Ken Bolton's Pictures of Mirfield

The Dumb Steeple Plaque, Cooper Bridge.

Plaque adjacent to the monument 'Dumb Steeple' issued by the Mirfield Civic Society and sponsored by the Mirfield Town Council.

This picture appears in the following picture tours:
Mirfield, Buildings and Structures, Village Signs and Sign Posts, West Yorkshire

Camera Make: NIKON Model: E7600

The Dumb Steeple

The Dumb Steeple at Cooper Bridge, Mirfield was erected on the road close to the nearby Kirklees Priory where Robin Hood died an old man. During the dark hours of early 1812, the fields around the Dumb Steeple and the Priory were the scenes of many nocturnal meetings held by the Luddites. Those men who would meet in these fields were obviously of the belief that they were meeting in absolute secrecy, although some nights they would have members of the local militia mingling with the crowds at the meeting.

This picture appears in the following picture tours:
Mirfield, Buildings and Structures, Trees and Woodlands, Homes of the Famous, West Yorkshire

Camera Make: NIKON Model: E7600