The Lore Of The Land: A Guide To England's Legends... (By Westwood & Simpson, 2005)

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Stop off at any English village or town or wander through the countryside and you will almost certainly brush up against some deep-rooted local myth or legend - whether it's the pub that claims to have given lodgings to Dick Turpin, or the hundred stately home, or the hill that it's supposed to contain buried treasure, or the grave that is said to mark the last resting place of Robin Hood. If you want to know how Devil's Dyke in Sussex got its name, or why medieval stories link King Arthur with Lanercost Priory in Cumberland, or where Cornish legends about the evil Jan Tregeagle come from, this book provide the answers and shows at the same time just how deeply embedded in British culture myth and legend have become.