Hidden Britain AtlasOpen the map
All places › Dragons & monsters
Dragon or monster

The Mordiford Dragon

Mordiford, Herefordshire

A girl's pet dragon that grew too big, painted on the church wall.

Legend says a girl called Maud found a tiny dragon and raised it in secret, feeding it milk. It grew huge and began eating cattle, then people, though it never harmed Maud.

Read the full story, see it on the map, get directions and find what else is nearby in the free Hidden Britain Atlas map.

Open The Mordiford Dragon on the mapReport a sighting here
When
Legend
Where
52.0400, -2.6300
Group
Dragons & monsters

Visiting

Holy Rood church in Mordiford, near Hereford.

Nearby mysteries