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)
Also known as Churn Milk Peg and Savile's Low, this stone is located on Midgley Moor. It is a 6' 9" high stone pillar - probably originally placed as a boundary marker. The stone is claimed to spin round three times on New Year's Eve. It is said to…
Also known as Churn Milk Peg and Savile's Low, this stone is located on Midgley Moor. It is a 6' 9" high stone pillar - probably originally placed as a boundary marker. The stone is claimed to spin round three times on New Year's Eve. It is said to…
Also known as Churn Milk Peg and Savile's Low, this stone is located on Midgley Moor. It is a 6' 9" high stone pillar - probably originally placed as a boundary marker. The stone is claimed to spin round three times on New Year's Eve. It is said to…
The reservoir was designed by J. F. Bateman for Halifax Corporation to provide a water supply from Widdop to Halifax, 8 miles away.
It was constructed under an Act of Parliament passed in 1868. The first sod was cut on 26th July 1871 by Mayor H. C.…
Looking over the Colden Valley with Strines Clough in the distance. Field Head is on the right, just below the horizon. The valley in the foreground is Colden Clough (Ragley Wood).
The Hollin Hall Pumping Station is on the left of the picture, and the centre is Hollin Hall Frame now the offices of the National Trust in Hardcastle Crags.