| c7000 BC | Early Mesolithic hunters present on moors above Marsden |
| 2100 - 750BC | Bronze Age |
| c79 | AD Roman Road built through Marsden |
| 1068 | Marchesden awarded to Ilbert de Laci by William I |
| c1450 | St. Bartholomew's first church built in Towngate, was `dilapidated` by 1480 |
| 1499 | Marsden becomes a manor in its own right |
| 1560 | Corn Mill present in middle of village |
| c1600 | White Hart (originally called The Hare and Hounds) in Towngate, delicensed in 1910 |
| 1616 | Manor House at Highgate |
| 1616 | The Hill at West Slaithwaite near Nathans |
| 1641 | House off Old Mount Road inscribed IMMI 1641 |
| 1666 | Hearth Tax Returns show 82 houses with hearths |
| 1679 | Date stone at rear of 23 Towngate |
| 1670 | Higher Green Owlers at the top of Blakelea Lane in The Dean |
| 1670 | White Hull Farm below Higher Green Owlers |
| 1671 | Green Top at Pule Side |
| 1673 | Clark Hill off Old Mount Rd. |
| 1683 | Date stone on now demolished house in Chapel Fold, off Church Lane |
| 1685 | Berry Greave Farm |
| 1710 | Hey Green Fulling Mill - first textile mill |
| 1711 | Binn Lodge near the top of Binn Road |
| c1721 | Towngate Bridge |
| 1722 | Far Owlers, on Redbrook Clough below Manchester Road |
| c1725 | The Old Ram Inn at the top of Towngate demolished 1926 |
| 1739 | Smithy Holme on Marsden Lane |
| 1738 | Towngate began to be developed. Date stones on now demolished houses, 1751/52/56/62 |
| 1738 | 17 Towngate |
| 1738 | Upper Green Owlers |
| 1739 | Hill Top at Binn |
| 1743 | Lower Green Owlers on Blakelea Lane |
| c1745 | Planks. Demolition began 1937 |
| 1746 | Troaves Farm |
| 1751 | Binn Lodge Farm |
| 1753 | Carr Farm |
| 1754 | The Hill, between Meltham Road and Manchester Road |
| c1756 | The Hall (Chapel House), Towngate |
| 1758 | Nathans at West Slaithwaite |
| c1760 | First Turnpike route opened |
| 1761 | St. Bartholomew`s rebuilt - outline of building still visible on the green space in Towngate |
| 1762 | Two Dutchmen in Towngate - demolished 1962 |
| 1763 | The Green cottages |
| 1772 | Stubbin Farm on road linking Manchester Road with Carrs Road |
| 1773 | Steep Farm near bottom of Meltham Road |
| 1773 | White Lea off Manchester Road |
| 1776 | Binn Lodge |
| c1780 | Turnpike opened along Carrs Road - 2nd route |
| c1780 | Ottiwells Bridge |
| 1780 | Old New Inn, rebuilt in 1840 |
| 1780 | Old Housend now called Owlers End Farm, Binn Road |
| c1780 | Tommy Mellor's Bridge linking The Green with Clough Lea |
| 1780 | Clough Lea cottages |
| 1785 | Frank Mill off Brougham Road - original mill of this name demolished 1901 |
| 1787 | Red Lion in Market Place |
| 1790 | Wessenden Old Reservoir |
| c1790 | Upper Bank Bottom Mill |
| 1793 | Ottiwells Mill |
| 1793 | Ottiwells House, built as a coaching inn called The George |
| c1795 | Corn Mill established at Hey Green |
| 1797 | Idle Row cottages - later named Brougham Road |
| 1798 | Clough Lea cotton mill rebuilt 1841 |
| 1798 | Graveyard in Towngate raised to accommodate unprecedented number of burials |
| 1798/99 | Snailhorn Bridge replaced 1891 |
| 1798 | The Factory/Silk Mill on Warehouse Hill, demolished 1938 |
| 1798 | Upper End Mill at Lakeside |
| c1800 | New Mill off Brougham Road - original mill of this name |
| c1800 | Enoch & James Taylor establish blacksmith business in Goodalls Yard off Brougham Road |
| 1807 | Congregational Church, Buckley Hill, rebuilt on present site and again rebuilt in 1931 |
| 1807 | Sparth Reservoir completed |
| 1807 | Black Moss Reservoir under construction |
| c1810 | George and Dragon in Goodalls Yard off Brougham Road |
| 1811 | Standedge Canal tunnel opened |
| 1812 | Luddite riots, William Horsfall murdered |
| 1820 | Town School on Brougham Road, rebuilt 1877 and enlarged in 1902 |
| 1824 | Wesleyan Methodist Chapel built on Brougham Road rebuilt 1871, demolished 1968 |
| 1828 | Redbrook Reservoir extended |
| 1829 | Church School built on site of present lych gate demolished 1928 |
| 1830 | Vicarage built, enlarged in 1854 |
| 1832 | March Haigh Reservoir completed |
| 1835 | William Johnstone`s first shop at Bridge End, later moved to Peel Street |
| 1838 | New Inn on Manchester Road |
| 1839 | Turnpike, third route completed (A62) |
| 1839 | Hey Green Bridge |
| c1840s | Sherbrooke Cottages, Manchester Road |
| 1841 | Middle Mill on Clough Lea rebuilt on site of earlier mill, demolished in 1996 |
| 1842 | Wessenden Reservoir enlarged to 19 acres |
| 1849 | First railway tunnel opened |
| 1849 | Railway Station opened |
| 1852 | New burial ground consecrated |
| 1856 | National School built at bottom of Old Mount Road, demolished 1967 |
| 1856 | Gas Works built next to old Ambulance Station on Manchester Road, demolished in 1970s |
| 1861 | Union Bridge |
| 1861 | Mechanics' Institute |
| 1863 | Idle Row renamed Brougham Road |
| 1866 | Foundation for new Parish Church - work suspended for 28 yrs |
| c1870 | William Johnstone`s emporium on Peel Street, now the Riverhead Tap and the Wine Bank |
| 1871 | New Wesleyan Church built on site of old one in Brougham Road |
| 1871 | Second Railway tunnel opened |
| 1874 | Thimble Street renamed Argyle Street |
| 1874 | Liberal Club on Peel Street, enlarged in 1905 |
| 1875 | Fall Lane widened and Taylor's Bridge built linking Fall Lane with Towngate |
| 1876 | Towngate Bridge rebuilt as now |
| 1879 | Derby Terrace, Brougham Road |
| 1881 | Wessenden Head Reservoir (1877-1881) |
| 1888 | Marsden-in-Almondbury and Marsden-in-Huddersfield united into one parish |
| 1890 | Congregational Sunday School, Buckley Hill converted into flats in 2007 |
| 1891 | Snailhorn Bridge replaced with realignment as now |
| 1898 | Peel Street developed on east side |
| 1894 | Third (double track) Railway tunnel opened |
| 1894 | Waterworks tram road built to carry puddle clay to Blakeley and Butterley reservoir dams |
| 1895 | St. Bartholomew's Church consecrated on new site, Bell Tower 1910, Baptistry 1911 |
| 1896 | Co-op, Market Place |
| 1897 | Old burial ground in Towngate closed |
| c1900 | Market Walk terrace housing |
| 1902 | Grange Cottages |
| 1904 | Blakeley Reservoir completed |
| 1904 | New shops in Market Place on site of older shops |
| 1904 | Leatholm Royd on Manchester Road |
| 1905 | Bank Bottom Dining Room |
| 1906 | Butterley Reservoir (1901 -1906) |
| 1906 | New Mills on Brougham Road extended over the river |
| 1908 | Conservative Club, Victoria Street |
| 1908 | Ottiwells House demolished |
| 1909 | Fire Station, Manchester Road |
| 1910 | Sunny Lea, Manchester Road |
| 1910 | Council School, Manchester Road |
| 1911 | Socialist Club, Manchester Road |
| 1911 | Lower Plains housing |
| 1911 | Co-op Stables on Warehouse Hill, now Cavendish Court |
| 1912 | Marsden Park |
| 1913 | Lower Bank Bottom Mill demolished |
| 1918 | Electric Theatre, closed 1975 |
| 1914 | Ambulance Station, adjacent to Fire Station, Manchester Road |
| 1914 | Electric tram service extended to Marsden |
| 1923 | Shakespeare Inn on Peel Street, replacing an older inn built nearby but lower down |
| 1925 | The Old Ram Inn closed |
| 1928 | Church School, The Old Ram, Hall etc demolished |
| c1935 | Woods Council Estate off Meltham Road |
| 1944 | Canal closed to traffic |
| c1950 | Dirker Council Estate above Marsden Lane |
| 1957 | Netherley Council Estate off Mount Road |
| 1960s | Buildings on western side of Towngate demolished and old churchyard laid out as gardens |
| 1960s | Wessen Court, Towngate |
| 1967 | National School demolished |
| 1974 | Houses on river side of Argyle Street demolished |
| 2001 | Canal reopened |
| Extensive private housing estates above Carrs Road and Clough Lea, etc and ribbon development along Stubbin Road, Meltham Road, Waters Road and Marsden Lane |
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