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Lumbutts Methodist Church to the left hand side of the photo, with Stoodley Pike to the horizon on the right hand corner. The chapel was built in 1860 - 1870. In the foreground is Lee Dam, which was one of three dams which powered Lumbutts Mill.…

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A Grade 2 listed building
Scaitcliffe Hall is beautifully situated in a picturesque part of the Burnley valley. The south part was re-built in 1666 and the north part in 1738, but it was completely pulled down and re-erected in 1833. It is now a…

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The present church was built in 1835 and dedicated to St. Paul, it was financed by the Commissioner's Church organization to bring church to new communities. The first church was built in 1527and pulled down in 1717.

The group of houses below the…

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Also known as Todmorden Grammar School, Ferney Lee Road.

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The Mansion is sited to the left of centre in the photo, with Centre Vale parkland surrounding it. The house was built in 1826 by Thomas Ramsbottom. In 1842, the Fielden family moved here from Dawson Weir. In 1849, Samuel Fielden inherited the…

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A good view of the Todmorden - Burnley railway line, the Copy Pit Line, and Lydgate or Nott Wood Viaduct. In the distance Mons Mill, demolished in 2000, and Stoodley Pike on the skyline top left.

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Robinwood Mill on the right with Stoodley Pike on the skyline and the Burnley - Todmorden railway, the Copy Pit Line, on the left which was once threatened with closure but now has hourly Blackpool - York and Blackburn - Manchester services.

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The Great Wall of Todmorden viewed from Shoebroad. Fielden Square is bottom right and Waterside Mill to the left.

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The Golden Lion is in background.

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The Golden Lion in in the background.

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Library Lock with Union Offices in recent times

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Officially called Todmorden Library Lock, No 19. The road goes over the canal by means of the Golden Lion Bridge.

The road was widened here in the 1920s; to allow the lock to remain full length it is believed that a guillotine, or vertically…

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By the amount of interest being shown here, this is probably the installation of the lock c. 1933.

The road was widened here in the 1920s; to allow the lock to remain full length it is believed that a guillotine, or vertically rising, gate was…

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A bus negotiating the original and then the new metal bridge

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This photograph was taken during works to replace the stone arch with a metal bridge.

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As buses became taller, the bridge became a hazard and, after several accidents, it was replaced by a taller, metal structure.
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