White Womans Lane, Eyke

Introduction

The photograph on this page of White Womans Lane, Eyke by Adrian S Pye as part of the Geograph project.

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White Womans Lane, Eyke

Image: © Adrian S Pye Taken: 20 May 2021

There are tales of a white ghost of a witch which haunt the lane, but if you don't believe in witches or ghosts the more likely explanation is that the women who worked in the watermill at the other end of the lane were covered in white flour when they walked home to the village after work.

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Image Location

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Latitude
52.118841
Longitude
1.386945