St Mary’s Church, Todmorden, c1770

There seems to have been a church on the site since the 15th century but prior to the mid-19th century Todmorden was a chapelry mainly in the Parish of Rochdale but part in the Parish of Halifax. With the opening of Christ Church in 1832 St Mary’s became largely redundant but by the 1980s it was accepted that the parish could not support two churches and in 1992 Christ Church was closed and St Mary’s was fully renovated and once again became the Parish Church. Drawing by unknown artist. More information: http://www.todmordenstmarys.org/html/church_history.htm