Charlestown History Group

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Welcome to the Charlestown History Group website. What you see on this website is work in progress. We are still gathering information, interviewing local residents and digging up new photos.

If you like the site, add it to your favourites and visit it again.

The group was set up in March 1998 with the aim of finding out the history of our own backyard. None of us are experts, but we know that we live in a fascinating corner of West Yorkshire in the UK. More recently the group has tried to set up other groups in Mytholm and Eastwood so that they are able to research their own locality.so far, this has not been that successful.
  • Where we are tells you where Charlestown is and what it’s like.
  • Eastwood Home page takes you to a whole section on Eastwood, which is to the West of Charlestown.
  • Six sites gives you a panorama of Charlestown and take you to six key sites
  • People records details of some of the more notable individuals and families in the area
  • Events explains some of the momentous events that have happened
  • Mills, industry and transport tells you about the industrial revolution and development of transport links in the area
  • About the group tells you about who we are, what we are trying to do and some of the sources of information we have used.
  • Talk to us invites you to add information, ask questions and tell us what you think of the site.
  • Archive is where we keep very detailed information that may be of interest to specific people.

QUESTIONS

Why was it called Charlestown? We still don't know.

Where were the Charlestown Tea Rooms?

Charlestown tea rooms

Advert from the Todmorden Almanac in the 1880s

JOIN EASTWOOD2EAVES EMAIL GROUP

The group has set up an email group that will keep you up to date with developments in local history. If you want to know more go to the eastwood2eaves page which has instructions on how to sign up.

EVENTS COMNG UP

No events are currently planned. We hope to join in with the Eastwood festival later this year.

INTERESTED IN DOING A BIT OF RESEARCH?

We are a small group and there are lots of archives to visit and people to interview. If you think you might be interested, please contact the group on 01422 844421.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Lots of people to acknowledge, but a special thanks to:

  • local residents who have spent time talking to us, giving us documents & photos
  • The national lottery who have provided us with a grant which helped learn about websites and resources to carry on the research and make it available to the people of Charlestown.
  • Chris at Pennine Pens who led us through the process of presenting information on a web site
  • Hebden Bridge Literary and Scientific Society and Alice Longstaff photographic collections.
  • Blackshaw and Erringden Parish Councils for helping us with funding for website copies
  • Geoffrey Dawson who has provided us with many of the photographs and much of the information on the Eastwood page.

Where any photograph is followed by a code, this means that high quality laser prints are available from the owners of the collection they are from. If you wish to purchase a copy, they cost £1.65 each including postage. You should forward a cheque to Frank Woolrych, 8 Laburnum Way, Littleborough, Lancashire OL15 8LS payable to H.B.L.S.S.

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