Ellen Strange Memorial
A story is told of the murder of a young woman by her lover on the footpath to Edgeworth above and to the south side of Alden Valley. Above Robin Hoods well, the site is marked by an old cairn, and a carved stone erected by Horse and Bamboo Theatre at a special performance in 1978. The story was also commemorated by a Victorian ballad written by John Fawcett Skelton. The memorial is not in the valley itself but on a neighbouring hill.
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