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Heptonstall
Churchyard
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If there is one memory the visitor will take away from
the Calderdale village of Heptonstall,
it's an image of the churchyard which must be one of
the most fascinating in the country. Not only is it
supposed to hold the remains of possibly more than 100,000
people, with the visible gravestones representing just
some of those buried there, but it also contains
two churches!
The
ruined church which you can clearly see here is St Thomas
a Becket, named after the Archbishop of Canterbury who
was murdered on the order of the King not long before
building started on the Church. After it was damaged
by a gale in 1847 it was decided to build a new church
across the yard - which you can just see facing the
door of the ruin.
Heptonstall
itself has no cinemas, no clubs and little in the way
of shops and yet it can be said to be one of West Yorkshire's
best kept secrets.
It's a wonderfully preseved village with a main street
that has changed very little in the last 200 years.
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Getting
there...
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By
car, from Hebden Bridge follow Bridge Lane (signposted
towards Todmorden) for a very short distance until you
reach a turning circle just outside the town. Follow the
turning circle round and re-trace your route - again for
a very short distance - before taking a left up Heptonstall
Road. A steep hill follows, but Heptonstall itself is
the reward!
By bus, regular route from Hebden Bridge centre
to Heptonstall.
On foot, follow Bridge Lane out of Hebden Bridge
towards then turn right up Heptonstall Road and follow
the road up the steep hill. This is only recommended for
truly fit and able, this hill is steep!
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The
Lowdown...
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You'll probably need to step across the pavement of gravestones
to get between the two churches...but you'll be following
in the footsteps of many others!
Go to the porch of the old church and look closely at
the surrounding gravestones to find that of David Hartley.
Known as the King of the Cragg Vale Coiners, he was hanged
in York in 1770 "for unlawfuly stamping and clipping
a public coin." Around this time counterfeiting the
coinage was something of a cottage industry in nearby
Cragg Vale and lost has been written about this in both
fact and fiction.
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