Devil
The Devil's Stone
He stole the bells and left his footprint behind.
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- Boulder by the churchyard with a dent
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The Devil stole Newington's bells, but jumped too hard. His footprint is still in the stone.
Beside St Mary's church at Newington, near Sittingbourne, lies a large stone said to carry the Devil's footprint. The story goes that the Devil tried to steal the church bells. He gathered them up in a sack and leapt from the church, landing so hard on the stone that he left his mark, but the bells rolled out, tumbled towards Halstow and fell into a stream. Local people said they could still be heard ringing under the water. Kent Past reports that the stone was moved in 1936 and set next to the churchyard.