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Location: Chelmsford area, ESSEX
Legend: "According to some notes on the subject appearing 'Folk-Lore' [June 1952], a similar apparition [to the Mistley white dog] is associated with the country places on the fringe of Chelmsford".(1)

"Dogs are seen at fixed places [in the Chelmsford area], usually bridges, and are considered to be a death warning. A local saying tells of someone who is dying, “the Black Dog is at his heel".(2)
Sources:

(1) A. A. MacGregor: 'The Ghost Book' (Robert Hale, 1955), p. 72.

(2) 'Folklore' Vol. LX111 (1952), p.100.
Place Name: Chelmsford - OE 'Ceolmaer's ford'

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