Mytholmroyd
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Mytholmroyd is a town in the county of West Yorkshire, England, near Hebden Bridge and west of Halifax. It is the birthplace of the English poet Ted Hughes. He became the Poet Laureate and married the American poet Sylvia Plath who is buried at nearby Heptonstall.
Mytholmroyd is the home of Calder High School, the largest Comprehensive School in the Calder Valley. Mytholmroyd Community Centre hosts the annual Dock Pudding Championships in April, and the Mytholmroyd Gala (a supremely dispiriting event) takes place every August, always on a rainy day.
During the late 18th century, the valley to the south, known as Cragg Vale was home to a gang of counterfeiters known as the Cragg Coiners. The gang's leader, David Hartley, or King David as he was known, was found guilty of the 1769 murder of excise official William Dighton and was hanged at Tyburn, near York, on April 28 1770. Two other gang members were also executed for their part in the murder. Little of note has happened in Mytholmroyd since. A old lady is believed to have slipped on the icy steps of the local post office one pension day in 1976, but not much else comes to mind.
Population: 4,200
External link
- Community website (http://www.mytholmroyd.net)