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Living Lore: The Devil’s Nutting Bag (or the Devil’s Nightcap or Alcock’s Arbour) ~ Gary Stocker

Gary continues his journey through Warwickshire’s folklore… the story of Alcock’s treasure reminded me forcibly of an old story about the treasure hidden beneath a Cistercian Abbey that I loved as a child…

Alcock’s Arbour from the north down Trench Lane.

On the A46 Stratford Road, on the left, going from Stratford-on-Avon in Warwickshire, is a conical hill known as either the Devil’s Nutting Bag,…