This reportedly happened in the vicinity of Arnold's Way, where the Matthew Arnold School now stands, which at the time of the civil war would have been mostly farmland. Whether the Martson's lived in this area, or whether Old Martson lured his wife to this isolated spot to do away with her is unclear.

Whether or not Old Martson was punished for his terrible crime is not recorded. Perhaps the fact that it is his restless spirit and not his wife's that haunts the area suggests he was tormented with guilt for what he had done, even after death?

This is one of a number of ghost stories stemming from romantic encounters during the English Civil War, such as the unhappy ghost of Prudence Burcote in Magpie Lane.