154 EXTINCT BRITISH ANIMALS. 
Many names of places compounded with “ Wolf” 
still remain to attest probably the former existence of 
this animal in the neighbourhood.. Wolmer—z.e., 
Wolfmere or Wolvemere—is an instance of this. 
Wolfertonisanother. Besides these, wehave W olfscote, 
Derbyshire ; Wolfhamcote, Warwickshire; Wolfer- 
low, Hereford ; Wolfs Castle, Pembroke; and Wolf- 
pits, Radnorshire ; the last named very suggestive, as 
indicating probably a former burial-place for the 
carcases of Wolves brought in during the period of 
their persecution in Wales. In the parish of West 
Chiltington, near Pulborough, Sussex, on the south 
edge of the lower greensand formation which over- 
looks the Weald, is a spot called ‘ Wolfscrag,” where, 
tradition says, the last Wolf of the Weald was killed. 
Three fields in the neighbourhood still bear the respec- 
tive names of Great Den, Little Den, and Far Den 
fields. 
Wolfenden in Rossendale, and Wolfstones in 
Cliviger (Lancashire), both attest the existence of 
this animal there when those names were imposed.* 
Many other instances, no doubt, might be adduced. 
In the parish of Beckermont, Cumberland, is a small 
hill, commonly called “ Wotobank.” <A traditionary 
story, of great antiquity, says that a lord of Becker- 
mont and his lady and servants were one time 
hunting the Wolf ; during the chase this lord missed 
his lady ; after a long and painful search, they at last, 
* Whitaker, “ History of Whalley,” i. p. 74. “The first mention 
of Rossendale by name is in the memorable story of Liwlphus, Dean 
of Whalley, who, at a place called Ledmesgreve, cut off the tail of a 
Wolf in hunting ” (tom. cit. p. 316.) 
