Chained Oak, Alton Village, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom

• Variations
There are slight variations in the story, however the core remains the same.
- One version states it was an old man who cursed the earl, not a woman.
- A second version is that instead of a storm bringing down a branch, the Earl's son was out riding the next day and, as he passed the old oak tree, the woman had been standing under a branch which fell on top of him, knocking him from his horse and killing him. This story is slightly more plausible, as there are records of a riding accident around that time.