The most famous legends in Herefordshire
Arthur's Son's GraveWormelow · FamousA ninth-century writer swore he measured this grave himself. Each time he got a different answer.
Arthur's StoneDorstone · FamousA five-thousand-year-old tomb stands on a ridge above the Golden Valley. King Arthur came here to fight a giant.
The Hergest HoundKington · FamousA medieval lord kept a great black dog in a room at the top of his house. After he died, it stayed.
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Ghosts 1
Beasts 2
Giants 2
Heroes and kings 1
Saints and holy places 3
- Ethelbert's WellMarden · FreeA young king rode to Marden to marry a princess. He never reached the wedding.
- The Golden CoffinSt Weonards · FreeThe village saint lay under the mound in a golden coffin, people said. In 1855 they dug to see.
- The Knight's PenanceDorstone · FreeIn 1170 four knights cut down an archbishop in his own cathedral. One, they say, came to Dorstone.
Customs 3
- Heart of Oak WalkFownhope · FreeOnce, the village's working men paid in so no one would starve. Every spring they still walk.
- The Ducking StoolLeominster · FreeIn 1809 Leominster decided Jenny Pipes talked too much. The town had a chair for that.
- The Marcle WassailMuch Marcle · Pay to get inIn the dark of January the village carries torches to the oldest apple tree. Then the fires are lit.
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