NEW! MIRFIELD
IN PICTURES CELEBRATES NEW!
ITS TENTH ANNIVERSARY
Well,
it's exactly ten years ago that I set up
this website. At the turn of the new millennium,
I thought that would be an auspicious time
to set the ball rolling. So, in August 2000,
Mirfield in Pictures was born. I'm
delighted with the response I've had and
this is evidenced by the fact that the site
has received just over 75,000 visitors to
date (see counter at bottom of each page).
I feel in good company with two other personal
Mirfield websites, namely, Mirfield Memories
and Mirfield A Second Look. All three
sites work well together. For me, it is
the rich history of Mirfield that now fascinates
me most about my birthplace.
MIRFIELD IN PICTURES FREE
SCREENSAVER
Have
you downloaded and installed the
Mirfield screensaver yet? It is still available from here.
The file will download as mip1.zip - simply
unzip the file and save it to C:\WINDOWS\system32 (for Windows XP), where C is your
hard drive. If you're running another version
of Windows, just let me know. The download is guaranteed to
be free from any form of malware and is
a mere 842kB so it will download in
a few seconds using a broadband connection.
To date, 135 people have downloaded this
screensaver. I'm also working on a new one,
so - watch this space!
DOMESDAY
EXTRACTS
Some
time ago, I bought a copy of the Mirfield
entry in the Domesday Book. To be honest,
it's a very brief entry but still makes
for interesting reading and provides a
different perspective of Mirfield (Mirefeld)
over 900 years ago. It was published in
1086 at the instruction of William the Conqueror.
If you're interested, please take a look
at Domesday
Extracts.
Now, just in case you're wondering - no,
I'm not on commission!
GENEALOGY
& FAMILY HISTORY
I
get a good few visitors to this website
who are researching their family history.
This is clear from the number of entries
in The Kirklees SiteRing, which can
be found on the Useful
Links
page. GENUKI (genealogical information for
UK and Ireland) have a very interesting
page about Mirfield and it can be found
at GENUKI:
Mirfield.
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