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This is a weird place. Long ago they found the body of a woman (Bella?) buried in an elm tree, which is tradition for Witches I think, I dunno.

Also, I remember reading once, old names for the Devil were Hob, Nob, Dobbin, that sort of stuff. Well there's quite a few street names around the foot of Wychbury Hill with such names.

And the nearest town? HAGley. The Hag being the crone or witch I suppose. .

It's devlish there, to be sure!

etymology is always a difficult one to fathom, but the lane at the bottom of the hill is called Wassell Grove Lane - Wassail??