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• Contents of "Todmorden Notes" (Historical and Biographical), by John Travis
• Index to Historical Notes and Personal Reminiscences by John Travis.
• List of Families included in "Walsden Families in Olden times" by John Travis
• There is no index or contents for "Round about Todmorden".

Contents of Todmorden Notes (Historical and Biographical), by John Travis

• THE NAME
• ETYMON
• THE INHABITANTS
• THE OLD CHAPEL
• STMARY'S
• THE DATE
• TODMORDEN HALL
• THE STIPEND OF THE CHAPEL
• TITHES, ETC
• RECOMMENDATIONS
• THE LIVING
• ANOTHER WAY
• AN OLD STORY
• THE VICAR OF ROCHDALE
• ADDITIONS TO STIPEND
• OLD LIVING OF STMARY'S
• LOCAL PAPERS
• BIBLE READERS
• A GLANCE SIDEWAYS
• Two PARSONS
• ANOTHER CURATE
• ROCHDALE
• SALE OF TITHES, &c.
• MASONS' WAGES IN (20)
• THE VICARAGE
• THE OLD SCHOOL
• JOHN AND TAMAR FIELDEN
• THE NEW INN
• ANOTHER CHANGE IN THE TUNE
• RESTORATION OF THE CHURCH
• MEMORIALS
• THE SHACKLETONS
• PENANCIES
• ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE
• THE STOCKS
• MRTOM BIBBY
• RECOLLECTIONS OF BIBBY
• CORROBORATIONS
• BUILDING A FACTORY, &c
• THE OLD VICARAGE
• WITCHES AND DOCTORS
• THIN CREAM
• THE CREAM BREAKS
• SUPERSTITION DIES HARD
• A VERITABLE WITCH
• A WITCH'S PRANKS
• HOM SAMIL
• VISITING THE WITCH
• IMPORT OF COTTON
• MANUFACTURERS
• NATIVE EFFORT
• THE COTTON TRADE
• FIRST COTTON FACTORY
• KNOWLWOOD MILL
• LANESIDE MILL
• COTTON MACHINERY
• THE BEGINNINGS OF THE COTTON TRADE
• INFANT FIRMS
• HAND MACHINERY
• COTTON WORKING
• BUILDINGS AND PEOPLE
• MAKING THE CANAL
• TRADE PROFITS
• NUMBERING THE PEOPLE
• THE CALLY CUT
• CUTTING THE PRICE DOWN
• DECLINING MARKETS
• PEOPLE'S FOOD
• STEAM POWER AND WAGES
• QUAKER SHOPKEEPERS
• SHELL FISH
• FIRST MARKET OPENED
• BARKEEPER'S CHILDREN
• COTTON MEISTERS AND PEOPLE
• MISFORTUNES
• PROSPERITY
• NEWSPAPER CARRIER
• SHOPKEEPING AND DRESS
• WILL AND DEED MAKER
• THE CLERK BOUNCED
• TOD FAIRS
• FAMILIES AND FURNITURE
• A LOCAL HAND SPINNER
• DIFFERENT WAYS
• IT RAINS"
• A SPERRING MATCH
• FISH SELLERS, &c.
• HUNTING A FEFLICUTE
• WORKERS AND TRADESPEOPLE
• A NEW EXCHANGE
• INNKEEPERS AND SERVANTS
• COACHING TO MARKET
• GARDEN PRODUCE
• PIONEERS OF TRADE
• MARKETS AND MARKETING
• LOCALITY AND LAWYERS
• LAWYERS COME IN
• A VILLAGE NAME
• ANOTHER VILLAGE
• GAWKS GAUKS GAUXHOLME
• AN ANCIENT CUSTOM
• THE NEW COURT
• GOING UP "ECCLES' STEPS"
• WE WON'T GO HOME TILL MORNING
• SUCCESS
• JUSTICE CROSSLEY
• THE BENCH AND TEETOTALISM
• MORE LIGHT SUCCEEDS
• METHODS OF LIVING
• PLAIN SPEAKING
• WE COME, GROW, AND GO AWAY"
• EDUCATIONAL WORKS
• THE FRIDAY SUPERSTITION
• ANOTHER THEORY
• JUDGMENT
• ON THE COMPLEXITY
• A NEW VERSION
• A PREACHER
• THE CALF SUCKED
• A HAYTIME EPISODE
• HAYMAKING
• A BONDSMAN
• JOHN HACKING
• A MANUFACTURER
• MARKET REPORTS
• GARDENER AND MOWER
• CONTRACTING FOR A JOB
• AN ANNIVERSARY
• A COUNTRYSIDE HIGGLER
• FAMILY TRIALS
• TURNING THE TABLE ON HIM
• A BASTARDY CASE
• A POLITICIAN
• VARIATIONS IN DRESS
• THE GOOD (?) OLD TIMES AND OUR WOMEN
• SIPPERTIES AND NIFLES
• A MANUFACTURER'S TACTICS
• A PITCHED BATTLE
• A REPRIMAND
• THE SOCIAL FABRIC
• AN ASSISTANT CURATE
• PROFANING THE SANCTUARY
• DESECRATIONS
• HALLOWED WALLS
• LOOKING AT THINGS OUTSIDE
• MOTHER WIT
• THE LEWISES A TOOL
• ORIGIN OF A NAME
• TICKLER'S STORY
• A FIGHTING MAN
• SIMPLE, BUT SOUND
• ROLTY TOLTY DAVEY'S BROKKEN A WINDOW
• A COUNTRY TALE
• SHEEP WASHING, &c.
• SALUTATIONS
• TODMORDEN A LAKE VALLEY
• VARIATIONS OF TASTE
• THE CHURCH CHOIR
• SACRED MUSIC AT WHITWORTH
• TA FLAT ! TA FLAT !
• DEVERIANCES DIFFERENCES
• A Boy's TALK
• THE WOODS OF STONEHOUSE
• TH' TEALEURE MADE UM
• No ACTION COMMENCED
• GRACE I'TH' KEYGE (CAGE)
• THE SITTING TREE AN UNEASY SEAT
• MAKING A FINE JOINT
• IN A DILEMMA
• THE SOLDIER'S RETURN
• AN INDUSTRIOUS MAN
• LITTLE HOCK, SANDY, AND MOONSHINE
• HUSH! HOL'D THI TONG
• A CURE FOR RHEUMATISM
• THE YOUNG AND OLD HANDS
• THE VILLAGE ATTORNEY
• MOTS AND DOTS
• DOTS AND MOTS
• ADOPTING AN ORPHAN
• I'M PUTTIN' GP SOM MOOAR
• OLD LANDMARKS
• OTHER OLD FEATURES
• A THIMBLE LOST AND FOUND
• JIM, THROW ME ON !
• PUT INTO QUOD ,
• BILL O' ROGERS, OF BACUP
• FEMALE COUSINS
• A BLOW UP
• JOHN O'TH' DOCTOR'S
• REFLECTIONS
• HEY, BACUP, I'M COMING
• PAYING A BAD £5 NOTE
• A MOTHER'S SPOILED LAD
• A MISHAP AT CHRIST CHURCH
• WILLIAM THE FIFTH, A PREACHER
• THE ORIGIN OF SILK
• NICKNAMES
• THE LANDERSDALE FEAST
• CAPTAIN FLASH
• CRUCKLIN AND CROODLIN
• THE TODMORDEN PARSON
• SOME OLD FEATURES
• Too GOOD TO BE USED
• AN OLD WAY OF COURTING
• AN OLD TENANT
• ANOTHER OLD OCCUPIER
• A ROLLING STONE GATHERS NO MOSS
• DISAPPOINTMENTS IN LIFE
• WE ALL DIRTY THE WATER
• SCHOOLBOY DAYS
• THE HELPING HAND
• DAN GREENWOOD
• REPAIRING A SLATE
• GUIDED BY TH' TEYLE
• STORMING THE CITADEL
• AN ECCENTRIC DOCTOR
• STORY OF A NATIVE PATIENT
• SUNDAY SCHOOLS
• OLD JOHN AND OLD JOSH
• MARTHA, SET TH' PORRIDGE ON
• OLD FASHIONED PUBLICANS
• FROG I'TH' HOLE PUDDIN'
• THE WISE MEN OF HELBON
• THE CRIMMY FAMILY
• THE HAMERS OF CHELBURN
• PHILIP CROWTHER LOST ,
• OLD THINGS PASSED AND GONE
• THE ECCENTRIC PREACHER
• THE YOUNGER PREACHER
• A CHANGE OF PERFORMANCE
• A VOTE LOST
• A VOTE ALLOWED
• WORKMEN AND CONTRACTORS
• A NEW FIRM
• ANOTHER VOTE ALLOWED
• DAYLIGHT AN' ALL
• AN ECCENTRIC OLD MAN
• THE RAILWAY ERA
• A RAILWAY ANECDOTE
• JACK! JACK ! COME HERE
• BREWING AND PORRIDGE EATING
• NEWSPAPER READERS
• OTHER READERS
• PIONEERS OF PROGRESS
• FINDING A BIRD'S NEST
• CATCH SHOOTING
• A PRACTICAL JOKE
• GARDENER AND BEE KEEPER
• QUAKER MANNERS
• STORM OF RAIN
• DIFFERENCES OF OPINION
• THE GOOD OLD TIMES
• CROSSING THE LINE
• GREAT WORKS AT GAUXHOLME
• GAUXHOLME PROPER
• A POSTSCRIPT
• FUNERAL REFORM
• GETTING A NOTE SATTLED
• FEATS OF HAND LOOM WEAVERS
• JONAS WOOD
• A WIFE WHO RAN HER WAY
• ANOTHER WAY OF VIEWING
• A WOMAN WHO DID NOT RUN AWAY
• THE CLANGING OF BELLS
• TURVIN OR GRET JIM
• THE COLLIER'S WEDDING
• SKENNING, OR CROSS EYED
• JOHN SUTCLIFFE
• DEPLORABLE ACCIDENT
• OLD ROOK O' PILLS
• LITTLE BILLY AND BIG SUSS
• GILBERT HOLDEN
• OLD WILL AT TH' HARBOUR
• WEDDINS AND WEDDINERS
• OLD AND NEW ROCHDALE "
• A WHITE LIE
• ELY Two TIMES
• BELL TINKER A BOLD MAN
• BILL O'TH' LITTLEON'S
• IMPORTATIONS, AND OTHERWISE
• TRUCKING JOHNNY
• A SMALL STRIKE
• AN OLD HOUSE AT HOME
• COACHING DAYS
• LORD OF THE MANOR
• THE UNIVERSE
• A MILLION YEARS
• OLD MAJOR
• A BROKEN SHUTTLE SHOE
• FELLOW WORKERS
• THE VILLAGE PUBLIC HOUSE
• A PLAYER ON THE FIDDLE
• THE BANNOCKER NEWELLS
• HILEY I'TH' VICARAGE
• JAMES MARSHALL
• LITTLE ROBERD
• JOHN SCHOFIELD
• A DINNER
• SUPPER TO A HERO OF EIGHTY YEARS
• A DUTIFUL SON: OR, LEARN TO BE MERRY AND WISE
• A PEDIGREE
• JIM O' GEORGE'S
• JOHN MARLAND
• PRAYER FOR A BLESSING
• SIX STAGES OF LIFE
• JAMES STANSFIELD POLITICS
• AHASUERUS ASHWORTH
• WILLIAM FARRAH TREYDER
• THOMAS NEWELL
• SPELLING LESSON
• FAIRS HELD IN CHURCHES
• JOHN WARD'S PRAYER
• MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE
• as WHY WON'T YOU?"
• GHOST OF SCRAPER'S LANEA LEGEND
• MOLL TOOT
• A FANT I WANT
• JAMES HODGSON
• BUTTY O' REUBEN'S
• HIPS AND HAWS
• ENOCH HORSFALL
• PROLOGUE TO WILLIAM HOLT
• WILLIAM HOLT
• A POOR CALLY WEYVER
• SEYLOR TUMMY, AND OTHERS
• THOMAS GREENWOOD
• JOHN CUNCLIFFE
• BORRAIN A MEWSE TRAP
• BUYING AND SELLING
• TODMORDEN GREAT WATERWORKS COMPANY (2)
• THE KNABBY FAMILY
• RICHARD STEPHENSON
• WILLIAM SOUTHWELL
• TOO LATE, SOON
• CAKE MAKING
• WAYS AND MEANS
• A MODERN EVE
• HELPED OVER THE STILE
• HELPING THE LAME DOG
• OLD MORTALITY
• FROLICSOME PEOPLE
• A MUCH MARRIED MAN
• FAMILY FEATURES
• A NATURAL HISTORY LESSON
• WET BEFORE AND BEHIND
• THE LAND Ho
• ROBERT HELLIWELL
• CAPTAIN HARDMAN
• TOM O'TH' TOCHEY DAMES
• DAN I'TH' DOCK
• JOHN WESLEY
• OLD SAM MILLS
• SAMUEL FIELDEN
• THE SLIP LAND
• SEEKING AND FINDING
• INCORPORATION OF TODMORDEN
• WHEN TODMORDEN IS A SEAPORT TOWN
• OLD MOORHEY
• THE DISTRIBUTION OF SITTINGS IN STMARY'S CHURCH, TODMORDEN
• A STRANGE PREACHER
• JOSEPH RAYNOR STEVENS (REV), ASHTON
• OLD TUMMIES VAUGHAN, OF ASHTON
• STMICHAEL'S BELLS, ASHTON
• AN HOUR WITH "ROB OF ASTON"
• LUCIFER MATCHES
• NELL OATH' LOAVES
• A PLEADER
• BONNY NEWELL
• OLD TIMES
• TH' CLOCK YEAS
• A CLOCK'S HISTORY
• A DRUNKARD RECLAIMED
• ANOTHER DRUNK
• JOHN BARLEYCORN, MY FOE, JOHN
• PAUL GREENWOOD
• THE ROCHDALE CANAL
• STAND BACK A MEAL
• HENRY SUNDERLAND
• CELEBRATION OF WAKES
• WO DEN JOHNNY
• CHRISTMAS
• PRINCE BISMARCK IN TODMORDEN
• A BEERHOUSE AT SWINESHEAD
• JOHN BURROH
• JOHN EARNSHAW
• ABEL WOODHEAD
• THE CLOG AND PATTEN MAKERS' PETITION TO PARLIAMENT IN THE
• CENTURY
• COFFEE TAVERN
• SUMMIT CHAPEL
• THE BATTLE OF THE "SCREW"
• GUIDES TO A BETTER LIFE
• RELIGION IN THE SCHOOLS
• COLOGNE AND THE RHINE
• VILLAGE OR TOWN
• DIFFERENT SORTS OF FOLK
• EDMUND HARTLEY
• FIRST ON THE FLOOR
• BOASTING OF HIS PEDIGREE
• MRSALA ON HIS ANCESTORS
• AN OLD ELECTION RHYME
• OLIVER CROMWELL'S SPEECH WHEN HE PUT AN END TO THE LONG PARLIAMENT
• RECIPE FOR SLEEP
• SCRAPS FROM ROBIE BURNS
• THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT
• THE YEAR ROUND
• INCORPORATION OF TODMORDEN
• NICKNAMES
• TODMORDEN NICKNAMES

Index to Historical Notes and Personal Reminiscences by John Travis.

• Atkinson, Rev.Joseph
• Autonomy: Todmorden's Claim against Rochdale
• Bright John and Rev.Dr.Molesworth...
• Christ Church (3)
• Christ Church, Statement as to cost of ...
• Churchwardens for St.Mary's
• Church Rate (a local)
• Concert in Aid of St.Mary's
• Cow ell, Rev.Joseph
• Conway, Rev.W.A
• Crosse, Rev.John
• Crossley Anthony (3)
• Crossley John
• Curates of Todmorden (List of) since (2)
• Edwards.Rev.John (5)
• Endowed School (The)
• Episcopal Sympathy with Old Church Fieldens (The) and Todmorden Hall
• Fielden John (of Dawson Weir) on Town ship and Ecclesiastical Concerns
• Grimshaw, Rev.William
• Hargreaves, Rev.Robert
• Krabtree, Henry
• and his Quaint Almanack
• Lawsuit, A memorable
• Lee (First Bishop of Manchester) and the Vicar of Rochdale (3)
• Lightfoot, Rev.Dr.(Cross stone)
• Methodism in Todmorden
• Mission Efforts in Langfield
• Molesworth, Rev.Dr(5)
• Molesworth, Rev.R.F.W
• Morgan, Rev.Wm (3)
• Musical Societies in Todmorden : A Separation and a.Reunion (3)
• Oddfellows' Funeral (An)
• Old Church Re opening Movement
• Old Church Wall, Fall of
• Organ for St.Mary's
• Oxford st.: Transfer from St.Mary's to
• Parsonage, Erection of New
• Plow, Rev.A.J (3)
• Quaker and Squire
• Radcliffes and Todmorden Hall
• Reform Movement, Todmorden and the
• Rochdale Vicarage Act
• Seattle, Rev.Robert
• Somerton, Rev.Thomas
• St.Mary's Church (3)
• Re opened as a Sunday School (3)
• Removal of Fittings from(3)
• Stipend (4)
• Derelict (3)
• Memorable Oratorio and Tea Party Todmorden Created a Separate Township
• Todmorden Parish : Movements for Sub division
• Todmorden Chapelry, The Case of;and reply thereto (3)
• Todmorden and its Churches
• Todmorden Hall
• Township Boundary, Alteration of
• Verity, Rev.Dr
• Verity, Rev.Dr., An Inhibition for
• Vestry Meetings, The Great Controversy over the Building of Christ Church (2)
• Walsden, A Church Mission for (3)
• First Curate (3)
• Made a Peel Parish
• Welsh, Rev.John
• Wesleys (The) and Todmorden
• Wesleyanism in Todmorden, Growth of (3)

List of Families included in "Walsden Families"

• Fielden of Bottomley
• Bottomley family of Walsden
• Hollinrake
• Howorth
• Fielden of Waland
• Dawson of Rough-Stones
• Hill
• Greenwood
• Alleschole
• Taylor
• Jackson of Moorhey etc.
• Schofield
• Fielden of North Hollingworth etc.
• Crossley
• Law
• Newell
• Jackson of Inchfield
• Haigh
• Inchfield pasture
• Barker of Inchfield etc.
• Dawson of Knowlwood and Hebden Bridge.