Tales and Traditions of the High Peak
By William Wood (1862)
Transcriptions by Andrew McCann and Rosemary Lockie © 2001-2009
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 High 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 (not transcribed) | | 210 |
Transcriptions by Andrew McCann and Rosemary Lockie.
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