| SHUCKLAND Introduction Alphabetical List of Locations | |
| Location: | Caxton, CAMBRIDGESHIRE |
| Legend: | "A black dog is said to run through the woods on the Croxton Road [now the A45] from Caxton Gibbet to Croxton. His haunt follows the area where criminals who been hung at the Gibbet were transported to the unconsecrated burial ground a short distance away. Like most tales of Shuck in Cambridgeshire, it is said to bring bad luck to those who see it." |
| Source: | http://www.arcane-archive.org/black-dog, relating info from a now-defunct web site. |
| Place Name: | Caxton - (Poss.) OScand.+OE 'Kakkr's homestead/village' |