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Walsden (; ) is a large village in the civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ... of Todmorden in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England, though Historic counties of England, historically partially administered in Lancashire (the Walsden Water as tributary to the River Calder, West Yorkshire, Calder serving as the county boundary), and close to the modern boundary with Greater Manchester. It lies along the A6033 road (Great Britain), A6033 Keighley to Littleborough road in the Walsden Valley, a branch of the Upper Calder Valley, and is south of Todmorden and north of Littleborough, Greater Manchester, Littleborough. Overview Walsden railway station, on the Leeds-Todmorden-Manchester line, originally opened in 1841 and re-opened 10 ...
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Todmorden
Todmorden ( ; ) is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Upper Calder Valley in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. It is north-east of Manchester, south-east of Burnley and west of Halifax, West Yorkshire, Halifax. In 2011 it had a population of 15,481. Todmorden is at the confluence of three steep-sided Pennines, Pennine valleys and is surrounded by moorlands with outcrops of Aeolian processes, sandblasted gritstone. The Historic counties of England, historic boundary between Yorkshire and Lancashire is the River Calder, West Yorkshire, River Calder and its tributary, Walsden Water, which run through the town. The administrative border was altered by the Local Government Act 1888 placing the whole of the town within the West Riding of Yorkshire, West Riding. The town is served by and railway stations. History Toponymy The name Todmorden first appears in 1641. The town had earlier been called Tottemerden, Totmardene, Totmereden or Totmerd ...
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