church, built in 1881 at the junction of Bond Street and Rochdale Road. Present day The area is popular with walkers and hikers, many stopping to see , a hillside memorial to the Lancashire Dialect writer and poet Edwin Waugh. Another popular walk is Dearden Clough to 'Plunge' - the ruined site of Plunge Mill, where there is an imposing pit wheel housing for a waterwheel. One approach to the clough is from Michael Wife Lane, named after Mary Nuttall, wife of Michael Nuttall, who was fined in 1618 for not maintaining the road and, finally, put in the stocks in 1624 for still not carrying out this work. The village is home to Edenfield Cricket Club. There is also a recreation ground on Exchange Street which is used by a number of football teams of varying ages. Alongside is Edenfield Community Centre serving a number of uses for different interest groups. In May 2010 more than 270 sheep, worth a total of £17,000, were stolen from fields behind the Horse and Jockey public house. In May 2011, Edenfield was again in the news due to a protest regarding the proposed accommodation of sex offenders at Chatterton Hey House. References Bibliography Margaret Gray, Edenfield: Church, Parish and Village 1778–1978 (Edenfield: Edenfield PCC, 1978) John Simpson, A History of Edenfield and District (Edenfield: Edenfield Local History Society, 2003) ( ). External links Edenfield GENUKI entry. Edenfield Genealogical Society. Edenfield, Our Lancashire Village supported by Edenfield Village Residents' Association. Villages in Lancashire Unparished areas in Lancashire Geography of the Borough of Rossendale