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.
23 books found
Cover unavailableSecret Black Country
Andrew Homer explores lesser-known episodes from the Black Country’s history, combining royal visits and industrial heritage with darker local stories. Accounts include the nineteenth-century robbery and murder associated with Fir Tree Hill and the death…
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Cover unavailableSecret Gateshead
Kirkup explores lesser-known stories from Gateshead's past, combining local history with crime, punishment and unusual events. Among its stranger episodes are the haunted reputation of Dead Man's Arch in Bensham and a reported attempted alien…
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Cover unavailableShadow of Pendle: A Collection of Short Stories and Verse
This anthology brings together new fiction and poetry inspired by the Pendle witches and their continuing place in Lancashire’s imagination. Edited by Barry McCann and David Saunderson, it approaches the subject through a range of…
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Cover unavailableShropshire Folk Tales
Amy Douglas gathers thirty traditional stories from across Shropshire, shaped by the county’s fields, hedgerows, villages, market towns and wilder hills. The collection includes tales of macabre events, magic, otherworlds and local history, alongside stories…
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Cover unavailableShropshire Folk Tales for Children
Shropshire Folk Tales for Children gathers thirty traditional stories rooted in the county’s landscape, history and oral storytelling traditions. Amy Douglas retells tales of giants, ghosts, witches, kings, knights and monster fish for children aged…
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Cover unavailableShropshire Ghost Stories
Sally Tonge retells ghost stories from across Shropshire, bringing together local traditions, reported apparitions and tales shaped by the county’s history. Among the accounts are the Phantom Funeral of Ratlinghope, the Bagbury Bull, Bloody Jack…
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Cover unavailableSomerset Folk Tales
Somerset Folk Tales gathers newly collected and retold stories shaped by the county’s coast, waterways, fields, woods and high ground. Its landscapes provide the settings for accounts of sea morgans crossing dangerous tides, witches in…
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Cover unavailableSomerset Folk Tales for Children
Sharon Jacksties retells Somerset stories for children aged 7–11, drawing on the county’s rivers, woods, hills, caves and villages. The collection brings together tales of magical creatures, legendary figures, dragons and the origins of familiar…
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Cover unavailableSouth Yorkshire Folk Tales
South Yorkshire Folk Tales gathers stories rooted in the county’s landscapes, communities and changing history. Its cast includes heroes and villains, giants and fairies, knights, highwaymen, dragons and boggarts, alongside accounts connected with forests, halls…
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Cover unavailableSpirits in the Vaults: Liverpool's Haunted Pubs
Spirits in the Vaults collects Tom Slemen’s accounts of reported hauntings and supernatural incidents linked to Liverpool pubs. The book visits a range of city venues, from the Childwall Abbey Hotel and Belvedere to the…
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Cover unavailableStaffordshire Folk Tales
Staffordshire Folk Tales gathers thirty stories rooted in the county’s oral tradition, retold by local storyteller Johnny Gillett, known as The Journey Man. Together they reflect Staffordshire’s character, local wisdom and recurring comic or cautionary…
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Cover unavailableStrange Manchester: Ghost Stories, UFO Encounters, Big Cat Sightings, and More from Across Greater Manchester
Strange Manchester gathers reported hauntings, UFO encounters, big cat sightings and other uncanny accounts from across Greater Manchester. Its ghost stories include Strangeways, Manchester Airport, Fairfield Station, Wardley Hall, the Octagon Theatre and Manchester’s Palace…
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Cover unavailableStrange Sheffield: Ghost Stories, UFO Sightings, and More All from the Steel City
Strange Sheffield gathers reported hauntings, UFO encounters and other uncanny local accounts from across the Steel City. Adrian Finney covers stories associated with Bunting Nook and the Stocksbridge Bypass, alongside tales of ghostly feet, haunted…
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Cover unavailableStranger Sheffield: More Ghost Stories, UFO Encounters, & Other Strange Tales
Stranger Sheffield gathers reported hauntings, local legends and UFO accounts from Sheffield and the surrounding South Yorkshire landscape. Adrian Finney’s sources include stories sent to him during his work with Strange Sheffield Ghost Tours, alongside…
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Cover unavailableSuffolk Fairylore
Suffolk Fairylore traces belief in fairy-like beings across the county from the Roman period to the present day. Francis Young examines how local traditions developed, changed and survived, placing Suffolk’s material alongside fairylore from elsewhere…
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Cover unavailableSuffolk Folk Tales
Kirsty Hartsiotis retells thirty traditional stories from Suffolk, bringing together legends of the county’s coast, marshes, Breckland, villages and towns. The collection includes the Green Children of Woolpit, the secret behind Black Shuck, Suffolk’s last…
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Cover unavailableSuffolk Ghost Tales
Suffolk Ghost Tales gathers 30 reported ghost stories from across the county, placing eerie traditions among its beaches, broad landscapes, towns and villages. The settings range from crossroads where gibbet chains are said to clank…
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Cover unavailableSupernatural England
Supernatural England brings together material on English folklore, occultism and parapsychology, presenting the subject through reports, beliefs and traditions associated with supernatural experience. Eric Maple places these themes within an English setting rather than treating…
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Cover unavailableSupernatural North
This wide-ranging collection examines ghost stories and supernatural traditions from northern England, extending from the Scottish border to South Yorkshire. Darren W. Ritson revisits the South Shields Poltergeist and Willington Mill, explores screaming-skull legends, and…
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Cover unavailableSupernatural Pennines
Supernatural Pennines gathers more than 100 reported case histories from the hills and valleys of Northern England. Jenny Randles examines UFO sightings and alleged alien-abduction claims around the Yorkshire-Lancashire border, including the area known in…
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Cover unavailableSurrey Folk Tales
Surrey Folk Tales gathers thirty stories linked to the county’s towns, villages and landscapes. Janet Dowling retells accounts of dragons near Guildford, a talking puma, fairies who spirit people away and horses that grow wings…
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Cover unavailableSussex Folk Tales
Sussex Folk Tales gathers stories rooted in the county’s hills, forests, marshes, coast and urban edges. Michael O’Leary’s retellings include dragons in bottomless ponds, demons in Wealden copses, ghosts, witches and wise women, alongside creatures…
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Cover unavailableSussex Folk Tales for Children
Sussex Folk Tales for Children gathers traditional stories and local legends from across the county, with tales linked to Wilmington, Mayfield, Rye, Lewes, Rottingdean, Ashdown Forest and the South Downs. The stories bring together chalk…
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