From david@... Sat Apr 08 02:32:34 2006 Return-Path: X-Sender: david@... X-Apparently-To: mysterylights@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 69269 invoked from network); 8 Apr 2006 09:32:32 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.166) by m29.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 8 Apr 2006 09:32:32 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO smtp1.freeserve.com) (193.252.22.158) by mta5.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 8 Apr 2006 09:32:32 -0000 Received: from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf3001.me.freeserve.com (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 430621C000FD for ; Sat, 8 Apr 2006 11:32:30 +0200 (CEST) Received: from office (user-3205.l1.c1.dsl.pol.co.uk [81.77.76.133]) by mwinf3001.me.freeserve.com (SMTP Server) with SMTP id 01B371C000EF for ; Sat, 8 Apr 2006 11:32:29 +0200 (CEST) X-ME-UUID: 20060408093230706.01B371C000EF@... Message-ID: <00b101c65aef$58fcbd80$854c4d51@office> To: References: Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2006 10:32:26 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-Originating-IP: 193.252.22.158 X-eGroups-Msg-Info: 1:12:0:0 From: "david clarke" Subject: Re: [mysterylights] Re: Getting back X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=238389741; y=1naK8_5VgU98B_ICshBsKdOYFXVc5tzX7XsltMmX3ZlgCTTpa7w Sean wrote: > > One question that I've been meaning to ask you for years and years > now, ever since I first read your "Peakland Spooklights" article [1], > is: where is Meg o'th' Lantern Lane located in modern terms? Does the > road even still exist anymore? I don't have access to the copy of the > Derbyshire Advertiser & Mercury that you reference, nor have I ever > come across any other reference to the lane. But it's a wonderful > information point, and I'd love to know more if you have the details > easily to hand. > A very good question! I found this reference in an old newspaper cutting listing ghost stories in the Derby area which I found in the archives of Derbyshire County Council in Matlock. I was working on something else at the time so did not get the opportunity to follow up the reference by consulting 19th century maps to pin point where precisely the lane was; I was unable to find it on a modern A-Z. This is not the only example of a place-name containing a reference to lights/will o'the wisp. I've often wondered if Shining Clough on Bleaklow is a reference to the Longdendale Lights. There is another fieldname on the West Pennine moors with a similar linguistic association to the Derby placename. Then, of course, there are many other names linked with goblins, boggarts and spirits that may reflect folkloric traditions linked with spooklights. Dave Clarke