Sound Recordings, Somerset

Description

Mr. E. Hallet relates the Dick Turpin legend; and the origin of the place name Allowenshay. Conclusion of interview which starts on tape LAVC/SRE/A233r. Mrs. Collings of Dowlish Wake talks about a white donkey at Cricket Malherbie; a murder on Cricket Lane; a tunnel between the vicarage and Cudworth Church; old knight's house and moat; hearing the sound of a pack of hounds; excise men and smugglers. Mrs. Snell of Higher Chillington relates the legend of a headless (?highway) man walking the road from Chard to Crewkerne; the church at Chillington; Wakehill and the Wake family. School children talk about the ghost of a highwayman; the Devil buried under ? Hill; and a well drying up. Mrs. ?Corr of Purdington House Farm talks about a chapel and burial ground; a highwayman burying victims in local wells; buried treasure and reference to the Moonrakers' legend; ghosts at Windwhistle; informant's mother seeing the Devil; highwaymen at Ash; a tunnel from Hey Farm. Miss Fowler of Dowlish Wake talks about a tunnel from Manor House Farm to the village churchyard; the church at West Dowlish burned down and not rebuilt; Wakehill ghost dressed as a parson; hauntings at ?Chink; Mary Hunt's grave; headless coachman. Mr. Rutter of Allowenshay talks about the village name; the church built by day and pulled down by night; Chiselborough Fair (early November); ?Heddon villagers and mangel-wurzel lanterns; bottomless Mall pit; Mary Hunt's grave. Mr. Bryce of Ludney talks about a local bottomless pit; a tunnel from Hinton St George to a local farm; rings for highwaymen's horses at Windwhistle; Roundheads at Windwhistle. Mr. Chick of Hinton St George talks about Allowenshay and its name; Dowlish Wake church built by day and dismantled by night; black dog on the road from Dowlish to Cudworth; the Spayke family; Nan Bull's grave (at crossroads). Miss Lowe talks about smugglers; Cardinal Wolsey; Punky Night (October 28th), mangel lanterns and children's rhyme; [collector gives information on Punky Night and Chiselborough Fair]; tunnels connecting houses in Hinton St George and Crewkerne; hiding places for contraband; grandmother's ghost stories. [Tr. 3] Miss Lowe relates supernatural experiences of her mother; rumours relating to a woman thought to be a witch - shape-shifter (hare); haunted cottage on the Crewkerne road; excavations at local hill around time of World War One. Eddie Wills, Mrs. Wills and their son talk about a haunted house at Crewkerne; a tunnel to a friary; Punky Night; Chiselborough Fair; ghosts and the new moon; ghost coach at Windwhistle; black dog and chains; witches and ghosts at Merriott. Mr. A. Irish talks about a tunnel at the Priory (farm); the Duke of Monmouth; Hinton House; Allowenshay place name. Miss Aldridge and a number of neighbours talk about Cardinal Wolsey; local ponds; hauntings at Merriott; a drowned woman at Hinton St George; Punky Night and associated rhymes; the Duke of Monmouth; Mary Hunt's grave; church built by day and dismantled by night; tunnels at Cricket Court; white donkey (ghost). May Perry of Chillington relates a supernatural personal experience; talks of the ghost of a local vicar; ? Chink; Windwhistle Inn; sound of galloping horses at full moon. Mr. Dunnell and Mrs. Brown of Chillington talk about ghostly horsemen; the Moonrakers; Windwhistle and smugglers; Mary Hunt's grave; a murder and last hanging in the area; supernatural sounds and ghosts; local dungeon. [Tr. 1] 4 of 5.

Metadata

Identifier	s5ys54nx
IRN	414284
Class Mark	LAVC/SRE/A234r
Level	Item
Type of Record	Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link	http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/s5ys54nx
Collection(s)	Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category	Archive
Parent Record	Audiotape Sound Recordings
Creator(s)	Palmer, Kingsley
Date	[1968-1969]
Size and Medium	1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 96' 45".

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