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Mother Ludlam's Cave

Near Farnham, Surrey

A white witch who lent out her cauldron, which now sits in a church.

Legend says a kindly white witch, Mother Ludlam, lived in a cave near Waverley Abbey and lent things to anyone who asked. One day someone borrowed her great copper cauldron and didn't return it on time, and she refused to take it back.

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When
Legend
Where
51.2000, -0.7800
Group
Witches & witch trials

Visiting

The cave is near Moor Park. The cauldron is in St Mary's Church, Frensham.

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