| Arth urian Annals © Dan Nastali and Phil Boardman Sample Section: Arthurian Works 1805-1810 Annals Previous Next 1805.1 [Broadhurst, Thomas]. "The Cheshire Enchanter." The Manchester Mail , 28 May 1805. Reprinted in Cheshire Gleanings , edited by William Axon. Manchester: Tubbs, Brook, and Chrystal, 1884. Reprinted in Penguin Book of English Folktales , edited by N. Philip, 1992. The legend of an unnamed wizard who leads a farmer to a cave under the Edge where a mighty lord sleeps with countless men and their milk-white horses. It is not specifically Arthurian although the sleepers will arise to fight a great battle to save the country. This version was told by Broadhurst, a servant of the Stanley family at Alderley. Keywords: Primary; folklore; sleeping lord; Alderley Edge; Merlin 1805.2 Donovan, Edward. Descriptive Excursions Through South Wales and Monmouthshire in the Year 1804 and the Four Preceding Summers . London: Printed for the Author, 1805. 2 vols. The work reports on local legends associated with Arthurian sites and devotes ten of its Caerleon pages to a summary of earlier writers on Arthur. | |
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