The Calder (Cliviger Dean), Lancashire

Historical Description

Calder, The, a river of Lancashire and the W.R. Yorkshire. It rises at Cliviger Dean, among the backbone mountains, not far from Burnley, and runs about 45 miles eastward, exclusive of numerous windings, past Todmorden, Sowerby, Rastrick, and Wakefield to the Aire at Castleford. It first traverses a moorland region, and then flows through a picturesque and well-populated country. It is followed down much of its descent by the Manchester and Leeds railway, and is connected with various canals, which give water communication between the eastern and the western seas from Liverpool to Hull.

Church Records

Ancestry.co.uk, in association with Lancashire Archives, have images of the Parish Registers for Lancashire online.

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Lancashire is available to browse.