Todmorden

Todmorden, a market-town on the border of Yorkshire and Lancashire, prettily situated among hills on the Calder, 9 miles N. by E. of Rochdale, 18½ NNE. of Manchester, and 13 W. of Halifax. The classical town-hall was erected in 1875, and in front of it is a bronze statue by Foley of John Fielden, M.P. (1784-1849), the founder here of an enormous cotton-mill. Coal abounds in the vicinity. Pop. (1871) 21,764; (1891) 24,725.