Stories of Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire

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Needlemaking in Long Crendon

THIS delightful tale of a visit to Long Crendon, when the age of needlemaking was about to die, first appeared in The Redditch Indicator in 1892.

Witchcraft in the Thames Valley

There is a surprising amount of evidence for modern witchcraft in the area. Much of it seems to centre around the neighbourhood of Wendover. For example in February 1985,

The man who came back from the dead – 1892

This headline heralded one of the strangest stories we ever came across in our researches. We can do no better than to quote theĀ Thame GazetteĀ of April 19, 1892:

The secret tunnel from Notley Abbey

There is a legend of an underground tunnel that runs from Notley Abbey, near Long Crendon, to The Prebendal, at Thame.

The Ghosts of the Thame to London coach

Vera Jacklin of Rooks Lane, Thame, heard the ghost of two horses pulling a cart as she and a friend stood by Stribble Hills, Priest End, Thame

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