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.
20 books found
Cover unavailableCambridge Ghosts
Cambridge Ghosts gathers reported apparitions and haunting traditions from the university colleges, city-centre premises, suburban locations and the wider district. Its arrangement follows these geographical groupings, making the book suitable for tracing Cambridge’s ghost lore…
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Cover unavailableCambridgeshire Folk Tales
Cambridgeshire Folk Tales gathers stories from the county’s contrasting landscapes, linking Cambridge, Huntingdonshire and the Isle of Ely with the people and traditions attached to them. Maureen James includes accounts of Hereward the Saxon, the…
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Cover unavailableCambridgeshire Folk Tales for Children
Cambridgeshire’s giants, legends and local heroes appear in sixteen stories shaped from the county’s folklore and history. Chip Colquhoun retells tales of Gogmagog, the Wisbech and Histon giants, King John’s jewels, an eel catcher’s daughter…
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Cannock Chase: Ghosts, Monsters and the Mystery of a Haunted Landscape
Lee Brickley revisits the reported ghosts and strange creatures of Cannock Chase, drawing on nearly twenty years of collecting and investigating accounts from the Staffordshire landscape. The book returns to original cases and examines how…
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Cover unavailableCheshire Folk Tales
Cheshire Folk Tales gathers and retells stories rooted in the county’s landscape, traditions and oral culture. Johnny Gillett brings together tales of mythical heroes, demons, dragons, boggarts and sniddlebogs, linking them with Cheshire’s canals, forests,…
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Cover unavailableChester, City of Ghosts
Chester, City of Ghosts brings together reported hauntings from the city centre, placing stories of apparitions, poltergeist activity, unexplained sounds and sudden coldness against Chester’s long history. Cameron includes accounts from hotels, pubs, churches and…
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Cover unavailableClarissa's Pig and Other Animal Hauntings
Roger Long’s Clarissa’s Pig and Other Animal Hauntings gathers reports of animal ghosts associated with southern England. Its central case is the haunting named in the title, while the remaining accounts extend the subject beyond…
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Cover unavailableClassic Devon Ghost Stories
Classic Devon Ghost Stories gathers reported hauntings and traditional ghost tales associated with places across Devon. Paul White draws on several sources, including Sir Ernest Bennet and Mrs Bray, while preserving the character of older…
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Cover unavailableConvent Crescent
Teenage siblings Adam and Lilith find refuge at their grandfather’s home in northern England, beside an abandoned guesthouse with a disturbing past. After his death, their story becomes entangled with a brutal convent school in…
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Cover unavailableCornish Folk Tales
Cornish Folk Tales follows Anthony James, a travelling ‘droll teller’, as he journeys around Cornwall during one glorious summer. His route provides the framework for stories rooted in the Duchy’s tradition of itinerant storytellers, who…
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Cover unavailableCornish Folk Tales for Children
Mike O’Connor retells 20 Cornish folk tales through Jamie, the son of a travelling droll teller who crosses the county hearing stories of legends, ghosts and marvels. The collection is intended for children aged 7…
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Cover unavailableCornish Folk Tales of Place: Traditional Stories from Mid and West Cornwall
Anna Chorlton retells traditional stories rooted in the landscapes of Mid and West Cornwall, from cliff tops and sandy shores to granite villages, mines and open moorland. The collection brings together accounts of lovesick giants,…
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Cover unavailableCornish Folk Tales of Place: Traditional Stories from North and East Cornwall
Anna Chorlton retells traditional stories rooted in North and East Cornwall, where rugged coasts, moors, tors and sandy shorelines provide the settings. The collection includes reports of powerful mermaids, spiteful witches, crafty smugglers and woeful…
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Cover unavailableCornwall's Haunted Houses
Cornwall’s Haunted Houses brings together accounts of twelve houses associated with haunting reports, adding one haunted field to the collection. Margaret Caine and Alan Gorton place each location within its local and domestic history, rather…
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Cover unavailableCountry Folklore: Northumberland
This source collection brings together printed accounts of Northumberland folklore, arranged by subject rather than presented as a continuous narrative. Its opening sections cover tree and plant superstitions, goblindom, witchcraft, leechcraft, magic and divination, preserving…
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Cover unavailableCounty Durham Folk Tales
County Durham Folk Tales gathers traditional stories from across a varied landscape, moving from rugged coastlines and limestone cliffs to remote moorland, pastoral dales and settled coalfields. The county’s places provide settings for tales shaped…
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Cover unavailableCounty Durham Strange but True
County Durham Strange but True brings together curious people, places, customs and reported phenomena from across the county. Robert Woodhouse ranges from Gertrude Bell’s achievements and the story of Durham’s musical dwarf, Count Joseph Boruwlaski,…
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Cover unavailableCrop Circles: A Mystery Solved
Crop Circles: A Mystery Solved examines the British crop-circle phenomenon, beginning with the appearance of formations and the mythology that grew around them. Jenny Randles considers reports from fields in southern England, including Wiltshire and…
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Cover unavailableCumbrian Folk Tales
Cumbrian Folk Tales gathers stories rooted in the landscapes, characters and traditions of Cumbria, from Long Meg and John Peel to hobs, fairy figures and the oak men. Taffy Thomas retells tales shaped by the…
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Cover unavailableCuriosities of Cambridgeshire
Curiosities of Cambridgeshire is a county guide to the buildings, structures and objects that fall outside the familiar local landmark. Ian MacEachern includes architectural follies such as Hobson’s Conduit, the Wale Obelisk, the Moon Gate…
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