GENUKI: Rochdale

Here are photographs of Churches etc. in the Yorkshire part of the parish. Please note that the churches in the Todmorden area that were in Halifax parish are included here:
- Christ Church, Friezland (view 1).
- Christ Church, Friezland (view 2).
  - Internal view looking down the nave to the altar
  - Internal view looking up the nave from the altar
- Christ Church, Denshaw.
  - Internal view looking down the nave towards the altar
  - Internal view looking up the nave westwards.
- Wrigley Mill Methodist Church, Diggle.
- St. Thomas's Church, Delph.
  - Internal view looking down the nave.
  - Internal view looking up the nave.
- The Methodist Church, Delph.
  - Internal view looking towards the altar.
  - Internal view looking away from the altar.
- The former Independent/Congregational Church, Delph in 2000.
- The former Independent/Congregational Church, Delph in 2010, now derelict.
  - Internal view.
- The former Free Church, Delph, built in 1867, now a private dwelling.
  - The plaque on the front of the church.
- Holy Trinity Church, Dobcross.
  - Internal view looking down the nave
  - The East Window
  - Internal view looking up the nave.
  - Internal view looking down from the upper level.
- The former Congregational: now the Community Church, Dobcross. (The Church's website is here.)
- The Methodist Church, Uppermill.
- The Ebenezer Congregational Church, Uppermill.
- The Roman Catholic Church of St. William and the Sacred Heart, Uppermill.
- The National Spiritualist Church, Uppermill.
- St Chad's Church, Pobgreen (showing the location).
  - Internal view looking down the nave
  - Internal view looking down onto the altar
  - Internal view looking up from the altar
- St Chad's Church, Pob Green. This is Saddleworth Church.
- St. Thomas's Church, Friarmere. (With short history).
  - Internal view looking down onto the altar
  - Internal view looking up from the altar
- St. Anne's Church, Lydgate.
  - Internal view looking down the nave
- St. Mary's Church, Todmorden. (The Church's website is here.)
- Christ Church (now disused), Todmorden (the church was for sale when the photo was taken in the summer of 2001).
- Christ Church churchyard, Todmorden.
- The Central Methodist Church, Todmorden.
  - The Central Methodist Church, Ground Floor Meeting Room.
  - The Central Methodist Church, Upper Floor Meeting Room (still sometimes used).
- Roomfield Baptist Church, Todmorden.
- The Unitarian Church, Todmorden (view 1).
  - Internal view looking down the nave
- The Unitarian Church, Todmorden (view 2).
- An old drawing of the Unitarian Church, Todmorden.
- St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Todmorden.
  - Internal view looking down the nave
- The former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Shade, built in 1848. (now a block of flats).
- The Baptist Church, Vale.
- St. Mary's Church, Greenfield.
  - Internal view looking down the nave
- The Methodist Church, Greenfield.
  - Internal view 1
  - Internal view 2
  - Internal view 3
- The former Independent Chapel, Clough Foot, built in 1854 used until 1991, now a private house.
- St. Michael and All Angels' Church, Cornholme.
  - Internal view looking down the nave
- St. Thomas's Church (Heights Chapel), Heights. (The Church's website is here.)
- St. Paul's Church, Cross Stone (now a house). For more information on this Church please see the Todmorden and Walsden web-site.
- The former Parish Church of St. Paul, Cross Stone. (With short history).
Information on the following is to be found on the Todmorden and Walsden website:
- The Independent Chapel, Cloughfoot.
- Wellington Road Baptist Chapel, Todmorden

A transcription of Lydgate Baptist Church History
A transcription of the Delph Congregational Church History
A transcription of the Eastwood Congregational Church History
A transcription of the Upper Mill Congregational Church History
Transcript of the entry for Dobcross in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".

The registers of St. Mary's and Christ Church,Todmorden are combined. Between 1865 and 1992 it is almost impossible to determine from the registers at which of the two churches an event occured.
The marriage registers for 1899-1959 for Roomfield Baptist Church, Todmorden are held at the West Yorkshire Archives, Halifax.
The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Rochdale.
The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Dob Cross.
The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Friarmere.
The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Lydgate.
The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Saddleworth.
The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Todmorden.
The Wilby Bequest donations plaque in Dobcross church.

Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Baines's Directory and Gazetteer, Vol I, West Riding.
Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Pigot's 1829 Directory, Yorkshire section.
Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Pigot's 1834 Directory, Yorkshire section.
Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Pigot's 1818 Directory, Yorkshire section.

There is further information about this parish from the Pigot's 1829 Directory, Yorkshire section.
There is further information about this parish from the Pigot's 1834 Directory, Yorkshire section.
There is further information about this parish from the Pigot's 1818 Directory, Yorkshire section.
There is further information about this parish from the National Gazetteer 1868, Yorkshire extracts.
There is further information about this parish from the Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England, Yorkshire extracts.

Historical information for the people, mills and mines for the Todmorden and Walsden area can be found on the excellent web-site maintained by Dorothy Hargreaves and Linda Briggs.
A Topographical survey of the Cornholme area by John Travis.
A transcription of the Delph Congregational Church History
A transcription of the Eastwood Congregational Church History
A transcription of the Upper Mill Congregational Church History

For a detailed map of this parish see this parish boundaries map.
For a more detailed map of the parishes in the riding please see the Yorkshire parish maps page.
For a more detailed map of the county please see the Yorkshire map page.
Here is a map showing the wapentakes for the county.

The World War I Memorial Plaque in Unitarian Church, Todmorden.
The War Memorial at Cornholme.
The War Memorial at Denshaw in the churchyard.
The memorial plaque to Edward Hollingworth in Holy Trinity Church, Dobcross.
The World War I and II Memorial at Todmorden.

The Monumental plaque in the Church-yard at Todmorden.

The following places are within the boundaries of this (ancient) parish, but I have no further information on them other than the Ordnance Survey Landranger Grid reference shown:
- (SD962080) Bishop Park
- (SD995102) Broadhead Noddle
- (SD904262) Cornholme
- (SD990082) Dale
- (SD985086) Delph Greave
- (SD968094) Grains Bar
- (SD969045) Grotton
- (SD972049) Grotton Hall
- (SD977076) Hill Top
- (SD969035) Holly Bank
- (SD994075) Lark Hill
- (SD969032) Quick Edge
- (SD982109) Rough Hey
- (SD959057) Scouthead
- (SD971093) Slackcote
- (SD959045) Springhead
- (SD983057) Wade Hill
- (SD975027) Woodend

This parish is covered (or partly covered) by the following Societies:
- Lancashire Family History and Heraldry Society
- Saddleworth Historical Society.

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