The Druid and the Roman are too far off for matters of detail; but it seems to me the Saxon and the Angles are near enough to yield material for legendary lore.

We find that this particular place had another name besides Diana's Grove.

This was manifestly of Roman origin, or of Grecian accepted as Roman.

The other is more pregnant of adventure and romance than the Roman name.

In Mercian tongue it was 'The Lair of the White Worm.' This needs a word of explanation at the beginning.
"In the dawn of the language, the word 'worm' had a somewhat different meaning from that in use to-day.