Robertshaw Farm

Greater toleration led to the licensing of Mitchell and Crossley’s buildings for worship. Two were at Rodhill End in 1703 (off the road to Todmorden) and in 1711 at Stone Slack, where Robertshaw Farm is the original site. Here, in premises dating from at least 1617, Thomas Greenwood of Slater Ings purchased a barn in 1711 and converted it into a meeting place for the Rodhill End/Stone Slack congregation. At first, they were part of the Church of Christ in Rossendale, but in 1717 became independent, worshipping alternatively at both places. This is the first Baptist church in the Calder Valley, witnessing until 1783. Its members came from a wide area and were very influential locally and further afield. It provided the first minister for the new causes at Salendine Nook in Huddersfield, which led to founding many others.

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