Stories of Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire

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The Green Man

Most people are sceptical if any starts to tell a ghost story. And they would be even mores sceptical if a journalist claimed to have seen a ghost! But Michele Brailsford of The Thame & Chinnor Star stands by her story.

The ghost of Noble Edden

The grave of Noble Edden

William Noble Edden was murdered by some person or persons unknown as he walked home from market one night in 1828

Strange Customs

May the first does not have as much significance today as it did of old but you can still find towns and villages that have May Queens and maypole dancing

The Spread Eagle, Thame

Thame signified The Spread Eagle as strongly as, say, Glastonbury calls up King Arthur or Melton Mowbray its pork pies

Whiteleaf Cross

The gigantic Whiteleaf Cross stands on the edge of the Chilterns silently watching all that goes on in the Vale below.

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