Mayfield and Five Ashes founded by the Archbishop of Canterbury, St Dunstan, in 960 CE, and there are legends surrounding his connection with the village. Dunstan is supposed to have become an ironworker and run a small forge next to the church. The legend goes that he was confronted by the devil, either making offensive remarks, or disguised as a young woman. He then pinched the devil's nose with the tongs. The devil then fled to Tunbridge Wells and doused his burnt nose with the spring water. Some sources note that the story happened in Glastonbury rather than Mayfield, and that Dunstan may have
Ride with the Devil (film) nonsensical." In a mixed to positive review, Stephen Holden of "The New York Times", described the film's production aspects as being of "meditative quality and its attention to detail and the rough-hewn textures of 19th-century life are also what keep the story at a distance and make ""Ride with the Devil"" dramatically skimpy, even though the movie stirs together themes of love, sex, death and war." Wesley Morris of "The San Francisco Examiner", commented that "Ride with the Devil" was "downright hot-blooded in the nameless violence going on west of marquee Civil War battles. Never has this war been filmed