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Parade of Sunday School Queens. Rachel Kerr, Andrew Wilkinson, Marie Chaffer, Gillian Clark, 1978 - Cheryl Wilkinson, 1979 - Helen Mycock, 1974 - Liz Jackson, 1975 - Janet Bairstow, 1964 - Susan Collinge, 1966 - Joy Crossley, 1967 - Ann Lightburn,…

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Bottom left St James Parish Church and to its right Mytholm Hall, demolished 1969. Centre foreground Adelaide Street and above it the chimney and Calder Mill, the mill was destroyed by fire in 1964. To the right of the mill the western portal of…

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Postcard date stamped May 1916. Looking down the road from the canal bridge; over the river, past the Goods Yard and then over the railway and up to St Mary's Church. The church was built in 1873, closed in 1977 and its 126ft spire was demolished in…

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An early print showing the church before it was damaged by a gale in 1847 resulting in the building of a new church shortly after.

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St Peters Parish Church was constructed in 1845 when Walsden became a parish in its own right and no longer part of Todmorden Chapelry. The church was consecrated in 1848. This photo was taken before the devastating fire that took place on May 28th…

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St Peter's was devastated by fire on 28th May 1948, but was rebuilt and re-dedicated on 10th March 1956. The church had originally been built in 1845 when Walsden became a parish in its own right.

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The sketch and description are from The Calderdale Sketch Book by J. L. Berbiers, published in 1973 by The Halifax Courier Ltd.

The present St Peter

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The hamlet below the church is known locally as Little Cornwall. Top right of the picture is the graveyard for the Methodist Church.

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The church was built in 1848 in an Early English Style; it was a Million Pound church. The Sunday school, which can be seen on the left, was reduced to one story in the 1970s; this is now the church hall.

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St Michael & All Angels C of E Church, Burnley Road, Cornholme built in 1902. The rear part of the church has been converted into a two storey community space, available for hire, and separated from the area used for services.

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The gable end of the Endowed School can be seen behind the building works for the new garden. Todmorden Town Hall is on the left.

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The Town Hall is on the right, and the building on the left was pulled down in order to widen the junction.

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There seems to have been a church on the site since the 15th century but prior to the mid-19th century Todmorden was a chapelry mainly in the Parish of Rochdale but part in the Parish of Halifax. With the opening of Christ Church in 1832 St Mary's…
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