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The Lost Bells of Kilgrimol

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Lost village

The Lost Bells of Kilgrimol

Tolling under the tide.

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What's there
Dunes and shore
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Fylde coast
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Eerie
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Before you go

Beach and dunes. Check before you go.

  • St Annes
  • Near A584
  • The pin is approximate.
  • DateNew Year's Eve

Bells under the sea.

Kilgrimol was a church or village lost to the sand and sea near St Annes. Its name appears in a land grant of 1199. Legend says its bells toll beneath the waves on New Year's Eve or in a storm, and ghosts wander the dunes.

Sources

  1. Lost village of Kilgrimol, Visit St Annes —
  2. Sunken Lancashire, Arcus Atlantis —
  3. Haunting tales of Lytham and St Annes, Blackpool Gazette —

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