Category: Woodplumpton

Buried under a boulder: the grave of a Lancashire “witch”

August 14, 2015February 5, 2019 Caroline32 Comments

In a pretty churchyard in Woodplumpton, a village not far from Preston in Lancashire, is a mysterious old grave with many dark tales attached to it. A large boulder – terribly out of place among smart Victorian and Edwardian headstones – is said to cover the grave of a witch.

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