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T'Owd Man of Bonsall Carving

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T'Owd Man of Bonsall Carving

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    September 12, 2024

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    A 2002 replica of the medieval carving of a lead miner, which may date back to the Saxon period, and now resides in St Mary’s Church in Wirksworth but originally came from Bonsall.

    In the legends of Northern Derbyshire, ‘T’Owd Man’ is recognised as a spirit figure that
    inhabits mines and caverns - hence the carving is named ‘T’Owd Man of Bonsall’.

    For up to 1,000 years, the T’Owd Man remained unrecorded until St James’ Church was renovated and extended in 1863. It was relocated to Wirksworth in the 1870s.

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    Location: Bonsall, Derbyshire Dales, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom

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