The BBC drama The Gallows Pole was partly filmed in Heptonstall, an adaptation of a book by Benjamin Myers. It told the story of the Cragg Vale Coiners, who clipped coins. This involved clipping the edges off coins and melting them down to make new coins out of the scraps. It happened on such a large scale, it threatened to devalue the currency. The grave of "King" David Hartley can be seen in the churchyard of St Thomas' Church, Heptonstall.
The BBC drama The Gallows Pole was partly filmed in Heptonstall, an adaptation: of a book by Benjamin Myers. :It told the s?tory of the Cragg Vale Coiners, who clipped coins. This involved clipping the edges off coins and melting them down to make new coins out of the scraps. It happened !on such a large scale, it threatene:d to devalue the currency. The grave of "King" David Hartley can be seen in the churchyard of St Thomas' Church, Heptonstall.