Some gentle but creepy Shropshire folklore to start your Sunday morning.
So goes the legend of the Lady of St Michael's Churchyard, a gentle ghost that supposedly haunts the grounds of the church in Madeley, Telford.
"Little is known about the identity of Madeley’s first ghost," says Amy Boucher, expert in Shropshire folklore who has looked into the legend of the ghostly woman."If you like graveyards, you will probably be impressed with St Michael’s, with its numerous unique graves. From Mary Tooth - whose epitaph reads ‘her warfare is complete’ to the beautiful hand-crafted mosaic memorial to Charles Arthur Turner it’s clear that history rises up through these stones.
"She appears as an old lady, often with a dark grey or black cloak pulled tightly around her, as if she is cold. She pauses for a moment after laying the flowers, deep in thought before disappearing."Most reported sightings occur in the morning when the graveyard is drenched in birdsong. People say that seeing the lady makes them feel calm and they are almost soothed by her presence, which makes her all the more lovely.
"Though we do not know who the woman is, nor her story, I’m not sure that it really matters - for it's wonderful to know that the churchyard is watched over by its own gentle guardian."
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