THE NORTH RIDING PROJECT

Some fifty years ago, a young servant girl living on a farm at Thoresby, dreamt on more than one occasion dreams with which she was much impressed. The subject of her dreams was a large treasure buried in the earth at a certain place on the farm. At length she went and dug there, and found a bronze vessel containing a great quantity of coins, many of which she distributed amongst her acquaintances and friends. On hearing of the discovery of the coins, the lord of the manor made claim to them. The young woman having disposed of most of them, became so terribly frightened about the consequences, that she fled from Thoresby and never returned.

Gutch/Folklore