Author: MIDDLETON, Thomas.
Title: Legends of Longdendale. Being a series of tales founded upon the folk-lore of Longdendale Valley and its neighbourhood.
Description: Hyde: Fred Higham, Clarendon Press, 1906. 4to. 119[1]pp, frontis, text illustrations. Original maroon cloth gilt. Very light spotting to fine 3 page subscriber's list; o/w a near fine copy. Contents: The legend of Coombs Rocks -- The legend of Alman's death: a tale of Melandra Castle -- King Arthur's adventure -- The legend of War Hill -- Sir Ro, of Staley Hall -- Robin Hood's visit to Longdendale -- The Abbot of Basingwerke, or the wehr-wolf of Longdendale -- The Devil's Elbow -- The legend of Charlesworth Chapel -- Sir Edmund Shaa -- Lord Lovel's fate -- The raiders from the border-side -- The legend of Gallow's Clough -- The King's Evil: or the wonderful cure of the Mottram parson -- The magic book -- The parson's wife -- The Devil and the doctor -- The writing on the window pane -- A legend of the Civil War -- A tale of the '45 -- The haunted farm -- The spectre hound -- The boggart of Godley Green. Reprinted in 1970.

Keywords: Local History North West England Folklore England Cheshire. England Cheshire. Folklore England Cheshire. Folklore. Longdendale (England) ; Fiction. Cheshire ; Fiction. England Cheshire. England Longdendale.


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