Lydgate or Nott Wood Railway viaduct with Mons Mill and chimney in the centre. The viaduct is on the Burnley Branch, or Copy Pit Line as it is known in railway circles, which opened in 1849.
A general view from Holebottom showing the railway cutting across the centre of the town. Clearly visible on the right are Christ Church and its Vicarage. The former Ridgefoot Mill complex can be seen abutting the viaduct.
The rear of Vale Baptist Chapel School is bottom right. During the first half of the 19th century there was a gradual movement from the hilltop villages down to the growing small mill towns in the valley bottom and in 1851 a small group from Shore…