Again, thank you, Hannah, and Plaques. I looked up 105 Brunshaw Road on the 1911 census. It still existed, different occupiers of course, and is described as a four-room house. I'm guessing that this was a two-up, two-down stone terraced house, part of a long row. There were ten of the Todd family plus two lodgers living there in 1861 and privacy and space must have been unknown commodities.
As far as the school is concerned St. Peter's seems a good bet. I don't know for sure that the children attended school but I should think it very likely as they were descended from Henry Todd who started Swinden School in Briercliffe in 1803. In 1861 it was being carried on by his son so education was valued in the family. If 105 was near Turf Moor then St. Peter's wouldn't have been too far away. It's one of the schools covered in the National School Admission Registers & Log-Books 1870-1914 on FindMyPast, but unfortunately the children I'm tracing would have been a bit too old to be starting school after 1870.
I really appreciate this help, especially knowing the house location and the closest school.
Joan
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