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Do you know why a dragon is carved into Bures hillside? | East Anglian Daily Times

A dragon has been etched into a hillside in Bures, near Sudbury in Suffolk, to bring a local legend to life.

Masakr křesťanů a vyhnání z Jeruzaléma aneb Jak skončila chamtivost a krutost křižáků

Masakr křesťanů a vyhnání z Jeruzaléma aneb Jak skončila chamtivost a krutost křižáků
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Inspirations of author of The Secrets of the Lake

Published: 10:21 AM May 21, 2021    The Wormingford Dragon, portrayed in the stained glass window of St Andrew s Church - Credit: Liz Trenow The best-selling novel The Essex Serpent, which was recently filmed locally for a major movie, was apparently inspired by the 17th century account of a ‘monstrous serpent’ near Saffron Walden. But this is not the only story of mysterious creatures from the county. There is another, much earlier, myth of a serpent or dragon that terrorised the villagers of Bures and Wormingford near Colchester. Indeed Wormingford, originally Withermundford, was renamed in honour of the legend, ‘worme’ being a medieval term for a dragon. It was first reported in 1405 by a monk who thrillingly described: ‘an evil dragon of excessive length with a huge body, crested head, saw-like teeth and elongated tail. . . arrows sprang from its ribs as if they were metal or hard stone’. 

The Essex Serpent and other mysterious beasts

The Essex Serpent and other mysterious beasts
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