Woodplumpton is north of Preston. At the front of St Annes Church can be found the village stocks, through the Lynch Gate into the graveyard the visitor will find a boulder. Legend has it that, in the 17th century, an old woman called Meg Sheldon was branded a witch and when she died she was buried in the churchyard. Three times she was reputed to have scratched her way to the surface until she was finally reburied face down and a large boulder placed on top of her grave. It is believed that good luck will come to anyone who walks round the stone three times.