Hundersfield

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Hundersfield was an ancient ecclesiastical parish, created 1746 from the parish of Rochdale, in the Hundred of Salford, England. It straddled the historic county boundary between Lancashire and the West Riding of Yorkshire. There are written references to the parish dating back to 1202.

Hundersfield lay on high moorland around Blackstone Edge, containing the settlements of Todmorden, Walsden, Littleborough, Wardle, Smallbridge and parts of Rochdale.

The name Hundersfield is a corruption of Honorsfield; and that was derived from the word Honore, signifying a Saxon lord.[1]

[edit] See also

• Buckley, Greater Manchester
• Butterworth, Greater Manchester
• Wardleworth

[edit] External links

• Greater Manchester gazeteer
• Township history of Hundersfield e-book