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 unavailableBedfordshire Folk Tales
Bedfordshire Folk Tales gathers stories rooted in the county’s history, landscapes and storytelling traditions. Its settings include dark forests, ruined castles and the green pastureland of Bedfordshire, where history and legend meet. The collection brings…
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Cover unavailableBeer and Spirits: A Guide to Haunted Pubs in the Black Country and Surrounding Area
David Taylor and Andrew Homer explore the haunted pubs of the Black Country and neighbouring areas. Their guide combines the histories of licensed premises with stories of ghostly customers, mysterious sounds and other reported experiences.…
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Cover unavailableBerkshire Folk Tales
Berkshire Folk Tales gathers stories from across the county, bringing together legends, local traditions and accounts of remarkable characters. Alongside Herne the Hunter, Wayland the Smith and the stories surrounding the Uffington White Horse are…
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Cover unavailableBlack Country Ghosts and Hauntings
Black Country Ghosts and Hauntings catalogues more than 150 reported haunted locations across the Black Country and surrounding parts of the West Midlands. Andrew Homer covers a broad range of sites, including houses, castles, pubs,…
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Cover unavailableBloody British History: Buckinghamshire
Eddie Brazil digs into the darker side of Buckinghamshire’s past in this fast-moving local history of violence, disaster, rebellion and scandal. The book moves from Romans and Saxons through plague, religious persecution and the Civil…
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Cover unavailableBorley Postscript
Borley Postscript revisits the reported haunting of Borley Rectory in Essex, adding further material to Peter Underwood’s earlier account, The Ghosts of Borley. The book centres on the evidence, recollections and investigations associated with the…
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Cover unavailableBristol Urban Legends
Bristol Urban Legends gathers stories that have circulated through the city’s families, streets and waterways, where gossip, humour and uncertainty often blur together. Wilf Merttens and Lis Groenveld give particular attention to tales that resist…
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Cover unavailableBuckinghamshire Folk Tales
Buckinghamshire Folk Tales gathers stories from across the county, arranging them around south Buckinghamshire, north Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes. The collection brings together accounts of witches, dragons, highwaymen, ghosts, monks and the folkloric Black Dog,…
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Cover unavailableBygone Suffolk: Its History, Romance, Legend and Folk-Lore
John Cuming Walters surveys Suffolk’s past through its churches, monasteries and parish traditions, combining local history with legend, romance and folk-lore. The book ranges across the county’s religious heritage, literary associations and stories attached to…
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