A headless horseman patrols the moors north-east of Leek in
the area of Butterton Moor between Onecote and Warslow. In 1930, a villager met
this awesome spectre at a crossroads and afterwards announced, ‘it was a man on
a white horse without a head on, an awful gory sight.’
He was luckier than a Warslow man on his way to Leek market
who was snatched up by the demon rider and rode behind him as they galloped at
a fearsome speed across the countryside. They sped over fields and jumped stone
walls, and then eventually the man’s battered body was found on his own
doorstep. He died shortly afterwards, but whether from his injuries or delayed
shock is uncertain.
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