SEARCHES FAMILY TREES MAILING LISTS MESSAGE BOARDS
PLACES IN THE TOWNSHIP OF
TODMORDEN & WALSDEN
An illustrated guide to some of the places, past and present, where the folk lived, loved and died
Click on the place you wish to see
FARMS
a complete transcription of the census records of each farm from 1841 to 1901
with an illustrated history of the farm
PUBS AND BEERHOUSES
links to individual pubs, and also a few snippets from the 1863 Halifax Guardian relating to various goings on in some of the pubs, legal and illegal, and a brief account of the licensing laws and a list of the main establishments
LIFE AND DEATH ON THE
ROCHDALE CANAL
people who worked on the canal and inquest details on 25 folk who drowned in it
DOBROYD CASTLE
its history and story, including a biography of John Fielden and his two very different wives.
THE SCENERY AND PEOPLE OF
TODMORDEN IN 1821
an extract from William Cobbett's Political Registers written when he visited Todmorden in 1821
WALSDEN VALLEYIN 1840
a story written by John Travis about 1900
GAUXHOLME POOR HOUSE
Pauper Palace or Hostel for the Homeless?
TODMORDEN UNION WORKHOUSE
Blessed are the poor
1879-1948
SCHOOLS OF THE TOWN UP TO 1851
the schools, what they taught and by whom
DULESGATE
Transcribed from "Lancashire Sketches" by Edwin Waugh 1817-1890. Written about 1854
LAND TAX ASSESSMENTS
various properties in Todmorden & Walsden, showing the occupier, the owner, and the annual amount of tax payable on the land.
TODMORDEN AND BURNLEY
VALLEY IN 1840
WARLAND
a charming and ancient hamlet partly in Walsden and partly in Blatchinworth
TODMORDEN SOUTH AND
ROCHDALE ROAD IN 1840
TODMORDEN POST OFFICES
BEFORE 1914
Story, sketches and photographs by Robert A. Priestley
WOODBOTTOM AND HENSHAW IN 1840
SQUARE ROADWALSDEN
previously known as Nip Square
SOURHALL ISOLATION HOSPITAL
1874 to 1949
KNOWSLEY COTTAGE WALSDEN
an isolated cottage at the top of Inchfield
A HANDBOOK OF CORNHOLME
a guided tour by John Travis 1908
A RAMBLE DOWN HALIFAX ROAD
