The current church is thought to have been on the site of the original chapel founded by St Canna. It was rebuilt in 1820, but many references from the late 19th century refer to it as being dilapidated and unused. I am unsure of its recent history at the moment but what I am interested in is a legend attached to its construction.
Devil / Folklore / Folktales / Legends / Welsh Folktales
by Ian · Published July 1, 2012 · Last modified December 20, 2018
The following tale is in its main features still current in Cynwyd, a village about two miles from Corwen. The first reference to the story that I am acquainted with appeared in an essay sent in to a local Eisteddfod in 1863. The story is thus related in this essay:—
Devil / Folklore / Folktales / Legends / Welsh Folktales
by Ian · Published July 1, 2012 · Last modified December 20, 2018
It was formerly a general custom in Wales for young lads and lasses to meet and spend a pleasant evening together in various farmhouses. Many kinds of amusements, such as dancing, singing, and card playing, were resorted to, while away the time. The Rev.
Buried Treasure / Devil / Legends
by Ian · Published June 28, 2012 · Last modified December 25, 2018
There are two stories associated with this conical hill just off the road between Stratford and Alcester known as the Devil’s Bag of Nuts and Alcock’s Arbour. One 21 September which is the known as the Devil’s Nutting Day, Satan was collecting nuts when he was surprised by the Virgin Mary.
Ancient Sites / Black Dogs / Devil / Hauntings / Legends / Occult
by Ian · Published June 28, 2012 · Last modified December 26, 2018
An Iron Age hill fort once stood upon Meon Hill and it has been suggested that man has lived there from the Stone Age, but it a legend concerning the formation of the hill that has attracted my attention.
Devil / Folklore / Folktales / Welsh Folktales
by Ian · Published June 26, 2012 · Last modified December 20, 2018
In his ‘Welsh-folklore’ (1887) Elias Owen tells the following tale related to him by Rev. W. E. Jones, rector of Bylchau, near Denbigh:—
Devil / Folklore / Folktales / Welsh Folktales
by Ian · Published June 22, 2012 · Last modified December 20, 2018
“The Rev. Mr. Thomas Baddy, who lived in Denbigh Town, and was a Dissenting Minister in that place, went into his study one night, and while he was reading or writing, he heard some one behind him laughing and grinning at him, which made him stop a little—as well indeed it might.
St David’s or Leicester’s Church in Denbigh dates from 1578 – 1579. Intended to be a new Cathedral Church for the St Asaph dioceses it is thought to have been the largest church built in the Elizabethan Age, or would have been if it ad been completed.
Ancient Sites / Buried Treasure / Legends / Standing Stones
by Ian · Published June 18, 2012 · Last modified November 22, 2018
The Bodewryd standing stone is approximately between eleven and twelve feet tall, and stands alone in a field on the Plas Bodewryd Estate. It is also known as Carreglefn (Smooth Stone), and as Maen Pres (Brass Stone).
Devil / Folklore / Folktales / Hauntings / Legends / Welsh Folktales
by Ian · Published June 8, 2012 · Last modified November 23, 2018
The following account entitled ‘The Devil’s Tree by Eglwys Rhos’ appeared in Elias Owen’s ‘Welsh Folk-lore’ (1887). ‘At the corner of the first turning after passing the village of Llanrhos*, on the left hand side, is a withered oak tree, called by the natives of those parts the Devil’s Tree, and it was thought to be haunted, and therefore the young and timid were afraid to pass it
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