TODMORDEN

town (parish), Calderdale metropolitan borough, metropolitan county of West Yorkshire, historic county of Yorkshire, England, on the River Calder and the Rochdale Canal. Surrounded by high moorland, Todmorden is a junction for east-west rail routes across the Pennines. Industries formerly included cotton spinning (related to the cotton industry of neighbouring Lancashire). Contemporary industries include light engineering. Pop. (1991) 11,969.