. Further…
Cornholme Station - RDA00179
The station on the 'Copy Pit Line' from Todmorden to Burnley opened in 1878 some 30 years after the line and the station closed in 1938.
The 'Copy Pit' Line - Holme Station. - RDA00178
The station was opened at the same time as the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway's line between Todmorden and Burnley in 1849. It was closed in 1930.
The 'Copy Pit' Line - Chatham Bridge. - RDA00177
The bridge, seen here looking SE in the Todmorden direction, is about quarter of a mile up from the former Portsmouth station and carries a lane from the A646 up to a farm. The loop line on the left has now been lifted.
The 'Copy Pit' Cliviger. - RDA00176
The small colliery at the summit of the steeply graded Todmorden-Burnley line after which it is named. Seen here looking SE towards Todmorden the main road, now the A646, is the other side of the wall centre left. The bridge on the right carried a…
The 'Copy Pit', Cliviger - RDA00175
The small colliery at the summit of the Todmorden-Burnley line after which it is named. The steeply graded line was opened by the Lancashire Railway in 1849. Seen here looking NW towards Burnley. On the right people are walking on the…
Mytholmroyd, c1900 - RDA00171
View over the town from the north hillside. Scout Rocks are on the left, with Scout Road School below.
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.
Mytholmroyd from Daisy Bank. - RDA00160
View over the town from the south west. A train can be seen pulling away from the station towards Hebden Bridge.
Floods at Patmos, Todmorden - RDA00159
Looking down Burnley Road towards the town centre viaduct. Date unknown.
Charlestown, c1920 - RDA00153
Callis Mill and dam looking down the valley. The mill was partially demolished in the 1970s. For further information see: www.hebdenbridgehistory.org.uk/charlestown/mills.
Cornholme - Wilson's Bobbin Mill. - RDA00150
The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway 'Copy Pit' Line between Todmorden and Burnley passing Wilson’s ‘bobbin mill'.
"Wilson's Bobbin Mill once dominated the village of Cornholme. The vast four-storey building, with its eye-catching clock bridge…
"Wilson's Bobbin Mill once dominated the village of Cornholme. The vast four-storey building, with its eye-catching clock bridge…
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 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…
The Railway and Rochdale Canal at Gauxholme - RDA00145
1904/05 and a busy industrial scene, looking east towards Todmorden. To the right can be seen a section of the long, low viaduct, and further in the distance the bow string bridge with its castellated abutments. In the centre foreground is the…
Eastwood Station - RDA00144
Eastwood Station looking east. The station opened at the same time as the line between Todmorden and Hebden Bridge in October 1840 but closed to passengers in 1951, although coal continued to be delivered for some time after. The station was…
Eastwood, near Todmorden - RDA00143
Looking towards Hebden Bridge with far left the cobbled double side sloping track up to the station. The track is still there but the station closed to passengers in 1951.
The street facing you is Valley Street. In front is James (Jimmy) Mitchell's…
The street facing you is Valley Street. In front is James (Jimmy) Mitchell's…
Naze Bottom, Charlestown - RDA00141
Looking towards Hebden Bridge with the tall chimney of Calderside Mill and barely visible below it the road passing under Whiteley Arches. A railway signal can just be seen below the top row of houses.