Saints, Snakes and Bones at Dorchester Abbey
30 May 2021
Dorchester Abbey, High St, Dorchester
After St Birinus was killed by a snake bite, a local legend states that no snake can live within earshot of the bell at Dorchester Abbey.
The Devil at Ambrosden Church
11 May 2021
Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Church Walk, Ambrosden
Legend has it that the Devil himself sought to hamper the people of Ambrosden in their attempts to build a parish church.
Cadaver Monuments at Ewelme
9 May 2021
St. Mary the Virgin Church, Parson's Lane, Ewelme
Inside Ewelme church can be found the gruesome tomb of Alice Chaucer, which contains sculptures of her body both in life and in death!
Doom Painting at South Leigh
7 May 2021
St. James the Great Church, Church End, South Leigh
South Leigh church has a great example of a 15th-century doom painting, complete with smiling demons dragging sinners to hell.
The Headless St. Fremund at Cropredy
6 May 2021
St Mary's Church, Church Lane, Cropredy
St. Mary's Church at Cropredy has a link to an 8th-century saint with a particularly macabre backstory.
Ghost of a Hanged Vicar at Chipping Norton
16 March 2021
St Mary's Church, Church Street, Chipping Norton
Vicar Henry Joyes was hanged in chains from Chipping Norton church tower for his part in the Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Rising of 1549.
A Wilcote Haunting
12 March 2021
Wilcote, North Leigh, West Oxfordshire
The ghosts of the wicked Lord and Lady Wilcote are said to haunt the church and surrounding lanes around Wilcote.
Tombs and Prophecies at North Leigh
8 March 2021
St Mary's Church, Church Lane, North Leigh
Legends about St. Mary's Church at North Leigh include a love spell gone wrong, and the tomb of the hated Lord and Lady Wilcote that may carry a curse.