Description:Two young women are pictured bowing their heads by the Webb Stone in Bradley.
Bradley village situated in the centre of one of the most extensive parishes in the diocese, has been well-known for its extraordinary number of large glacial boulders, which have been a common feature of the district. During the years the stones have become part of local folklore and legends and myths have grown up around the stones.
One of the stones on Mitton Road, near the centre of Bradley is named the Webb Stone. There was a common belief that if an unmarried woman passes the stone without bowing her head, she is destined to remain a spinster. The stones have also been known locally as ‘The Travellers’ because it has been said that they sometimes turn around.
The Webb’s, from whom the stone is believed to get its name, were a well-known local farming family and the stone was said to mark the boundary of their land.
This photograph was published in the Staffordshire Newsletter on Saturday 13 July 1957. Reproduced by kind permission of the Staffordshire Newsletter who retain copyright.