Locking Manor (pictured above) was the scene of an unwitting betrayal. Sir John Plumbley joined the Duke of Monmouth's rebellion, but after the failure of the Battle of Sedgemoor he made good his escape back to his manor. It is said that he hid in either a coppice or in the house itself, only for his hiding place to be given away by one of his dogs. Soldiers seized him and hung him from a nearby Elm tree. His distraught wife picked up the dog and drowned both the dog and herself by jumping down the well.

 

The ghosts of Lady Plumbley and the dog are said to haunt the Yew trees at the end of the manor walk, whereas Sir John and his dog have been sighted in the general area of the manor.