[CONTENTS.]

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[I].The Legend of Coombs Rocks1
[II].The Legend of Alman’s Death: A Tale of Melandra Castle7
[III].King Arthur’s Adventure15
[IV].The Legend of War Hill21
[V].Sir Ro, of Staley Hall27
[VI].Robin Hood’s Visit to Longdendale33
[VII].The Abbot of Basingwerke, or the Wehr Wolf of Longdendale39
[VIII].The Devil’s Elbow43
[IX].The Legend of Charlesworth Chapel47
[X].Sir Edmund Shaa49
[XI].Lord Lovel’s Fate55
[XII].The Raiders from the Border-Side59
[XIII].The Legend of Gallow’s Clough63
[XIV].The King’s Evil: or the Wonderful Cure of the Mottram Parson71
[XV].The Magic Book75
[XVI].The Parson’s Wife79
[XVII].The Devil and the Doctor81
[XVIII].The Writing on the Window Pane85
[XIX].A Legend of the Civil War91
[XX].A Tale of the ’45103
[XXI].The Haunted Farm109
[XXII].The Spectre Hound113
[XXIII].The Boggart of Godley Green117

ILLUSTRATIONS.

Pictorial Title, with Distant View of Mottram Church, and Author’s Portrait.—(A Sketch by H. C. Jaxon and F. Redfern)[Frontispiece]
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Roman Coins, Bricks, and Tiles from Melandra[9]
Inscribed Roman Stone from Melandra[11]
Prehistoric Spearhead from Mouselow Castle[12]
“The Princess Ineld”[13]
“A Country Maid of Longdendale”[17]
The War-Hill, Mottram—with View of Church[25]
“In the Minstrel’s Gallery”[28]
Doorway to Staley Chapel, Mottram Church[30]
Effigy of Sir Ro and his Lady, Mottram Church[31]
“The Forest of Longdendale”:—View at Bottom’s Hall[34]
“The Robin Hood Stone”[37]
“The Abbot’s Chair”[40]
Base of Cross on the Monk’s Road[41]
“The Lady Geraldine”[44]
“The Fairies”[52]
“Bess Andrew”[60]
Mottram Church and Village Cross[73]
“A Running Stream”[83]
Dukinfield Hall[93]
“A Puritan Chant of Praise”[98]
Arms of the Dukinfield Family[100]
Ancient Doorway, Mottram Church[105]

To
FREDERICK HIGHAM,
 of
Abbotsford, Godley Green, Hyde,
in memory of
Happy Hours spent together in Literary Association,
and for the sake of
A Friendship which ripens as the Years pass,
This Book of
Legends of that Wild Land we both Love,
is Dedicated
by
THE AUTHOR.