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High Bank Lane

            Crosses worn into the stones along this ridge way denote the passing of many people. And even now memorial tokens and flowers are left along the lane.

Hepworth, a nearby village has just had its 'Hepworth Feast' which always takes place on the 3rd Monday in June. It dates back to 1665 – 1666 when the Great Plague struck England. It wrought devastation in London, then spread across the country. Hepworth was the most northerly point that it reached. According to local legend it is supposed to have come in on cloth brought from London.

In an effort to save the village the residents split the village into two parts at Barracks Fold. Those that were infected remained, isolated from the world, in one half. Thirteen of the residents died from the disease, which was a considerable percentage of the population in such a small village.
I wonder if the clothes or cloth from London came along this High Bank Lane, passed the Maythorne Cross and down the hill to Hepworth?

Taken on: July 4, 2023

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