Hi Megan, Wow, it must be an interesting family trail to follow from Todmorden to Prince Edward Island! Roy has already given you some research info, together with great info on Heptonstall/Hebden Bridge. It is certainly nice to find a family headstone. Our first port of call in the UK was Liverpool (another very interesting place to visit) and we took a bus out to Hale village where my grandfather's family came from (along with MANY more Houghton families!). I already had birth and marriage certificates for my GG grandparents but so far I haven't been concentrating on filling in too many death details on my tree, so wandering round the graveyard of the Hale church was very much a long shot!! However, I was very lucky and found the gravestone for my GG grandparents, which also included one of their sons killed in WW1 and another of their sons (also a WW1 soldier) who died in 1922. This stone gave the actual death dates and ages of all four people, much of which was new info to me. Although I have lived in Australia for over 25 years now, I grew up in Dewsbury (Yorkshire) and I had long promised to show my Australian partner what sort of place could produce a creature like me - however, I decided that, as a holiday stay, Dewsbury might be a bit too much reality for her ;o) I had fond memories of walks with my Dad along many canal towpaths, including Hebden Bridge which is on the Rochdale canal as well as on the train line between Liverpool and Bradford/Leeds - which is why we chose it for our 2 week stay in Yorkshire. Todmorden is also on both the canal and this train line so one day we walked to Todmorden along the towpath and caught the train back. I have to say we were very happy with our decision to use Hebden Bridge as a base for our Yorkshire visit - we arrived by train from Liverpool and left by train to London and used the train a lot locally while we were there. We were also VERY happy with our accommodation there (at the Stamp Office). I realise I am getting bit off-topic for the list so I'll just leave it with a few links for you to check out: Where we stayed (2 minute walk to railway station or canal): <http://www.thestampoffice.co.uk/> LOTS of great walking in the area - including these three walks from Hebden Bridge: <http://www.hbwalkersaction.org.uk/walks/heptonstall.html> <http://www.hbwalkersaction.org.uk/walks/crags.html> <http://www.hbwalkersaction.org.uk/walks/stoodley.html> Gibson Mill, a National Trust property at Hardcastle Crags: <http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-hardcastl ecrags/w-hardcastlecrags-gibsonmill_project.htm> The Stubbing Wharf pub - a short walk along the towpath and good food: <http://www.stubbingwharf.com/> A Tapas Bar in Todmorden!! (we enjoyed a feed here) <http://www.thetapasbar.com/index.php> The piece Hall is in Halifax (just down the road) <http://www.hebdenbridgelist.com/news/piece-hall-transformation-underway> And MUCH more! If you want any more (non-geealogical) info re our trip, feel free to contact me off-list. Cheers Neil -- Neil Houghton Albany Western Australia on 13/12/11 4:01 PM, west-riding-request@rootsweb.com at west-riding-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 09:07:48 -0400 > From: "Megan Skinner" <the.skinners-pei@pei.sympatico.ca> > Subject: [WRY] SKINNER & GREENWOOD (WRY & Lancashire) > To: <west-riding@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: > <000d01ccb8cf$0c615c30$25241490$@skinners-pei@pei.sympatico.ca> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hi Neil: > Thanks for posting about your recent trip. I found the links very > interesting!! > My daughter & I are planning a trip to the UK in 2013. I am hoping to visit > the places my great grandparents, John Skinner & Susy Greenwood, lived. I > believe Susy was born in Todmorden. > I have recently found the 1899 burial for their son, Andrew, in the Parish > of Lightcliffe. I am assuming it was at St. Matthews Church as that is > where Andrew's sister was married. It would be no nice to find a > marker/headstone for his resting place. > If anyone has suggestions on things to see/do and places to stay I would > love to hear from you. > > Cheers, > Megan > Cavendish, Prince Edward Island