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Ugley:
Secret tunnel
An underground passage, so the tales tell, runs from Ugley Hall
(TL52012865) to Rickling Hall (TL49913019), more than a mile to the
north-west.
Source: Frances Robinson in the 'Herts &
Essex Observer, 29/1/1944.
Pharisee's Hole
On a direct line between the two halls
mentioned above there used to be a depression in the ground known as
Pharisee's Hole. Close to Broom Wood and the B1383 road (c.TL512291
area), in the late 19th century a carriage-driver claimed to have seen a
number of naked children dancing there one night. Some have connected
this with a fairy gathering, since Pharisees or Farrisees is an old East
Anglian term for fairies.
Source: as above. (Thanks to Rosemary
Susan Hall for the information.) |