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'''''There is a great hole half a mile from the town, round within, three yards broad and more, where the serpent lay.''''' | '''''There is a great hole half a mile from the town, round within, three yards broad and more, where the serpent lay.''''' | ||
'''''In which time the street was turned a mile on the south side, which does still show itself if any takes pains to survey it. | '''''In which time the street was turned a mile on the south side, which does still show itself if any takes pains to survey it.'''' | ||
Apart from a bend in the road, that is, according to ‘Yorkshire Legends and Traditions’ by Rev Thomas Parkinson (1888) no longer present, there could be another physical link to the story. | Apart from a bend in the road, that is, according to ‘Yorkshire Legends and Traditions’ by Rev Thomas Parkinson (1888) no longer present, there could be another physical link to the story. | ||
