Shropshire Ghosts, Folklore and Forteana
Changed Site
Location: Worfield - St Peter's Church
Type: Legend - Old Nick
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: It was said that the Devil did not want this church to be built on a nearby hill, so spent every night undoing the construction work which had been performed the day before and moving the materials to the site the church now stands.
First added: 2020-04-27 | Last updated: 2020-04-27 | ID #13704
Well Rich
Location: Wroxeter - Buried well near Bell Brook
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: An old local poem stated, 'Near the brook of Bell, there is a well, which is richer than any man can tell'.
First added: 2020-04-28 | Last updated: 2020-04-28 | ID #13722
Headless Dog
Location: Yeaton - Road between village and Baschurch
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The site of a murder which took place many years ago was said to have become home to a headless black dog.
First added: 2020-06-02 | Last updated: 2020-06-02 | ID #13825
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