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.
15 books found
Cover unavailableEast Anglia Tales of Mystery & Murder
East Anglia Tales of Mystery & Murder brings together reported mysteries and notorious murders from across the region. Its subjects include the Egyptian Princess of Great Yarmouth, a story linked to the coast, and the…
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Cover unavailableEast Yorkshire Folk Tales
Ingrid Barton gathers legends from the East Yorkshire coast, the Wolds, Holderness and neighbouring stretches of the North Yorkshire shore. The collection ranges from animal lore and sea stories to accounts of saints, village oddities,…
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Cover unavailableEdwin Brough, Scalby Manor and the Hunt for Jack the Ripper
The bloodhound breeder Edwin Brough left North Yorkshire for Whitechapel in 1888 to assist the search for Jack the Ripper. Covell investigates Brough’s family, his home at Scalby Manor and the performance of his dogs…
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Cover unavailableEerie East Anglia: Fearful Tales of Field and Fen
Edward Parnell’s anthology gathers 17 short stories rooted in the landscapes of Norfolk, Essex, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire. Dating from the 1900s to the 2010s, the collection brings together earlier ghost-story writers and contemporary practitioners, including…
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Elements of Epping Forest
The Elements of Epping Forest examines the woodland’s layered history through four organising themes: air, fire, earth and water. Penny Griffiths-Morgan considers its royal and medieval associations, highwaymen, wartime sites, prisons, murders and other tragedies,…
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Cover unavailableEngland's Witchcraft Trials
England’s Witchcraft Trials examines the history of witchcraft prosecutions in England through the records left by courts, parishes and local authorities. Willow Winsham uses trial transcripts alongside contemporary pamphlets, recognising that these published accounts could…
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Cover unavailableEnglish Folk Tales of Coast and Sea
Lisa Schneidau retells traditional folk tales from England’s coasts and seas, where human life meets the salt water and the unknown lies beneath the waves. The collection brings together stories shaped by the country’s maritime…
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Essex Folk Tales
Jan Williams gathers Essex tales of ghosts, dragons, witchcraft accusations and legendary figures, setting local tradition against the county’s long and turbulent history. Stories connected with Roman, Anglo-Saxon and Viking invaders sit alongside accounts of…
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Essex Folk Tales for Children
Essex Folk Tales for Children gathers stories connected with the county’s towns, villages, coast and estuaries. Jan Williams includes nursery rhymes associated with Colchester, then moves through tales of dragons at Wormingford and Great Bentley,…
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Essex Ghost Stories
Set across the historic county of Essex, this collection brings together tales linked to places, legends and episodes from the county’s past. Its subjects include restless Vikings haunting former sparring grounds, a Canvey Island countryman…
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Essex Ghost Tales
Robert Hallmann’s collection sets tales of hauntings and dark local history across the Essex landscape, blending historical material, reported apparitions and imagined events. Its stories range from long-dead Vikings stirred by an eclipse to a…
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Essex Ghosts
Essex Ghosts gathers reported apparitions, uncanny encounters and local supernatural traditions from the county’s towns, villages and rural landscapes. Its focus is firmly geographical, linking ghost stories to the places where they were told and…
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Essex Witches
Essex Witches examines witchcraft accusations and trials in the county between 1560 and 1680, when fear of sorcery shaped local communities and court proceedings. Peter C. Brown records that 317 women and 23 men were…
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Cover unavailableEven More Merseyside Tales!
Even More Merseyside Tales! gathers more than 50 short accounts from Liverpool and the towns and villages around Merseyside, ranging across local history, folklore and curious community traditions. Ken Pye’s subjects include the Crosby Hermit,…
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Explore Fairy Traditions
Explore Fairy Traditions examines fairy belief through legends, ballads and testimony from Britain and Ireland. Jeremy Harte considers changelings, brownies, household familiars, demon lovers, the fairy host and abduction into the Otherworld, tracing how these…
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