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Ingelrica, the wife of Ranulf peveral founded St Mary Magdalene here in the reign of William II. Ingelrica was the daughter of a noble Saxon. Before she was married she was the mistress of William the Conqueror. During the reign of Henry I, Ingelrica's son William peveral converted the foundations into a Benedictine priory as part of the abbey in St Albans. After the dissolution of the monasteries, a modern house set in 100 acres was built in 1775 and was called The Priory. It was owned by the Mariannhill Mission. There is a legend in Hatfield Peverel of a ghostly dog. The dog 'Shaens Shaggy Dog' has reputedly haunted the house of the Shaens for two centuries. It is a seemingly quiet dog until it is attacked. The story states that a driver, with his cart and two horses attacked the dog with his whip when they were reduced to smoking ashes.
A Chris Johnson has very kindly passed on this link to the website he had unearthed from the Pathe News archives about a famous Pram Race that used to occur in and around Hatfield Peverel and some local landmarks are very identifiable, go take a look.
John Clements e-mail after looking at the above Pathe News piece. |
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