SHUCKLAND Introduction Alphabetical List of Locations | |
Location: | Between Sheringham and Cromer, NORFOLK |
Legend: | "On Runton Heath...one of East Anglia's black shucks, or ghost dogs from the underworld, prowls the cliffs between Sheringham and Cromer. Some people say that this one is headless..."
(1) "[The Black Dog] Haunts the coast nearby". (2) |
Source: |
(1) Shirley Toulson: 'East Anglia: Walking the Ley Lines and Ancient Tracks' (Wildwood House, 1979), p. 80. (2) 'Word-Lore: The Folk Magazine' Vol.1 (1926), p.91. |
Place Name: | Sheringham - OE 'homestead of Scera's people' |