Looking
up the long, imposing driveway to Weston Manor, from the main road
through Weston-on-the-Green. In the summer when the avenue of trees
is covered in foliage, the manor is all but hidden from sight from
the road.
The manor
dates back to the 11th century. The Baronial Hall, within the manor,
was the bailiffs court for the Abbot of Oseney, who owned the house
before the dissolution of the monasteries by King Henry VIII in the
16th century.
The manor
has its share of ghost stories. Mad Maude, one of the village ghosts,
in one story was a demented dairymaid who fell from the tower. Another
version is that she was a nun who was burned to death as punishment
for immoral behaviour. Either way, she is said to haunt a bedroom
at the manor. There is also a ghostly coach and horses at the manor,
and one of the farmhouses has a 17th century serving woman who helps
out at parties.
