File talk:Closeup of Thor's Stone at Thursley Common.JPG
Attribution of this image to the title "Thor's stone" or the "cricklestone" is rejected by virtue of local knowledge, (my own, since I lived there for 20 years). Also please refer to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godalming_Hundred where the disputed attribution is argued in detail.
My description is reliable and accurate, viz: "Closeup of one of several (late 18th century?) boundary marker stones, marking the southern extent of Peper Harow, in the marsh by edge of Pudmore Pond, on Thursley Common, Surrey. Incorrectly known as "Thor's Stone" or the "Cricklestone", which is an outcrop of sandstone to the north-east of the one in the picture"
See also: http://www.thursley.org/thursley/design_statement_files/ThursleyVDS.pdf where the following relevant paragraph may be found:
"An outcrop of sandstone on a prominence on Thursley Common was believed to have been Thor’s Stone, created by a thunderbolt thrown by the god. This stone, the Cricklestone, now lies almost unknown since its reputation was transferred for literary purposes to a block of chert (alias the Pudstone) near Pudmore pond, in 1896 by the popular Victorian writer Baring-Gould in his book The Broom-squire."
- Nevertheless, it is now known as "Thor's Stone"; but I take your point, and have modified the description accordingly. I had hoped to get a picture of the sandstone prominence as well, when I visited Thursley Common in August, but did not have the time to find it -- I will try again in the spring, and upload a picture of the "original" Thor's Stone (although there is scant evidence that the association of the sandstone prominence with Thor is much older than the boundary stone's association with Thor). BabelStone (talk) 21:36, 9 December 2012 (UTC)
I absolutely agree with your comments. Names and places do change, even within one's own lifetime. But when you go there in the spring, will you try to talk to some of the older inhabitants? They'll know.
This still needs to be sorted, I'm currently trying to map out places with folkloric connections to Germanic deities. At the moment I've marked the 'Pudstone' but it would be great if we could get some co-ordinates for the 'Cricklestone'.
