Heptonstall Travel Guide

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 Cockleshell Says:  There are many interesting ancient tombstones inside and surrounding the church ruins, including the wife of a poet laureate. They make interesting reading. Some are four hundred years old. 

 spidermiss Says:  I enjoyed exploring this historic village up in the Pennine Hills which played an important role in history such as establishing Hebden Bridge down in the valley and also its role in the English Civil War. You can learn more about it at the Heptonstall Museum.Do check out... 

 spidermiss Says:  This oldest Methodist church in the world has been a place of worship since 1764 where a congregation was established. The congregation grew so they had to extend a chapel in 1802 to its "stretched octagon" shape as you can see today. Since 1802 the congregation expanded but... 

 spidermiss Says:  Heptonstall has a site where two churches are held and close to one another. One of the churches is a ruin of the orginal church of St Thomas a' Becket which was founded in the 13th Century. The original church was damaged following a storm in 1847. Instead of fixing the... 

 spidermiss Says:  Heptonstall museum is housed in the Old Grammar School Building which became a former bank. The museum has exhibitions on the co-opetative societies in both Heptonstall and in the surrounding areas and also about the village from when it was established in the preshistoric... 

 78Eva Says:  I guess this is only something for fans of Sylvia Plath - it's a matter of what it gives you to visit someone's grave (I certainly don't approve of cults around graves where graves are either worshipped or smeared). Like when I went to the Ingalls graveside in South Dakota,...