The curious graveyard with two churches and the Villain buried there ?
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- In this video we visit Heptonstall in Yorkshire. We take a look at a very old church St Thomas Beckett now lies in ruins replaced by a second later church. The old ruined church is wonderful. The village of Heptonstall is very beautiful full of old Yorkshire stone cottages. In the old graveyard is a grave of David Hartley the main culprit associated with the Cragg vale coiners. We tell the story of the Cragg vale coiners also a famous American writer and poet Sylvia Plath. We take a look around this quaint old English village. Famous people in graveyards.
I actually live in this village, the amount of tourism and filming that goes on here is amazing.
Its very beautiful
Please help to keep the beautiful old pub open 😉 🍺
It's a bonny village.
Do people look in your windows?!
@@nanaingallswilder7363 constantly ! its a past !
Good timing as Sylvia Plath was buried here on the 18th February 1963. Ted Hughes was actually Poet Laureate and for me one of our finest nature poets. The family home, where his parents lived is on the outskirts of Heptonstall and is called The Beacon.
That’s interesting,I’m sure they briefly showed Sylvia Plath’s headstone in the recent Happy Valley tv series when Catherine was visiting her daughter’s grave.
@@jamie7056 They did yes 🙂. I was there last week and one of the village pubs, The Cross, had a sign outside giving directions to 'Sylvia Plath's and Rebecca Cawood's' graveyard'. 🙂
Cheers Chris
@@ChrisJB My eyes weren’t deceiving me!Thanks for the info,will have to visit.
@@jamie7056 I highly recommend a visit, there is so much history. There is an interesting Methodist Chapel too. 👍
untainted piece of England. cant believe how quiet it is there, no bugger about. nice one lads cheers.
Another quality look into English history. Thanks so much!!!!
Hi Martin great video. There is a BBC drama coming out about the Cragg Vale coiners this year. It's called the Gallows Pole. It was filmed last year and should be out soon. My friends Husband plays the brother of King David. Thought you might be interested 😉 😀
Great guys, Martin you're video"s are very interesting and informative 👍 good to see our uncle john with you both 😀.
100% agreed with James. It looks so nice as if time stood still 👍🙌
Weirdly, today we were in Halifax looking at the Wainhouse tower (Well worth a look) and it was near a graveyard, so I googled up where Sylvia Plath's grave was. It wasn't where we were going so we left it for another day. We then went to the Piece Hall and in a bookshop I picked up that book "The Gallows Pole" and thought it looked interesting. We return home and find you've just added a video talking about both of those things!
I'd love to see Martin and crew do a video on the Wainhouse tower - I've been up it on an open day, and it's impressive!
Spooky !!
It's like stepping back into time stepping into that Village brilliant
I hope that you guys make money out of these videos, all the work involved in planning and filming, you’re bringing history to all of us in an honest and easy to watch way, thanks
This was fascinating and lovely Martin. And I do love that you try to link up the people of the past with the area's past history, to feel how life was for ordinary people. I just love old graveyards. The older ones are a history lesson in their own right and we can find out so much about the ordinary everyday detail of the lives of the people of the past. What a lovely little place Heptonstall is too. It's a little bit of living history. And aren't we lucky to have so much history at our disposal in the UK? Loved the pub! and it made a change from your usual brew. Thanks to you both (and to John), for a great outing and some cracking information about the past!
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Superb filming and commentaries as per usual.
Thank you very much both.
Wonderful to see England with its historic buildings.
An interesting story about the counterfeiters.
What a delightful place is Heptonstall. Thanks for the tour and for showing the grave of Sylvia Plath, as well as the ruined church of St Thomas Beckett. Obviously the Cragg Vale Coiners have their supporters by the looks of it! Thoroughly enjoyable video.
Great video, no concrete, so much great stonework everywhere. Churches and Cemeteries make for an enjoyable watch. James, need to see more narration from you. Thanks Martin, James and John for all your walking and hard work.....
We only really had concrete in one video 😀 But yes a highly recommended visit
Another wonderful video from a beautiful part of the world! Thank you
Aww man its a dream of mine to live somewhere like this. So peaceful and steeped in history.
I was born and raised there. It was a wonderful place to grow up but I wouldn't want to live there now - There's nowhere to park and it's fearsomely expensive !
The graveyard is also full of friends and others I knew well, so for me it's a heartbreaking place.
That longing to see things as they were i always get when i watch your vids Martin. There must be a word for that feeling.
What an amazing little place that is, totally untouched right down to the cobble streets 🤩🤩🧱👍🏽
Wow, that was fantastic Martin, very interesting
I so wish I could retire to a village like this. I love reading about (and viewing) all the small ancient places all over the UK.
the older building is much more appealling IMO, despite being smaller. great video as always, Martin, cheers, have a good'un!
Visited that church and Heptonstall a good few years ago now. There used to be a guy ride around there dressed in full Civil War cavalry get up, and he used to go into that church, saw him on telly a couple of times, one I think was That's Life, and thought it looked a nice place to visit [never saw the bloke though!]
Goodday Martin no its dam hot in February. 37 and up just looking at you, and your surroundings make me feel cooler top job on the videos stay safe
Another fascinating and thought provoking delve into the past. Thanks Martin, James and John.
Love the way James couldn't think of the word 'cobblestones' - "pebble stone ground"!
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Just viewed your video, “The curious graveyard with two churches and a Villain buried there”? A fabulous journey back in time. Very interesting to view. Thank you Martin for your journey. Cheers Martin. 🇬🇧🙂👍🇺🇸
Thank you Martin
Your right Martin - a very worldly old Village!!! 🤔🚂🚂🚂
Thanks so much for sharing - this church (the ruins) survived through Henry's reign, only to be destroyed by a storm? What a shame. I envy you to be living with so much history at your doorstep. I can visit one of the oldest places in North America (old Montreal) and its still only about 500 years old!
Wow wow wow this is incredible explore. Absolutely brilliant. You had me quite emotional in the graveyard. Excellent information. Loved this wee village. Somewhere in time.
Thanks Shirley
Hi Mz,James and crew, that cozy pub was meggga, not many pubs left like that, reminded me of TV series Last of The Summer Wine. Cheers DougT
Yeah thats definitely how it felt, thanks very much
Awesome video Martin, the coiners all new to me and so interesting. Agree with Chris JB the timing perfect with Sylvia Plath. Thanks for posting.
What a quaint little village
Thank you for your very interesting video and thank you both for spending your time and expence making these for all to enjoy.
Great video Martin and James really enjoy them thanks.
Really enjoyed this Martin & James, excellent. Thank you. Great info.
Amazing. My family inhabited the farm owned by the coiners in the early 20th century.
Thanks Martin, that was a great investigation and brilliant documentary. Take care and all the best. Stevie
Lovely video. It really captured the atmosphere of the church and the town…..nice to come along on a wee explore.
Bloody brilliant, as always Martin. Cheers from Oz.
I'm going to visit I remember going when I was ten years old, we went with school and I still remember the story about the coin
Visited here again a couple of weeks ago. Such a fascinating village.
What a beautiful place. My type of place to live
Awesome Martin .. A total change from the norm, rivers, culverts mills and the like, but what a fascinating vid. Your research is incredibly revealing and I have learned so much from your videos, thank you
Thank you
James has melted my heart a little bit this time. His awe is great! 😇
The Bell Jar is an incredible read. Well recommended (if you're in a happy and stable place anyway lol)
Lovely little place. So close to where I grew up across the border, but I've been!
There's another ruined church very much like that were my parents live now, outside Carnforth, Warton Old Rectory. Great visit, and surrounded by old steel and railway industry history 🙌🏻
Another 48 hours at work and another video to get me through it cheers Martin 😊
What a great place to live,,no rubbish on the ground,, people must have a secret car park,,was there any street lights?? When things were built then they were built to last ,, really enjoyed it 🙂 and the history,,walk through brilliant stuff ☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️ from northern Ireland
I spent many a fun day here where a friend of the family lived. I have a picture somewhere of Dad, his friend and I playing guitar in the square. Stunning place.
Top video and interesting story about that gang too👍
I know just what you mean about wanting to see places as they were. It was lovely to see Heptonstall as i havnt been yet and the lack of traffic noise was fab.....took me back to lockdown, no cars no planes but more birdsong. 🤔🙂
That was a very good film with so much history enjoy it very much its a beautiful place thanks for sharing it keep up the great work that you do your's mick
Loved that 😍
Feel like I'm back in history class at school, only this time, rather than being bored rigid at 14, I'm fascinated and hanging on to every word ! Wish I was there to read all those headstones, I do the same as you, I imagine what the world was like when they were alive and wishing I could bring some of them back to tell me tales of their lives.
Then watch their faces as I show them the modern world of television and central heating and mobile phones .......that would be amazing 😊
Loving your videos Martin, I was up till 3am last night watching and this looks like another late night 😄
Glad your enjoying Carol 😀
There's another churchyard with two churches, down somewhere near the border of Sussex and Essex. Unfortunately I can't recall its name, but think it's because they were once two adjoining parishes that were later amalgamated. The one church has a very peculiar war memorial window; etched glass scenes of the Western Front with Bible verses attached, which are horribly taken out of their original contexts. As for the coining trade, the village of Flash, up on the Staffordshire Moorlands was also infamous for counterfeiting - hence the name 'Flash money' and several villagers were hung for the trade at Stafford. Fascinating film - thank you very much
Puts me in the mind of Godricks hollow! 😳🤔😎great episode
Great stuff again Martin - proper history and fascinating places again. I never knew any of this. Thanks for widening my interests and things I need to research - it's why your channel is important.
Brilliant video Martin, good to see David being being more active and telling us his version.
Regards from the Philippines.
Yeah he's a good guy Dave
Amazing place and great video, this is a place now on my bucket list to visit, thanks guy
When you were stood by Sylvia Plath's grave, the grave over James' right shoulder with the large bush in it was my grandma's grave.
I wish I'd known you were gonna be there, I'd have come and given you a hand, I did a video a couple of years ago which followed the history of the village of Heptonstall.
Heptonstall is my home place, I lived there for many years and now live in Mytholmroyd just 3 miles away.
cheers for that guys...I live in Peru now but I used to live on a narrow boat down "int" valley...loved/love the place
Just watched this Martin ,I remember going in a pub in cragg vale Hebden bridge area nearly 30 years ago called the hinchcliffe next to St John’s ,they had a collection of the forged coins on display and I think stamps and metal working tools which the forgers used ,if your in the area pop in and check it out ,brilliant vlog cheers 👍👍
Very interesting and well done young men
Thank you, Martin, for nice video. See you next time
What a cracking place Martin, I'd be there all day, I love checking gravestones out! 😊😊
Wow.
Highlight for me here,
Was Martin talking from the heart, walking through the church ruins,
Talking about the feelings it musters when we look back on these peoples lives,
As far back as the 12/1300s in this case.
If we research, and understand, imagine, concentrate and simply think hard enough,
You can pull out a rough incling of how we used to live in our daily lives, in these beautiful, simple surroundings.
The thought of English settlements peoples way of life, way before the industrial revolution,
Then living through the turmoil of it all....
Its absolutely haunting.
Great vid again,
Thankyou lads.
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Had to report another scam comment in here just now martin.
We dont need there sort eh.
I bet they dont appreciate a nice brew with a custard tart, or an eccles cake.
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Cheers Bob, appreciated. Unfortunately they keep coming back like weeds
Your videos are always interesting but this is one of my favorites. I could live in a town like this one.
Very “All Creatures Great and Small” vibe.😊
amazing piece of history, even the old church stunning.
Another great video Martin and James
Thank you
A great video. Fascinating.
Brilliant.Thanks lads.
Thanks Ste
Wow what an amazing place, love to visit it!
Well worth a visit
We live in a little hamlet on the edge of bodmin moor, our church was built in the 1400's and the earliest grave that I've seen is 1546, graveyards do fascinate me, I love going around reading the headstones and wondering what their life would've been like back then.
Fascinating video Martin as usual. Looks like a lovely village. We have a similar surviving town water pump here in Sandbach.
Very interesting stuff, Martin. Thanks.
I’ve had a walk around here,very quirky place.
Pint was good in the nearby pub too😉
Really Interesting vlog. Not been there since I was a kid but remember the road up was really steep
Cracking video Martin, My dad's from heptonstall so it's nice to see round the place, I need to explore it more myself
Good video Martin, I've spent many happy hours exploring the hills above Todmorden and Hebden Bridge and Heptonstall is one of my favourite places. It's utterly unique.
Thanks for this. Totally fascinating!
Another great video Martin this is a must visit for me cheers guys
Love learning history with your on site videos. I live in Georgia USA, my mother was from Staffordshire and all her family are still in that area. It is so amazing our ancestors accomplished so much and with out all the technology we so depend on today. Have to think we are not as smart as they were. Thank you so much.
The Bell Jar was required reading in college. Really sad stuff. So surprised to see stones laying flat. Great video.
cracking video , great story about the counterfeiters
Love every video you put out Martin! Great to have someone who shares the same interests and you always provide a great amount of history.
Thanks for another great video!
my goodness amazing . regards liz x
Great upload. What a place!
An unusual graveyard Martin, to visit! It was good that John let you know about the place. The older church is interesting and goes back quite a while in the date. It's quite a change to see all the gravestones laid side by side, rather than upright. The houses of the village seem to be of very sound stonework, and look very quaint, including that pub you visited. The story of the coin gang is another interesting feature that you detail. Many thanks to yourself and James for this video, Martin.
once again martin you have produced another amazing video. heptonstall a place ive never been but will do shortly thanks martin a brilliant show.
Now that was REALLY FASCINATING. Loved this one very much. Cheers
Awesome thank you 🙏
Awesome video I love watching your great videos I live in Market Harboorough in Leicestershire every some good history in our town come and have a look
Great video this Martin keep up the good work.
Pebble stones. James you’re a star 👍🏼😂 That village is stunning. There’s lots of places in that area oldy worldy around there 😍
I’m not religious but I do appreciate the work that must’ve gone into construction of old churches. We’ve one in Leyland that had the fist but built in the 14th century and there are some very old graves.
I remember cragvale vid. The coiners was an interesting story.
Then a nice pint. 👍🏼
That was a fascinating video and an insight into the local history. Keep up the good work, Martin and the team. 👍
That was a fascinating video Martin. I have to say that I prefer it to culverts and caves! Thanks.
I've been wanting you to do a video on this for time Well done for spotting King David's grave and telling his story keep up the good work and keep the videos coming thanks mate
Hope your well mate 👍
@@MartinZero yep all is good mate I hope everything is good your end take it easy pal👍
Loved your video. Loved the history lesson. Meriden, Kansas
What a great historical place with the two churches. This is just how villages should be with the old cobble stone street and cosy pub. This was a very interesting vlog I didn't know about the Cregg vale coiners. This part of the country has some real hidden gems thanks for sharing guys.
Well done Martin, a pleasure to watch. Your clips open up a liitle bit the door to the past...
Thank you
Very interesting video, some harrowing tales. Great to see James do some of the presenting, he looked blown away by Heptonstall.
Lovely to hear the music from your older videos again 👌👌👌
Good luck from Spain!!
Thanks David, he was very impressed
Very interesting video as always Martin! Plenty of Google searches on the way for me.