Buried... Preston's Real Life Witch... A must see to the very end...

A must see to the very end....
Meg Shelton (died 1705) known as the "Fylde Hag" was an English woman accused of witchcraft. Her grave can be seen at St. Anne's Church in Woodplumpton, now part of the City of Preston district of Lancashire. Meg Shelton's real name is recorded by St Anne's Church as Margery Hilton.
The Woodplumpton 'witch' is reputedly buried upside down with a boulder on her grave...
Accused of using witchcraft to destroy crops, steal milk and transform herself into animals, Meg Shelton was subject of many fantastical tales and stories. Most traditions have her body being found crushed against her cottage wall by a barrel. According to some versions of the story, the unusual death was seen by villagers as a sign that the Devil had come to claim her.
Meg Shelton was buried in St Anne's churchyard, but her body refused to stay underground. The following morning, her corpse was found lying beside her grave. She was reburied, and once more her corpse reappeared. Finally, the priest performed an exorcism and Shelton was buried for the third time, but this time she was interred in a narrow vertical hole, like an oversized post hole, and she was inserted upside down, so that if she tried to dig her way to the surface she'd be going the wrong way. Finally, a boulder was placed over the top of her unusually-shaped grave.
You'll see her tomb three or four times in my flight... Can you spot it??? Dare you look?
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[@DavidLorenzoFlorida]

*Nice fly over the church. Creepy cemetery and burial plot of the Witch. Complete with a nice big round headstone 👍*

[@starshipwonaprize-dronevideos]

...and the wind blew strong as I moved nearer to her tomb... 😵‍💫

[@wind-up_team]

Fantastic tour friend. Awesome video! Thanks for sharing.

[@starshipwonaprize-dronevideos]

Thanks for visiting, glad you enjoyed the video.

[@thedorsetdrone]

Fantastic video and what amazing music to put with it, well done Paul 👏

[@starshipwonaprize-dronevideos]

Generous words, thank you kindly 😊

[@jimthorleydronefootage]

Brilliant Paul, very well done. Great job, mate. I really enjoyed that.👏👏👏😎👍

[@starshipwonaprize-dronevideos]

Thank you so much Jim - it was windy but mild, but more gusty near the stone for some reason.... 😄

[@discover-montenegro]

Such an authentic English church, such a distinct architecture, you know almost exactly were it must been built in which part of the world, great smooth flying, lovely church, lovely channel as well, big 👍and much ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@starshipwonaprize-dronevideos]

Thank you 😊 Much appreciated 🙏

[@ladyintheskyuk]

Excellent video. 👏 Very well thought out and put together. 👏 loved it.

[@starshipwonaprize-dronevideos]

Thaks Yvonne - the plan was to feature the witches tombstone (though even I myself didn't know where it was until this visit)...

[@PS-jy2zo]

Good one mate. Great video and perfect music 👍

[@starshipwonaprize-dronevideos]

Thanks Paul - it took 4 hours to do this one from editing the video to sourcing and applying the score and sound effects

[@rsmickeymooproductions4877]

Wow! Mozart's Requiem. I am impressed. Great video mate.

[@starshipwonaprize-dronevideos]

Cheers Mickey - and I'd swear the wind got up more as I got closer to her final resting place...😱

[@rsmickeymooproductions4877]

@@starshipwonaprize-dronevideos I hope Tony puts this on the show but my guess the music will be copyrighted although Mozart died 5 December 1791

[@starshipwonaprize-dronevideos]

@rsmickeymooproductions4877 The music is allowed on CZcams by the owner so no copyright problems as far as I can tell.

[@ones_flow5652]

Before having seen the for sure great video: Where did you get Mozart's Requiem (didn't know that this is the title of it) from? And do you btw know in which movie it's been used? Should be a very well known one, but I don't remember it.

[@starshipwonaprize-dronevideos]

The requiem arrangement here is on CZcams and is allowed to be re-used by the owner (so no copyright infringement). It was used in the movie Amadeus, among others.

[@TroyMcQuorkondale]

Nice job Paul. I used to live in Ingol and then Cottam so know this church well, apart from the witch story ! Cheers.

[@starshipwonaprize-dronevideos]

Cheers Nigel - I'm in Ingol but it's the first time I've set foot inside the church grounds despite passing it hundreds of times...

[@andrefreitas63]

very nice place, great video 👍👍

[@starshipwonaprize-dronevideos]

Thank you Andre, much appreciated

[@robodrone5662]

Fascinating video 👍

[@starshipwonaprize-dronevideos]

I hope you found her.... 😉

[@robodrone5662]

@@starshipwonaprize-dronevideos I saw the grave 🙂🙃

[@johnfisher170]

great video..interesting location..

[@starshipwonaprize-dronevideos]

Did you spot her? 😉

[@johnfisher170]

haha of course..@@starshipwonaprize-dronevideos

[@johnnymac26]

Loving this one mate 👌

[@starshipwonaprize-dronevideos]

Thanks Johnny, don't have sleepless nights over the ending.... 😆

[@johnnymac26]

@@starshipwonaprize-dronevideos lol am gonna put it on the big telly tonight show the wife 😆

[@starshipwonaprize-dronevideos]

@@johnnymac26 🤣🤣🤣

[@DroneShowLive]

Wow 😮 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@starshipwonaprize-dronevideos]

Hope the ending didn't scare you Tony....

[@rsmickeymooproductions4877]

This is class Tony, hint 😇

[@starshipwonaprize-dronevideos]

@@rsmickeymooproductions4877 🤣

[@starshipwonaprize-dronevideos]

No copyright strike either!