Cornholme was
historically a part of Lancashire, and falls within the
OL postcode area. The former principal industries of most of the
Upper Calder Valley being cotton weaving and the manufacture of textile accessories such as shuttles and bobbins. The village became part of the
West Riding of Yorkshire on 1 January 1888 and part of the Borough of
Todmorden, within the West Riding, on 2 June 1896. Cornholme became a
civil parish in 1894, on 30 September 1897 the parish was abolished to form Todmorden. Cornholme was until 1938 served by
Cornholme railway station. Cornholme is the location of a number of scenes in the 2004 film
My Summer of Love. ==Famous residents==