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Photo by Richard Croft via Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n
Who is she?<\/p>\n
This is where her mystery begins. She is a known only as “the white lady,” her true identity lost in legend.<\/p>\n
Why was she placed here, far from the halls of an art museum or memorial?<\/p>\n
Again, no one knows for sure.<\/p>\n
This life-sized classical statue has watched over the fields here for hundreds of years, inspiring a mythology all her own.<\/p>\n
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Photo by John Beal Via Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n
“Some say it’s Roman; others say 18th century in the Greek style,” reports Wikipedia. “The site reputedly marks the spot where a woman was once killed whilst out hunting. The valley is rich in history and she stands on the site of a Gilbertine Priory founded in 1184 and close to the deserted Medieval village of North Ormsby. Whatever the truth, she has become the patroness of this beautiful valley.”\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
She stands mysteriously among the grass of an unassuming pasture in North Ormsby, England \u2026 Who is she? This is where her mystery begins. She is a known only as “the white lady,” her true identity lost in legend. Why … Continue reading