The Trevor Arms

Lunch today was at the recently refurbished former coaching inn "The Trevor Arms" in Marford, where I met up with some old work colleagues.

Continuing my series of haunted pubs theme here is another one within walking distance of the Golden Lion which I featured in a previous blip.

Marford is often referred to as the haunted village. Many of the village houses, including the Trevor Arms, have crucifixes or crosses of some form in the shape of cross-shaped windows, these were built into the fabric of the buildings to protect the inhabitants from evil spirits.

A local folk tale states that they were included to protect the inhabitants from a ghost, supposedly the spirit of Margaret Blackbourne of Rofft Hall, who was said to have been murdered in September 1713 by her husband George Blackbourne, the steward of the Trevalyn estate. The original story having become garbled over the years, the ghost of Marford is often now referred to as "Lady Blackbird", and is said to tap at windows in the village and haunt the Trevor Arms.