| SHUCKLAND Introduction Alphabetical List of Locations | |
| Location: | Bardwell, SUFFOLK |
| Legend: | "I have heard the tales of one...reddish-brown ['phantom hound'] ...appearing on the road between Bardwell Hall and Ixworth, but mostly between Bardwell Manor [c.TL937720] and Bardwell Hall [TL940726]...it's said to have eyes that gleam in the night...The story goes that a young girl was murdered on this stretch of road and was dragged into a moat opposite, which has now been filled in...it is the creature's eyes that attract the attention. This haunting I think is something that probably only older people recall..." |
| Source: | Letters from Mrs. Janet Jones to me, 19/8/1983 & 5/9/1983. |
| Place Name: | Bardwell - (Poss.) OE 'Bearda's spring', or OE 'brim, bank (of the) spring' |
| Other: | See encounters below. |
| Location: | Bardwell |
| Encounter: | "I've heard my mother tell that her sister and a friend saw it [the 'phantom hound'] as they cycled home [on the road between Bardwell Hall and Ixworth] one night...eyes that gleam in the night...The two people concerned were driving home when they were confronted by two gleaming eyes; at this stage there was no shape but gradually it appeared as a dog; it was in the road but near the side. For a few minutes it stood there then turned and went into the bushes. The colour appeared reddish-brown." |
| Source: | Letters from Mrs. Janet Jones (niece of witness) to me, 19/8/1983 & 5/9/1983. |
| Location: | Bardwell |
| Encounter: | "...I've...heard of a motorist [on the road between Bardwell Hall & Ixworth] who pulled up because of the dog, but on getting out could no find no trace of it." |
| Source: | As above. |