The most famous legends in Hampshire
King Arthur's Round TableWinchester · World-famousKing Arthur's table, with a Tudor king painted in Arthur's place.
Canute and the tideSouthampton · FamousHe did not think he could stop the tide. He was proving he couldn't.
St Swithun's forty daysWinchester · FamousHe wanted to lie in the rain. They moved him, and it rained.
The Hinton Ampner hauntingHinton Ampner · FamousThe house was so loud with ghosts they pulled it down.
The Tichborne DoleTichborne · FamousStop the dole and the family line ends. They tried it once.
The Wayfarer's DoleWinchester · FamousAsk nicely at the lodge, and the Middle Ages will feed you.
The arrow that killed a kingMinstead · FamousDid the arrow glance off an oak, or was it aimed?
Ghosts 4
- The Hinton Ampner hauntingHinton Ampner · Pay to get inThe house was so loud with ghosts they pulled it down.
- King John's dreamBeaulieu · Pay to get inThe vicar knew the ghost monks by name.
- The Domum TreeWinchester · PrivateHe wrote a song about going home. He never went.
- The Roundhead in the churchyardCrondall · FreeThe war ended. One trooper stayed on watch.
Beasts 4
- The Bisterne DragonBisterne · PrivateThe dragon wanted milk. Sir Maurice gave it a fight.
- The Wherwell CockatriceWherwell · PrivateIt could not kill what it saw in the mirror.
- The dragon that became a hillLyndhurst · FreeThe dragon became a hill. The knight's bow became a tree.
- The dragon's denBurley · FreeAbove Burley the dragon slept, and woke thirsty.
Heroes and kings 4
- King Arthur's Round TableWinchester · Pay to get inKing Arthur's table, with a Tudor king painted in Arthur's place.
- Canute and the tideSouthampton · FreeHe did not think he could stop the tide. He was proving he couldn't.
- Bevis and AscupartSouthampton · FreeThe town's founder fought a giant, and the giant still hangs inside the gate.
- Colonel Boles's last standAlton · FreeCount the bullet holes in the church door.