Explore books about ghosts, hauntings, folklore, witchcraft and paranormal history across England. From famous haunted cities to local legends and county traditions, this collection can be narrowed by region, county, town and subject.
9 books found
Cover unavailableA Cornish Bestiary
A Cornish Bestiary brings together Cornwall’s reported, imagined and traditional creatures from natural history, folklore, ballads, journalism, literature and hoaxes. Luke Thompson places familiar modern legends such as the Owlman of Mawnan Smith and the…
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Cover unavailableA Dictionary of British Folk-Tales in the English Language
A Dictionary of British Folk-Tales in the English Language gathers traditional narratives from across Great Britain, presenting them as a substantial reference work rather than a single themed anthology. Katharine Briggs incorporates the F. J.…
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Cover unavailableA Dictionary of English Folklore
A Dictionary of English Folklore brings together more than 1,250 alphabetically arranged entries on England’s traditional beliefs, customs, stories and seasonal observances. Compiled by Jacqueline Simpson with Stephen Roud, it covers subjects ranging from fairies,…
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Cover unavailableA Ghostly Almanac of Devon and Cornwall
Nicola Sly arranges reported ghost sightings and other paranormal accounts from Devon and Cornwall month by month. The stories range from apparitions in streets, buildings and churchyards to local legends attached to particular sites and…
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A Haunting in Harborne: A True Story of Fear, Family and Survival
Joanne Donaldson’s memoir recounts the frightening experiences her family says it endured in a Victorian home in Harborne during the 1970s and early 1980s. Told from personal memory and supported by recollections from others who…
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Cover unavailableA People Bewitched: Witchcraft and Magic in Nineteenth-Century Somerset
A People Bewitched examines belief in witchcraft and magic across 19th-century Somerset, where accusations could attach blame for illness, death and misfortune affecting people and animals. Davies presents these beliefs as part of local social…
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Cover unavailableAnnie Chapman – Wife, Mother, Victim: The Life and Death of a Victim of Jack the Ripper
Mike Covell reconstructs Annie Chapman’s life through family history, contemporary accounts and historical records. The book follows her experiences as a wife and mother before examining her death and her place in the Whitechapel murder…
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Cover unavailableAnnisons
Annisons in Hull has served as a funeral parlour, police horse stable and photography business, on a site associated with the old North Blockhouse. Covell draws on more than a decade of research to investigate…
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Cover unavailableAround Haunted Manchester
Around Haunted Manchester gathers source material on reported hauntings, legends and myths associated with locations within Manchester’s borders. Peter Portland includes accounts of the celebrated Hannah Beswick and the Grey Lady of Birchen Bower, placing…
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