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Knowl Wood Chapel, from above Bacup Road - TAS00468
The road in front of the chapel goes to Lumbutts., and Gauxholme arches are just below the centre of the picture/
Patmos Baptist Chapel, Burnley Road, Todmorden - TAS00467
Only the chapel's gate and railings can be seen here. A chapel was first opened her by the New Connexion Methodists in 1816 but was sold to the Baptists in 1841. By 1878 they had outgrown it and a new Chapel was built on the site. It closed and was…
Demolition of Bridge Street Methodist Church, Todmorden, 1965 - TAS00465
No worry about health and safety in those days! The public house on the far left is The York.
Bridge Street Methodist Church, Todmorden - TAS00464
The Chapel seen here fronted on to the side of the Town Hall. A breakaway group from the Wesleyan York Street Chapel gad opened a chapel here in 1838 but that chapel was demolished and replaced by this much larger one in 1873, dubbed the 'Cathedral…
Bridge Street Methodist Church, Todmorden - TAS00463
The chapel front on the left and the side of the Town Hall on the right. A breakaway group from the Wesleyan York Street Chapel had opened a chapel here in 1838 but that chapel was demolished and replaced by this much larger one in 1873, dubbed the…
Trinity Methodist Chapel, Walsden, Todmorden - TAS00462
A school and preaching room opened here in 1841 but they soon outgrew it and a new school and chapel opened in 1848 at Inchfield Bottom. This too proved too small and another chapel was built in 1861 as seen here.
Demolition of Mount Zion Sunday School, Todmorden. - TAS00461
The inscription over the central window reads ‘AD 1881’. The adjacent chapel had opened in 1854. The chapel closed in 1968 and the school was then used for services until that too closed in 1985 and was largely demolished as seen here although the…
Mount Zion United Methodist Church and Sunday School, Cornholme, Todmorden - TAS00460
The Chapel was built in 1854 largely through the efforts of the Wilson Family of Wilson’s Bobbin Works and then the school in 1881. The chapel closed in 1968 and the school was then used as a chapel until that too closed in 1985 due to structural…
Lumbutts Methodist Chapel, Todmorden - TAS00459
A Chapel was built in 1837 by a breakaway group from Mankinholes Chapel but as the congregation grew it was demolished and replaced by this larger building in 1877. The Chapel remains open as at 2015.
Castle Street Primitive Methodist Church, Todmorden - TAS00457
The inscription over the door reads ‘Built 1840. Re-built 18??’ – probably the 1880s. Now demolished.
Shade Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Todmorden - TAS00456
A church was founded here in 1848 and the chapel seen here closed in 1965 and is now a private house.
Lanebottom Wesleyan Chapel, Todmorden - TAS00455
The chapel seen here opened in 1876 replacing an earlier Chapel and school. Following closure it was demolished in the 1970s and is now the site of housing.
Unknown Chapel Interior - TAS00454
Can anyone identify?
Central Methodist Church, Todmorden - TAS00453
Built in 1906 as a new Sunday School for York Street Weslyan Methodist Chapel to replace an earlier school built in the 1820s. The Chapel closed in 1942 and was used for various purposes before being demolished in 1962. With the closure of the Chapel…
York Street Weslyan Sunday School, Todmorden. - TAS00452
A new Chapel and Sunday School were built here in the 1820s but in 1906, a new Sunday school was built, as seen here. Today (2015) this is the Central Methodist Church in Todmorden.
Halifax Road, Todmorden - TAS00450
The large building just right of centre was York Street Chapel which was demolished in 1962 and the site is now a garden.
Roomfield Baptist Chapel, Todmorden - TAS00447
Previously based at Millwood the congregation moved to Roomfield in 1877 nearer to Todmorden Centre. The Chapel was demolished in 1953 due to dry rot and similarly the schoolroom, which had temporarily been used for services, followed the same fate…
Former Rehoboth Baptist Chapel, Millwood, Todmorden - TAS00446
An unusual name but as with those of many non-conformist chapels it comes from the Bible and in this case the book of Genesis where it meant a place of flourishing. The congregation were descended from the 18th century Rodwell End Meeting House and…
Rodwell End, Higher Eastwood, Todmorden - TAS00445
Todmorden’s first Baptist Meeting House was built on this site about 1703 but it closed eighty years later although there was short revival at the end of the century but then in 1804 the congregation moved down the hill to their new Rehoboth Chapel…
Vale Baptist Chapel, Cornholme, Todmorden - TAS00444
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 Baptist Chapel on the hillside formed a congregation in…
Vale, Cornholme, Todmorden - TAS00443
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…
Lineholme Baptist Chapel & School, Harley Wood, Todmorden. - TAS00442
Formed by a breakaway group from Shore Chapel on the hillside it opened in a central valley position in 1819. It closed in 1962 and the congregation joined the Roomfield congregation. The graves were moved to Shore Chapel and the chapel demolished…
The Lodge, Unitarian Church, Todmorden - TAS00438
Completed in 1869 the Grade II listed lodge is at the gates to Todmorden’s landmark Unitarian Church, itself Grade 1 listed. When the church closed in 1987 services were held in the lodge for the dwindling congregation but this finally ended in 1992.