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The Dragon of Wantley is a 17th century satirical verse parody about a dragon and a brave knight. It is a parody of medieval romances and satirizes a local churchman. A dragon appears and eats children and cattle. The knight More of More Hall battles the dragon and kills it. The Wantley of the poem is Wharncliffe, as the dragon lived in a cave on Wharncliffe Crags. Sir Francis Wortley and the parishioners had a disagreement on tithing and how much the parish owed, so the poem makes him a dragon. More of More Hall was a lawyer who brought a suit against Wortley and succeeded, giving the parishioners relief.