The Old Hall Dobby
- A genuine ghost story about a dobby of widespread local
fame, which haunted the Old Hall, a farmhouse on the outskirts of
Ulverston. The farm originally formed part of the estate belonging to
Conishead
Priory.
Tradition states that a lady once visited the neighbourhood and put
forward a claim to the property of which she declared she had wrongly
been deprived. It was said she belonged to the DODDING
family from Scotland.
But
she
disappeared in a sudden and strange manner......
( First published by D.Atkinson of Ulverston, 1869. Reproduced by
Ulverston Heritage Centre)
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