Lucy Lightfoot

Lucy Lightfoot

Lucy Lightfoot is the name of a girl who disappeared mysteriously on the Isle of Wight in 1831.

Disappearance

Lucy was born at a farm near Bowcombe. She was last seen around 10:30 on the morning of 13 June, 1831. There was a near total eclipse of the sun that day, lasting about half an hour. A violent thunder storm also struck the island, causing flooding and crop damage. After the storm had abated, her horse was found tied to the gate at St. Olave's Church in Gatcombe. Lucy was nowhere to be found. Her parents offered a large award for her return, but moved away after two years searching turned up nothing.

Also of note is the detail that a steel misericord attached to a wooden effigy of Edward Estur was found shattered after her disappearance. A valuable chrysoberyl set in lodestone on the hilt was found to be missing.

Explanations

The most prominent explanation turns to a possible time slip. Supposedly research by the Rev Samuel Trelawney in 1865 unearthed a manuscript by Phillip de Mezières [http://www.jstor.org/pss/547723] , chancellor of Peter I, listing the names of the English knights recruited by Peter I of Cyprus in 1363. One Sir Edward Estur was listed as being accompanied by a girl with the same name as Lucy.

In media

Fiction

The book "The Grass Beyond the Door" by Cicely Adams Veighey is based on the legend. [cite book | last = Veighey | first = Cicely | title = The Grass beyond the Door | publisher = Frontenac House Ltd | location = | year = 1999 | isbn = 0968490301 [http://frontenachouse.com/titles/single/the_grass_beyond_the_door/] ]

"A Tapestry of Time: Or Effigy of Love" by Cecily Gould is also based on the legend. [cite book | last = Gould | first = Cecily | title = A Tapestry of Time, or Effigy of Love | publisher = Authorhouse | location = City | year = 2001 | isbn = 0595179452 ]

[http://www.r-l-p.co.uk/Lucy.html For The Love Of Lucy] by Andrew J. Müller, published in IN FRONT Magazine in March 1999.

Music

A song by Spherical Objects "Lucy" was inspired by the legend. It appeared in the 1979 album "Eliptical Optimism" [http://www.ltmrecordings.com/sphericalobjectsbio.html]

ources

*cite book | last = Brookesmith | first = Peter | title = The Unexplained | publisher = Marshall Cavendish | location = London | year = 1986 | isbn = 0863071007 | volume = Vol.3 | pages = 284-286 | chapter = When the sun went dark
* [http://www.insula.vecta.btinternet.co.uk/LucyLightfoot.html The Legend of Lucy Lightfoot]
*cite web|url=http://www.iowrock.demon.co.uk/clearspot/lucy_mark.html|title=Lucy Lightfoot - Myths become legends|last=Wightman|first=Mark|accessdate=2008-08-23
* [http://www.littlegatcombefarm.co.uk/local.htm Little Gatcombe Farm - Local History Page]
* [http://www.paranormaldatabase.com/islewight/wighdata.php Isle of Wight - Paranormal Database Records]
* [http://www.spookythings.iofw.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=64&Itemid=44 Myths, Ghosts & Legends - Gatcombe Church]
*RootsWeb: [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/STEER/2001-08/0999173096 Fw: ESTUR family, Isle of Wight.]

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