Ruins of the Church of St Thomas a' Becket

            This church, in Heptonstall, West Yorkshire, England, was built between 1250 and 1256.  It fell into disrepair in the 1850s when the face of a part of its tower fell away. 

The new church was built in its graveyard.  

A substantial part of this ruined building stands today.  My intentional camera movement photo was taken in January 2021.

The famous poet Ted Hughes wrote the following poem about this church.

'Heptonstall Old Church by Ted Hughes 

A great bird landed here.
 
Its song drew men out of rock,
Living men out of bog and heather.
 
Its song put a light in the valleys
And harness on the long moors.
 
Its song brought a crystal from space
And set it in men's heads.
 
Then the bird died.
 
Its giant bones
Blackened and became a mystery.
 
The crystal in men's heads
Blackened and fell to pieces.
 
The valleys went out.
The moorland broke loose.'

The grave of 'King David Hartley', the leader of the 18th Century Cragg Vale Coiners who produced counterfeit coins to support their local impoverished community, is in this graveyard. Even today coins are left on his gravestone by passers by.

Taken on: January 30, 2021

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