East Anglian Ghosts, Legends and Lore

Peter Jeffery’s collection brings together ghost stories, legends and local lore from East Anglia, with material connected to Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk. Its regional scope places reported hauntings alongside older traditions attached to particular communities, buildings and landscapes, while an index of places helps identify the settings behind the accounts.

The book also includes black-and-white illustrations and photographs, and its coverage extends to Cambridgeshire. One cited example is a legend associated with Burrough Green, concerning a trial by combat for land. Taken together, these accounts present East Anglian supernatural tradition as a mixture of reported apparitions, inherited legends and stories rooted in the history and identity of local places.