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Penn
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A brief note about the area
A ghostly rider who terrorised the area |
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The area around Penn is extensively wooded and filled with lanes and footpaths. It is said that from the top of the church tower, high on the wooded hills, you can see twelve counties on a clear day. At one time Penn was famous for its tiles.
In the eighteenth century a farm hand called Clark was killed when he fell from his horse. Since that time he has been seen riding his horse and terrorising all that see him in the area of Penn, Forty Green and Hogback Wood (to the south of Forty Green). In 1880 four farmers decided to rid the area of Clarke’s ghost so, fortified with strong ale, they set off to find him. Suddenly he appeared through a hedge and galloped off ahead of them. They set off in pursuit, all the time aware that no sound came from his horse’s hooves. When they reached Penn church the phantom turned and laughed at them then disappeared in a grey mist. This proved too much, not necessarily for the farmers but certainly for their horses, who bolted in absolute terror. The next day the farmers returned to the scene of the chase and found the hoof prints from only four horses, theirs.
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