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Tales and Traditions of the Peak
By William Wood, 1862

TABLE OF CONTENTS

William Wood of Eyam was born on December 6th 1804, at Lydgate House, in Eyam, and died June 27th 1865. Tales and Traditions of the Peak was his third book, published in 1862, 2 years after the reprint of the popular History and Antiquities of Eyam.

Chapters 10-16 (pp127-174) of the following were transcribed by Andrew McCann from his own copy of the book . The remainder has been transcribed by Rosemary Lockie from various sources.

Preface		iv.
Memoir of the late William Wood, Of Eyam; By Peter Furness		v.
Author's Preface		xxvii.
Madame Stafford; or the Lamp of St. Helen		1
Allan and Clara; or the Murder in the Winnats, Castleton		35
Bernard Wells; or the Maid of Derwent		60
Major Andre and Miss Seward		81
William de Rossington; or the Battle of Hartington		88
Lost Lad, a Tradition of the Woodlands		97
Helen the Maniac		103
Caels' or Gaels' Wark; or The Skeleton Cavern, Middleton Dale		110
The Battle of Winhill and Losehill		117
The Miner and the Ghost		127
Prince Arthur, a Tale of Haddon Hall		134
The Village Spectre		140
Little John, the Companion of Robin Hood; a Tradition of Hathersage		147
The Lovers Leap, Middleton Dale		154
The Witches of Bakewell		160
The Death Token; or The Gabriel Hound		169
Old Gregory; or the Village Philosopher		175
The Miraculous Skull; or Dicky of Tunsted		181
Edden or Edwin Tree, a Tradition of Bradwell		186
A Churchyard Scene, or Incident		193
Thurstan de Bower, a Tradition of Tideswell		200
Leech Fend, a British Town destroyed by an Earthquake		207
Miscellaneous Poems		210

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