In Lancashire, the black hound is called Barguist, Grim, Gytrash, Padfoot, Shag, Skriker or Striker, and Trash. The ghostly huntsman is said to ride with black dogs this tale inspired Arthur Conan Doyle to write his well-known story The Hound of the Baskervilles. 
When he died in 1677, black hounds are said to have appeared around his burial chamber.
On Dartmoor in southern Devon, the notorious squire Richard Cabell was said to have been a huntsman who sold his soul to the Devil. Although the Church Grim is not a Barghest or Shuck, it can also take the form of a large black dog. Other names are Hairy Jack, Padfoot, Skriker, Churchyard Beast, Shug Monkey, Capelthwaite, Moddey Dhoo (or Mauthe Doog), Hateful Thing, Swooning Shadow, Bogey Beast, Gytrash (or Guytrash). Some of the better-known black dogs are the Barghest of Yorkshire and Black Shuck of East Anglia. Abraham Fleming's account of the appearance of the ghostly black dog " Black Shuck" at the church of Bungay, Suffolk in 1577īlack dogs have been reported from almost all the counties of England, the exceptions being Middlesex and Rutland. It is possible that the black dog is a survival of these beliefs. This association seems to be due to the scavenging habits of dogs. Examples of this are the Cŵn Annwn (Welsh), Garmr (Norse) and Cerberus (Greek), all of whom were in some way guardians of the Underworld. Throughout European mythology, dogs have been associated with death. It is uncertain whether the creature originated in the Celtic or Germanic elements of British culture. The origins of the black dog are difficult to discern. The black dog is a recognised folkloric motif. Some black dogs, however, such as the Gurt Dog in Somerset, are said to behave benevolently as guardian black dogs, guiding travellers at night onto the right path or protecting them from danger. 
īlack dogs are generally regarded as sinister or malevolent, and a few (such as the Barghest and Shuck) are said to be directly harmful. It is sometimes associated with electrical storms (such as Black Shuck's appearance at Bungay, Suffolk), and also with crossroads, barrows (as a type of fairy hound), places of execution and ancient pathways. It is usually unnaturally large with glowing red or yellow eyes, is often connected with the Devil (as an English incarnation of the Hellhound), and is sometimes an omen of death.
The black dog is a supernatural, spectral or demonic entity originating from English folklore that has also been seen throughout Europe and the Americas. The story was inspired by a legend of ghostly black dogs in Dartmoor. Sidney Paget's illustration of The Hound of the Baskervilles.
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