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Cross Stone Church Interior - RDA00172
The first church at Cross Stone, in the Parochial Chapelry of Heptonstall, was built in 1527 and pulled down in 1717 and then replaced. Dedicated to St Paul, the present church dates from the mid-1830s being one of the so called 'Million Pound'…
Mytholmroyd, c1900 - RDA00171
View over the town from the north hillside. Scout Rocks are on the left, with Scout Road School below.
Todmorden from Ewood - RDA00163
Looking over Centre Vale Mansion, which was demolished in the 1950s, to Stoodley Pike on the far hillside. To the right is the tower of Christ Church and on the skyline to the left the tower of Cross Stone Church.
Mytholmroyd from Daisy Bank. - RDA00160
View over the town from the south west. A train can be seen pulling away from the station towards Hebden Bridge.
Floods at Patmos, Todmorden - RDA00159
Looking down Burnley Road towards the town centre viaduct. Date unknown.
Foster Mill, Hebden Bridge. - RDA00152
Redman Bros' Foster Mill after the fire of 1888. The mill was re-built.
Hawden Hall - RDA00151
Originally known as Hawden Hole, it is situated on the south Hebden Dale hillside between Midgehole and Hebden Hey above Hebden Water and the lower part of Hardcastle Crags. It was the site of the locally infamous murder of Samuel Sutcliffe in…
Cornholme - Wilson's Bobbin Mill. - RDA00150
The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway 'Copy Pit' Line between Todmorden and Burnley passing Wilson’s ‘bobbin mill'.
"Wilson's Bobbin Mill once dominated the village of Cornholme. The vast four-storey building, with its eye-catching clock bridge…
"Wilson's Bobbin Mill once dominated the village of Cornholme. The vast four-storey building, with its eye-catching clock bridge…
Heptonstall Church. - RDA00149
The church, dedicated to St Thomas the Apostle, was completed in 1854 and replaced a much older one on the same site. The ruins of the old church are adjacent.
Eastwood Station - RDA00144
Eastwood Station looking east. The station opened at the same time as the line between Todmorden and Hebden Bridge in October 1840 but closed to passengers in 1951, although coal continued to be delivered for some time after. The station was…
Eastwood, near Todmorden - RDA00143
Looking towards Hebden Bridge with far left the cobbled double side sloping track up to the station. The track is still there but the station closed to passengers in 1951.
The street facing you is Valley Street. In front is James (Jimmy) Mitchell's…
The street facing you is Valley Street. In front is James (Jimmy) Mitchell's…
Hebden Bridge from Fairfield - RDA00142
Looking over to Heptonstall Road with Heptonstall Church on the skyline. Early 20th century prior to building of Riverside School in 1909.
Naze Bottom, Charlestown - RDA00141
Looking towards Hebden Bridge with the tall chimney of Calderside Mill and barely visible below it the road passing under Whiteley Arches. A railway signal can just be seen below the top row of houses.
Charlestown - Whiteley Arches c.1890. - RDA00140
Behind the viaduct is Calderside Mill built in the 1820s by John Whiteley, after whom the viaduct came to be named. Reputedly it had the tallest chimney in the valley.
The bridge over the canal was a very early skew bridge and also one of the very…
The bridge over the canal was a very early skew bridge and also one of the very…
Stoodley Pike, Todmorden - RDA00139
Stoodley Pike refers to a 1400 feet (400m) hill, although it is better known for its 121feet (37m) monument which was designed by local architect James Green and completed in 1856 at the end of the Crimean War.
The monument replaced an earlier…
The monument replaced an earlier…
Gandy Bridge, Todmorden - RDA00136
Burnley Road opposite Centre Vale Park, the park entrance can be seen on far left.
Sandholme, Todmorden. - RDA00123
Looking down the Calder Valley with the Rochdale Canal in the foreground. On the far hillside stands Cross Stone Church.
The Lodge at Midgehole - RDA00122
The lodge and gates at the entrance to Hardcastle Crags. The road going off to the left went down to New Bridge Mill and cottages.
New Bridge, Midgehole, c1910 - RDA00121
Looking down on Midgehole towards Crimsworth Dean and the entrance to Hardcastle Crags.
On the left foreground is New Bridge Mill, a former fustian manufacturing mill, water powered but supplemented by steam in times of drought. By the late 1890s…
On the left foreground is New Bridge Mill, a former fustian manufacturing mill, water powered but supplemented by steam in times of drought. By the late 1890s…
The Trestle Bridge at Blake Dean 1901 - RDA00120
"At 105 feet high the trestle bridge carrying Blakedean railway across the valley remained a stunning spectacle for over a decade in the early years of the 20th century. Enoch Tempest commissioned architect William Henry Cockcroft and engineer George…
The Two Churches, Heptonstall - RDA00117
The old parish church of St Thomas a Beckett at Heptonstall. was founded in the 13th century although much of the ruin that still stands dates from the 15th century. The new church dedicated to St Thomas the Apostle was built in 1854, after a fierce…
Heptonstall Old Church - RDA00116
The old parish church of St Thomas a Becket at Heptonstall was founded in the 13th century, although much of the ruin that still stands dates from the 15th century. A new church dedicated to St Thomas the Apostle was built in 1854, after a fierce…
Heptonstall Church Font. - RDA00115
The 1850s decorated font in the church of St Thomas the Apostle, Heptonstall There is also the old font from the previous Church of St Thomas a Beckett but much more roughly hewn.
Dawson City, Heptonstall C1905 - RDA00113
Dawson City was a hutted encampment which housed up to 600 navvies and engineers employed in the construction of the Walshaw Dean Reservoirs and the Hardcastle Crags Railway. It was situated at White Hill Nook, Heptonstall. The contractor for the…