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.
63 books found
Cover unavailableTales of the Polden Hills
This revised edition of Frances Harriott Wood’s collection presents seven tales from Somerset’s Polden Hills, with additional material by MJ Wayland. Ghosts, witchcraft, omens and unusual dreams feature in accounts associated with Street House, Ivythorn…
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Cover unavailableThe Anthology of English Folk Tales
The Anthology of English Folk Tales gathers stories from across England, bringing together material originally published in The History Press’s county-based Folk Tales series. Its contributors include professional storytellers such as Taffy Thomas, Hugh Lupton…
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Cover unavailableThe Anthology of English Folk Tales: Volume II
This second anthology gathers folk tales from counties across England, bringing together stories shaped by local customs, beliefs and dialects. Its contents range from Cornwall and Devonshire through the Midlands and northern counties, offering a…
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Cover unavailableThe Battle for Bosworth Hall
The Battle for Bosworth Hall combines the building’s history with reported hauntings and paranormal investigations at the former Market Bosworth residence. Penny Griffiths-Morgan researches the Dixie family, including the 4th Baronet, whose conduct helped shape…
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Cover unavailableThe Beast of Barmston Drain
Mike Covell investigates the strange-creature reports that brought Hull’s Barmston Drain to national attention in 2016. Written by the researcher involved in bringing the accounts to the press, the book follows the alleged sightings and…
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Cover unavailableThe Black Monk of Pontefract
The Black Monk of Pontefract examines the reported poltergeist activity at 30 East Drive, Pontefract, where disturbances first emerged in 1966. Richard Estep sets the later investigation against the earlier history of the house, drawing…
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Cover unavailableThe Boggart
Simon Young examines the boggart as a northern English supernatural being, tracing its meanings across folklore, dialect, place-names and local history. The book questions the familiar image of the boggart as a single kind of…
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Cover unavailableThe Book of English Magic
The Book of English Magic surveys England’s magical history from prehistoric times to the 21st century, tracing how different traditions developed, overlapped and survived. Its subjects include Druidry, witchcraft, alchemy, astrology, runes, Freemasonry, Rosicrucianism and…
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The Borley Rectory Companion
The Borley Rectory Companion traces the history of the Essex house from its construction in 1862 to the fire that destroyed it in 1939. Alongside the rectory’s changing occupants, the authors catalogue reported phenomena including…
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Cover unavailableThe Caughey-Street Murder
A girl’s death in Hull in January 1871 is the focus of this historical crime study. Covell follows the investigation and the people and places connected with the Caughey Street case, drawing together accounts of…
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Cover unavailableThe Cryptozoology Files
Reports of sea serpents, unusually large cats, giant squid and spectral or monstrous dogs form this survey of Hull and East Yorkshire’s animal mysteries. Covell combines archive research with visits to reported locations, tracing stories…
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Cover unavailableThe Derby Ghost Walk
Sheila Walsh and MJ Wayland guide readers through buildings and streets associated with Derby’s ghost stories. Accounts range from Roman Little Chester to tales of monks around Friargate, connecting the city’s history with reports of…
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Cover unavailableThe East Yorkshire UFO Files
This regional investigation surveys reports of unidentified aerial phenomena across East Yorkshire. Mike Covell draws on historical records and reported sightings to explore the area’s UFO history, extending the geographical scope of his earlier Hull…
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Cover unavailableThe English Year: A Month-by-Month Guide to the Nation's Customs and Festivals
The English Year records England’s customs and festivals in calendar order, moving from New Year celebrations through Easter, harvest traditions and the approach of Mischief Night. Steve Roud explains when customs occur, how they developed…
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Cover unavailableThe Folklore of Ancient Wiltshire
The Folklore of Ancient Wiltshire examines the legends and traditional beliefs attached to the county’s ancient landscape. Its main sections consider the folklore of round barrows, long barrows and barrow hills, linking burial mounds and…
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Cover unavailableThe Folklore of Devon
The Folklore of Devon examines how the county’s beliefs, customs and traditions have been recorded, interpreted and reshaped over more than a century. Mark Norman considers the collecting work associated with Devon, then turns to…
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Cover unavailableThe Folklore of Gloucestershire
Roy Palmer’s county study brings together Gloucestershire tales shaped by landscape, village life and local tradition. Its subjects include legends and superstitions, with reported encounters involving devils, fairies, witches and ghosts, alongside the customs that…
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Cover unavailableThe Folklore of Hereford & Worcester
The Folklore of Hereford & Worcester surveys the traditional culture of the former county through ten themed chapters. Roy Palmer covers places, people, churches, everyday life, supernatural beliefs, work, music, drama, sport and calendar customs,…
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Cover unavailableThe Folklore of Sussex
The Folklore of Sussex gathers traditional stories, customs and beliefs from across the county, linking local lore with its landscapes, villages and churches. Jacqueline Simpson discusses tales of lost bells, buried treasure, dragons, fairies and…
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Cover unavailableThe Folklore of the Cotswolds
Katharine Briggs examines the traditions, stories and beliefs associated with the Cotswolds, linking folklore to particular villages, towns, landscapes and historic sites. The book includes historical traditions, local tales and legends, customs, festivals, songs, dances…
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Cover unavailableThe Folklore of Warwickshire
Roy Palmer’s county study brings together Warwickshire traditions about celebrated figures, legendary characters and the places associated with them. Shakespeare, Charles I, Lady Godiva and Sir Guy of Warwick appear alongside accounts rooted in the…
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Cover unavailableThe Fylde Witch
Chris Newton retells the legends of Meg Shelton, the Witch of Woodplumpton, as a dark fairy tale rooted in Lancashire folklore. Following her from youth to old age, the novel brings together shapeshifting, boggarts and…
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Cover unavailableThe Ghost Files
Mike Covell examines reported hauntings in Hull’s shops, restaurants, hotels, theatres, factories and educational buildings. Each location is approached through its history as well as the supernatural stories associated with it. Contemporary records, timelines, activity…
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Cover unavailableThe Ghosthunter's Guide to England
The Ghosthunter's Guide to England gathers reported hauntings from across the English counties, linking apparitions and other manifestations with the human stories attached to particular places. Its coverage includes ghosts, phantoms, poltergeists, black dogs and…
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Cover unavailableThe Ghosts of Exeter
The Ghosts of Exeter gathers reported hauntings and ghost stories associated with the Devon city and its surrounding districts. Sally Barber and Chips Barber focus on local places where apparitions, lingering legends and other uncanny…
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Cover unavailableThe Ghosts of Soho: Tales of the Haunted Quarter and Its Restless Spirits
The Ghosts of Soho gathers legends, interviews, anecdotes and half-remembered tales from one of London’s most storied districts. Ima von Wenden approaches Soho through fieldwork, walking its streets, speaking with local people and recording the…
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Cover unavailableThe Guide to the Mysterious Lake District
The Guide to the Mysterious Lake District gathers accounts of curiosities, wonders and reported mysteries from across Cumbria’s Lake District. Geoff Holder places these stories within the region’s distinctive landscape, bringing together material connected with…
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Cover unavailableThe Hanging Pit: The Haunting of Bodmin Jail
Richard Estep’s The Hanging Pit examines Bodmin Jail in Cornwall, a former prison associated with more than 50 hangings and numerous reports of haunting. The book sets the site’s reputation against its history, including the…
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Cover unavailableThe Haunted Homes of Hull
Mike Covell examines two centuries of reports about allegedly haunted homes across Hull. Victorian properties in the east and west of the city feature alongside the well-known house at 39 De Grey Street. Historical records,…
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Cover unavailableThe Haunted Inns
Hull’s pubs and inns supply the setting for this collection of haunting investigations. Mike Covell follows their changing histories through newspaper reports, archival records, maps and photographs, then considers the ghost stories attached to them.…
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Cover unavailableThe Haunted Landscape: Folklore, Ghosts and Legends of Wiltshire
Katy Jordan’s study brings together Wiltshire folklore, ghost reports and legends attached to the county’s landscape. Its subject matter includes local traditions, remembered supernatural encounters and stories whose meanings have shifted over time. Among the…
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Cover unavailableThe Haunted Realms of Surrey and Hampshire
John S Tantalon turns his attention south to the haunted landscapes of Surrey and Hampshire. The collection brings together ghost stories, local legends and unsettling histories from places including Guildford, Farnham, Aldershot and the Isle…
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Cover unavailableThe Haunting of Alma Fielding
The Haunting of Alma Fielding reconstructs a reported 1938 poltergeist case in suburban Croydon, where crockery and eggs were said to fly, jewellery appeared on Alma’s fingers, and white mice emerged from her handbag. The…
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The Haunting of Borley Rectory: The Story of a Ghost Story
Sean O’Connor recounts the reported haunting of Borley Rectory in Essex, beginning with Eric and Mabel Smith’s arrival in 1928 and the disturbing incidents they described. A skull found in a cupboard, unexplained movements, strange…
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Cover unavailableThe Haunting of Willington Mill
The Haunting of Willington Mill reconstructs the nineteenth-century reports surrounding a mill and mill house near Wallsend, where witnesses described unexplained noises, apparitions and poltergeist activity. The accounts include disturbances associated with the Procter family…
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Cover unavailableThe Humber Monster
This investigation traces reports of the Humber Monster from accounts in the 1920s and 1930s to later sightings and renewed public attention. Covell follows witnesses and searches along the Humber Estuary and Yorkshire coast, examining…
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Cover unavailableThe Killamarsh Poltergeist
The Killamarsh Poltergeist recounts Hazel and Gary Price’s reported experiences in an ordinary home in Killamarsh, North East Derbyshire. The disturbances began in 2012, when they returned to find their dining room disrupted: fruit had…
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Cover unavailableThe Little History of Storytelling in Cornwall
The Little History of Storytelling in Cornwall traces the county’s storytelling traditions from bardic times to the present, asking how tales developed, who carried them and why they endured. Mike O’Connor considers the settings in…
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Cover unavailableThe Lore of the Land: A Guide to England's Legends
The Lore of the Land gathers England’s legends county by county, linking stories to villages, towns, churches, roads, hills, graves and historic buildings. Its subjects range from hauntings and highwaymen to family curses, buried treasure,…
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The Lore of the Land surveys England’s legends county by county, bringing together stories attached to villages, towns, landmarks and historic buildings. Its subjects include hauntings, highwaymen, family curses, lovers’ leaps, buried treasure and graves…
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Cover unavailableThe Meaning of Witchcraft
The Meaning of Witchcraft presents Gerald Gardner’s account of witchcraft as a surviving religious tradition, drawing on his stated experiences as a practising witch. He discusses the witch cult in Britain, proposed Stone Age origins,…
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Cover unavailableThe Most Haunted House in England
Harry Price’s account centres on Borley Rectory in Essex, a Victorian parsonage surrounded by reports of footsteps, moving objects, phantom coach sounds and a spectral nun. The book traces the building’s history and gathers testimony…
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Cover unavailableThe Mystery of Jack of Kent and the Fate of Owain Glyndwr
Alex Gibbon examines the Welsh border traditions surrounding Jack of Kent and their possible connection with Owain Glyndwr, the leader of the Welsh revolt against Henry IV. Set around Herefordshire, Gloucestershire and the Welsh Marches,…
View book details →The Old Cowes Ghost Trail
The Old Cowes Ghost Trail gathers reported ghost stories and haunting traditions associated with Old Cowes, on the Isle of Wight. Its tightly local focus places the book within the island’s wider tradition of collecting…
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Cover unavailableThe Original Ghosts of the Isle of Wight
The Original Ghosts of the Isle of Wight collects reported apparitions and haunting stories gathered by local writer Gay Baldwin. Presented as first-hand accounts, the book records the island’s supernatural lore through stories attached to…
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Cover unavailableThe Paranormal Files
Cases that resist easy classification are the focus of this volume in Mike Covell’s investigation series. Subjects include witchcraft, superstition, psychic claims and the Satanic Panic, alongside an episode in which the River Hull changed…
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Cover unavailableThe Paranormal Press
Covell brings together newspaper accounts of alleged ghosts and hauntings in Hull between 1800 and 2018. The transcribed reports are accompanied by historical background, family research, maps and photographs. Cases range from early haunted-house reports…
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Cover unavailableThe Pattern Under the Plough: Aspects of the Folk-Life of East Anglia
George Ewart Evans records the customs, working habits and local language of East Anglian farming communities before mechanisation transformed rural life. Drawing on conversations with older residents of Blaxhall, Suffolk, he organises the book around…
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