Slide 8: The River Derwent skirts the boundary of the park for a considerable distance. A striking feature of the river scenery in this vicinity are the tall reeds growing on the margin of the water. Some of these I measured were quite six feet in…
NAME: SANDHOLME MILL
LOCATION: Commercial Street, Todmorden
REF: CD37
GRID REF: 944 242
CLASSIFICATION: B and C
CONDITION: Fully used
APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: From early 19C
DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: The last of this group of mills…
The back of Crossley Mill is on the left foreground, next to it are the 3 storey houses of New Road. Opposite them you can just make out the weaver's windows of Machpelah.
Machpelah is on the right, Croft House in centre of the picture, Crossley Mill on the left, behind the chimney of which can be seen Queen's Terrace on Heptonstall Road.
This bridge takes the road from the main A646 (Hebden Bridge to Halifax) over the Rochdale Canal to the railway station. The top of the tower of Heptonstall church can be seen on the skyline.
Looking towards Todmorden and the footbridge at the end of Holme Street, which leads to Calder Holmes Park. On the right you can just see Riverside School.
The new building is under construction at the same time as the old building is being demolished. The red brick building is the Trades Club on Holme Street.