Sharneyford
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Sharneyford is a small hamlet residing on Todmorden
road alone (A681), between Bacup
and Todmorden
, home to one of the smallest schools in Britain
, "Sharneyford Primary School", created to work the largest cotton mill in Britain in the Industrial Period, but was demolished later on, this "Mill" used to be slightly north of where the school was and still is, and used a chapel further up the hill for the general religious needs, but that duty was later moved to a church further down the hill, and the chapel became an engine-house, for the railway that provided transport to and from the mill, when the mill was destroyed, the engine-house was emptied and abandoned.
Todmorden
Todmorden is a market town and civil parish, located 17 miles from Manchester, within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England. It forms part of the Upper Calder Valley and has a total population of 14,941....
road alone (A681), between Bacup
Bacup
Bacup is a town within the Rossendale borough of Lancashire, England. It is located amongst the South Pennines, along Lancashire's eastern boundary with West Yorkshire. The town sits within a rural setting in the Forest of Rossendale, amongst the steep-sided upper-Irwell Valley, through which the...
and Todmorden
Todmorden
Todmorden is a market town and civil parish, located 17 miles from Manchester, within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England. It forms part of the Upper Calder Valley and has a total population of 14,941....
, home to one of the smallest schools in Britain
United Kingdom
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, "Sharneyford Primary School", created to work the largest cotton mill in Britain in the Industrial Period, but was demolished later on, this "Mill" used to be slightly north of where the school was and still is, and used a chapel further up the hill for the general religious needs, but that duty was later moved to a church further down the hill, and the chapel became an engine-house, for the railway that provided transport to and from the mill, when the mill was destroyed, the engine-house was emptied and abandoned.