Excellent video, deserves far more views than it has! I'm running Coiners fell race in a few days.. this is a cracking insight into their story. Well played 👏👏👏
The date of 1770 on David Hartley's grave is obviously wrong and should be 1730. As a boy I remember the gravestone being badly worn and difficult to read, but the photograph in the video shows it to be clear so it has either been recarved or replaced. I strongly suspect that the original figure 3 was of the old style with a horizontal line at the top and a diagonal downstroke leading to the loop at the bottom of the number, but this was obscured by the wear on the gravestone and the partially visible figure wrongly interpreted by whoever recarved it. Incidentally, an earthwork was specially constructed on Beacon Hill so that when the coiners' bodies were hung in chains they would be on the skyline and visible to anyone looking up from the old town of Halifax, which at that time was mostly around the parish church. (Now Halifax Minster) The earthwork still exists and can be seen from Haley Hill. Also, when bodies were hung in chains they were tarred so they were airtight and didn't decompose. (At least, not quickly) I heard that the coiners'bodies were there for three years, but haven't seen any documentary evidence for that.
The date of 1770 for David Hartley’s burial is right. He was born in 1730 and executed in 1770. It is obviously very well documented in many sources including assize records, execution records and of course the Heptonstall parish records which reads, “1770 May 1, David Heartley, di Bell House in Villa Erringdininsis suspensus in collo propé Eboracum ob Nummos publicos illicite cudendos et accidendos.” (“David Hartley of Bell House in the township of Erringden, hanged by the neck near York for unlawfully stamping and clipping public coin.” As far as the coiners bodies being there for three years, the bones of Deighton murderers Normanton and Thomas were still there in 1783 when Spencer and Sattonstall were executed. This was documented in an eye witness account taken from Elizabeth Walton by Frances Alexander Leyland in 1856 when she recalled the executions she witnessed as a child. Thomas had been hung in 1774 and Normanton in 1775.
Excellent video, beautifully narrated.
Very interesting, thanks for sharing.
Excellent video, deserves far more views than it has! I'm running Coiners fell race in a few days.. this is a cracking insight into their story. Well played 👏👏👏
I am Cragg Vale born and bred so i thought i knew the full story of the Coiners. Thank you for the Video that taught me things i was unaware of.
Fantastic video. Well done!
Very well done and informative. Hope you do more like this.
Thank you! - Yes, hope to do more 😊
Thoroughly enjoyed this.
Thank you - glad you enjoyed!
Really interesting and illuminating film.
Thank you - great to get positive feedback!
Excellent 😊
Thank you! 😊
Fascinating stuff, well researched and presented!
Thank you!
The date of 1770 on David Hartley's grave is obviously wrong and should be 1730. As a boy I remember the gravestone being badly worn and difficult to read, but the photograph in the video shows it to be clear so it has either been recarved or replaced.
I strongly suspect that the original figure 3 was of the old style with a horizontal line at the top and a diagonal downstroke leading to the loop at the bottom of the number, but this was obscured by the wear on the gravestone and the partially visible figure wrongly interpreted by whoever recarved it.
Incidentally, an earthwork was specially constructed on Beacon Hill so that when the coiners' bodies were hung in chains they would be on the skyline and visible to anyone looking up from the old town of Halifax, which at that time was mostly around the parish church. (Now Halifax Minster) The earthwork still exists and can be seen from Haley Hill.
Also, when bodies were hung in chains they were tarred so they were airtight and didn't decompose. (At least, not quickly)
I heard that the coiners'bodies were there for three years, but haven't seen any documentary evidence for that.
The date of 1770 for David Hartley’s burial is right. He was born in 1730 and executed in 1770. It is obviously very well documented in many sources including assize records, execution records and of course the Heptonstall parish records which reads, “1770 May 1, David Heartley, di Bell House in Villa Erringdininsis suspensus in collo propé Eboracum ob Nummos publicos illicite cudendos et accidendos.” (“David Hartley of Bell House in the township of Erringden, hanged by the neck near York for unlawfully stamping and clipping public coin.”
As far as the coiners bodies being there for three years, the bones of Deighton murderers Normanton and Thomas were still there in 1783 when Spencer and Sattonstall were executed. This was documented in an eye witness account taken from Elizabeth Walton by Frances Alexander Leyland in 1856 when she recalled the executions she witnessed as a child. Thomas had been hung in 1774 and Normanton in 1775.
Why the over loud and inappropriate music that drowns out the narration ?