Sound Recordings, Somerset and Dorset
Description
Female informant [possibly conclusion of interview with Mrs. Brown from the end of tape LAVC/SRE/A234r] talks about a grey dog ghost at The Grange; and the Churchills' house. Mr. J. Hodges of Blandford Forum (Dorset), recorded by M. Reid of Blandford School in October 1969. Relates stories of Sir William Portland; deer keepers and poachers and the burying of a severed hand; tunnels between local chapel and houses; Squire Eldrick buried in a wall of Wimborne Minster; dog hauntings and the medieval practice of killing a dog on completion of a bridge; ghosts and buried treasure; sound of coach and horses; Corfe Castle; ghost of Catharine Parr or Anne Boleyn walking the Queen's Walk at a manor house owned by Henry VIII. 5 of 5.
Metadata
| Identifier | vc2kj4qx |
| IRN | 414285 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/A235r |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/vc2kj4qx |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Audiotape Sound Recordings |
| Creator(s) | Palmer, Kingsley, Reid, M |
| Date | [1968-1969] |
| Size and Medium | 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 12' 03". |