EPW036870 ENGLAND (1931). The town, Sowerby Bridge, 1931

Carlton Mill

Greenups Mill c.1793 the first integrated woollen mill in Yorkshire

Pollit & Wigzell, later William Bates & Son, Bank Foundry. Now a Lidl super market

Rochdale Canal. This crossed in front of the church's west end in a bit of a cutting where there was a lock - see, for example, the 6inch:1mile from 1931 at https://maps.nls.uk/view/100947554

Christ Church. The diverted Tuel Lane passes near to the West end of the church. Nearby the Rochdale Canal passes under Tuel lane in a new tunnel and then rises in the canal system's deepest lock.

Rochdale Canal. Last used by commercial traffic over its full length in 1937. Abandoned by Act of Parliament in 1952 except for two miles in central Manchester. Eventually reopened throughout in the late 1990s.

Sowerby Bridge market.

Tuel Lane. This is the original route of Tuel Lane down from the sharp bend. This stretch of road is now called Tower Hill and is a cul-de-sac where the sharp bend is shown on this photograph. Tuel Lane was re-routed to meet Wharf Street at Christ Church, to follow a less severe gradient and eliminate the sharp bend.

Puzzle Hall Inn.

Hill Crest, Burnley Road

Sowerby Bridge - the early stone bridge is still visible under more recent additions. An important crossing point of the River Calder. The print by Horner shows the old chapel pulled down in the early C19 when Christchurch was built.

Sowerby Bridge Railway Station.

Coal drops

Labour Exchange, Station road under construction. Now the Police Station