STANSFIELD FAMILIES OF
TODMORDEN AND AREA
Ancestry and history of the Stansfield family and the website of David Stansfield, including his family tree from 1594. A beautiful website and a must for all those with Stansfield ancestors |
TODMORDEN INFORMATION CENTRE
Todmorden Tourist Information Centre's own website - welcomes you to Todmorden in the heart of the Pennines, with the opportunity to purchase local and family history books on-line |
HISTORY OF THE STANSFIELD FAMILY
Good news for Stansfield family researchers.
A book written by John Stansfield in 1885 on the history of the Stansfield family of the Township of Stansfield in Halifax Parish available to read on-line. It contains detailed history of the Stansfields including all the records from Heptonstall and Cross Stone churches from 1594 |
TODMORDEN ALBUM
A varied selection of images from Todmorden's past.
Here you can view hundreds of photographs of bygone Todmorden. All have been collected and selected by Roger Birch |
FROM WEAVER TO WEB
visual archive of Calderdale history giving access to over 23,000 images of historical documents |
MALCOLM BULL'S
CALDERDALE COMPANION
a collection of trivia, miscellaneous facts, and some interesting information about Halifax and the Calderdale district of West Yorkshire, England |
MANCHESTER FAMILY HISTORY RESEARCH
If you have an interest in Manchester in particular, and its surrounding area then this is the site for you.
If you are looking for an experienced Researcher or Record Agent, then this is the place for you! |
TOUCHSTONES
ROCHDALE
An
exciting arts and heritage centre including an excellent Local Studies centre for the Rochdale district including Walsden and Todmorden |
Whether you are a Yorkshire resident or a visitor, let My Yorkshire be your guide. |
GENEALOGY
LINKS
This
site is a directory of genealogy links to mostly on-line databases
of surnames, parish registers, census returns, passenger lists,
military records etc. There are more than 30,000 links. |
POWER IN THE LANDSCAPE
Includes studies of the old mills, also detailed information on the Greenwood and Sutcliffe families, and a study on handloom weaving. |
RARE
BOOKS ON CD
CD
rom versions of old and rare books associated with Yorkshire,
and modern photographs. Produced by Colin Hinson. His CD's
include one containing 4 books by John Travis, which is fully
machine searchable. More details HERE |
CRABTREE
& RIGG FAMILIES, & NEW TOWNLEY FARM
This
is a new family website containing information about Jonas
Crabtree, his son Lucas, and Margaret Alice Rigg. There are
excellent pictures of New Townley Farm, Todmorden. |
ROCHDALE
CANAL
Potted
history, information, news and masses of lovely photographs
of the canal from Sowerby to Manchester. Also featuring Rochdale. |
ROOTSCHAT.COM
An easy to use messaging forum for everyone researching family
or local history. The focus is on Ireland and the British
Isles. Todmorden appears in the West Yorkshire section. An
excellent free resource where everyone is very helpful. |
PENNINE
WATERWAYS
Canals
of the South Pennines, including a wonderful virtual tour
of the whole of the Rochdale Canal. A not-to-be missed site. |
BLACKSHAW,
COLDEN & HEPTONSTALL SLACK
Keith Stansfield can be contacted by email on this link. Whilst he is not offering a professional research service, he wishes to give others the benefit of his own research by sharing information from his large data base of census, baptism, burial and marriage transcriptions. The area he covers is mainly Blackshaw, Colden, and Heptonstall Slack, plus the whole of the 1841 and 1851 census of the Township of Stansfield . |
HEBDEN
BRIDGE LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY
They
have an extensive and ever-expanding collection of documents,
images, audio recordings, and other artifacts relevant to
the history of Hebden Bridge and the surrounding area. It
is well-catalogued and freely available for the use of members
and for others by arrangement. The site also contains a virtually
complete transcription of the memorial inscriptions at Heptonstall
Church. |
LORD
FAMILY
Belinda
Cohen's family website. This includes a wonderful biography
of Todmorden born Simeon Lord, transported to Australia in
1790 for minor theft. Not to be missed if you are interested
in the Lord and Fielden families before 1790, or Simeon's
Australian descendants. |
TODMORDEN.ORG
Todmorden.org
attempts to list everything on the internet that is related
to Todmorden in West Yorkshire. |
THE
1879 ZULU WAR
A
site dedicated to pursuing memorials to those involved in
the Anglo-Zulu war of 1879 - a simple gazetteer of where their
last resting places are, and much more besides. |
A
LITTLE OF STONESWOOD MILL'S HISTORY
The
website produced by the current occupiers of the old mill,
P&M Services. There is a little of the history and some
photographs. |
CALDERDALE
FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY
Calderdale
FHS covers the interests of local genealogy & provides
numerous research sources both on paper, on computer &
over the Internet. Full details can be seen on the website |
CHARLESTOWN
AND EASTWOOD
Charlestown Local History Group, with plenty
of information, history and photographs of Charlestown (Hebden
Bridge area) and Eastwood (Stansfield). |
JOHN
TAYLOR BELL FOUNDERS
The
world's leading bell founders. The
peal of bells at Christ Church, Todmorden, were taken to Towcester
in Northants. when the church closed. The story of their life
at Towcester can be read by clicking on this link. John Taylor Bell Founders have produced a CD of various bell
ringing, including the peal at Towcester with the old Todmorden
bells. Details of the CD appear on their site. |
YORKSHIRE
GENUKI
The
ancient Parish of Rochdale page. "ROCHDALE, a parish in the
county of Lancashire, and additionally placed in the Genuki
Yorkshire pages so as to hold the places within its boundaries
which are actually in the old West Riding of Yorkshire." Excellent
site for those interested in Todmorden and area. |
TODMORDEN
ALBUM
Images
of Todmorden from the past, collected and selected by Roger
Birch. The Todmorden Album collection in its entirety contains
some 4,000 images dating back to the 1860s, with many from
the early twentieth century. |
ON-LINE
PARISH CLERKS
OnLine
Parish Clerks project for the County of Lancashire. This site
aims to extract and preserve the records from the various
parishes and to provide online access to that data, FREE of
charge, along with other data of value to family and local
historians conducting research in the County of Lancashire. |
MILNROW,
LANCASHIRE
History,
photographs, and general information on the town. |
ENGLISH
AND WELSH REGISTER OFFICES
Birth, Death and Marriage certificates can be ordered (in
most cases) from the offices listed for £7. |
HISTORY
OF THE PARISH OF ROCHDALE
A
114-year-old, six hundred page volume cataloguing the history
of the Ancient Parish. Written by Henry Fishwick and reproduced
here by Rochdale Local Studies. |
LANCASHIRE
PARISH REGISTER SOCIETY
The
Society's main objectives are to transcribe Lancashire Registers,
edit and publish these, and give assistance with preservation
of the originals. |
LANCASHIRE
GENUKI
The
Todmorden and Walsden page on GENUKI |
ABOUT
LANCASHIRE - LANCASHIRE LINKS LIST
This
list is about Lancashire - its past, present and future. There
are nearly 1000 links to pages about Lancashire on this list. |
CALDERDALE
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL
Calderdale
on the Web |
MILLTOWN
MEMORIES
Mill
Town Memories is a glossy magazine devoted entirely to the
Upper Calder Valley, West Yorkshire. Each issue contains a
collection of photographs, articles and memories. Well worth
a look. |
WEST
YORKSHIRE ARCHIVE SERVICE
Vast
searchable collection of documents relating to West Yorkshire
including Todmorden and Walsden |
DAVID
GREENHALGE'S PAGES
A
site which gives information about places in Lancashire and
elsewhere, data, pictures and other interesting information. |
LANCASHIRE
RECORDS OFFICE
Vast
collection of archived documents relating to Lancashire including
Todmorden and Walsden |
CROWTHER
FAMILY
A
website created by Howard Browne, a descendant of Philip Crowther
of Todmorden, that gives comprehensive information on Philip's
Todmorden ancestors and American descendants |
PHOTO-ARK
On-line
image archive of pre-1950 photos and postcards of Lancashire,
Yorkshire, Cheshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire,
plus military and regimental images. Also, the links page
has many interesting links to other genealogical and image
sites, plus screen saver downloads. |
CALDERDALE & KIRKLEES CRICKETING HERITAGE
This website is about cricket, community and the local heritage in the Halifax, Huddersfield and Dewsbury areas |
