LPS - Soulbury

Soulbury

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A brief note about the area
A rolling stone
Encounters with a large black dog

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General

The village of Soulbury first appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Soleberie when the manor was valued at Ł7; this was somewhat of a deterioration in its value as it was worth Ł8 twenty years prior to that. In 1250 the manor was granted to the Pever family for the annual rent of a pair of gold spurs.

There are two possible sources for the name, either coming from a personal name Sula and burh meaning ‘Sula's fortification’ or from sulh and burh meaning ‘at the gully fortification’.

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Chapel Hill

A stone that sits atop Chapel Hill is reputed to roll down the hill every night when it hears the clock strike twelve midnight.

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Stewkley Road

A family living in Stewkley in the 1880s had numerous encounters with a large black dog that would run along beside their cart as they travelled from Stewkley to Soulbury. Each time it would disappear just before they reached their destination. When a girl tried to pat its head it vanished.

For a detailed account of these dogs see our article on Black Shuck.

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