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according to legend (The forest has beds of lilies of the valley; according to legend they sprang from the drops of blood shed by St Leonard after fighting a mighty dragon. (AA Illustrated Guide To Britain) ART Vancouver); legend says that (There was once a Benedictine nunnery on the site. Legend says that when St Bega, an Irish princess, asked the lord of the manor for land on which to build it, she was mockingly offered all the land covered by snow on mid-summer's day. When St Bega awoke that day, there was snow covering a 3-mile stretch of land, which was then given to her for the nunnery. (AA Illustrated Guide to Britain) ART Vancouver) |
