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 unavailableWalking Haunted London
Walking Haunted London sets out 25 routes through London and nearby locations, linking streets, buildings, pubs and theatres with reported apparitions, ghost stories and darker episodes from the capital’s past. Richard Jones includes well-known names…
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Cover unavailableWarwickshire Folk Tales
Cath Edwards gathers tales from historic Warwickshire, including Coventry, Rugby, Warwick, Stratford-upon-Avon and Birmingham. The collection brings together stories of Lady Godiva, Dick Turpin, Guy of Warwick and Saint George, alongside accounts of the Rollright…
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Cover unavailableWeird Tales from the Island City: 9 Strange Portsmouth Stories
Nine strange stories turn Portsmouth into a setting for supernatural encounters, dark comedy and unsettling discoveries. Matt Wingett’s collection combines seven short stories with two novellas, featuring such possibilities as a mermaid, time-travelling cats and…
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Cover unavailableWest Country Walks & Legends
West Country Walks & Legends combines walking and local legend across England’s West Country, linking places, landscape and the stories attached to them. John H. N. Mason’s account treats the region as both a geographical…
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Cover unavailableWest Midlands Folk Tales
Cath Edwards gathers folk stories from a county shaped by coal mining, ironworking, farming and the growth of industrial towns. The collection includes miners’ beliefs about broken shoes, warning signs, Gabriel Hounds and the Seven…
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Cover unavailableWest Yorkshire Folk Tales
West Yorkshire Folk Tales gathers stories from across the county, linking the open Pennine hills with the neighbourhoods of its industrial towns. John Billingsley presents traditions associated with local places and people, showing how communities…
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Cover unavailableWho Made England?
Who Made England? examines how England emerged from several smaller Saxon kingdoms during the early medieval period. Chip Colquhoun sets historical fact alongside folklore while asking whether Alfred the Great began the work of unification,…
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Cover unavailableWho's There?: The True Story of a Leeds Haunting
Who's There? recounts the Slater family’s reported haunting in Leeds, beginning with what sounds like a baby crying in their new home. Colette Shires, who experienced the events as a child, describes paranormal activity that…
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Cover unavailableWiltshire Folk Tales
Wiltshire Folk Tales gathers 30 stories associated with the county, retold by storyteller Kirsty Hartsiotis. The collection ranges from the Giant’s Dance and the Moonrakers to Merlin’s trickery, the flying monk of Malmesbury, and tales…
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Cover unavailableWiltshire Folklore and Legends
Wiltshire Folklore and Legends gathers traditions connected with the county’s prehistoric landscape, rural communities and long-running local stories. Ralph Whitlock discusses the Devil’s supposed role in building Stonehenge and the tale of King Zel, whose…
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Cover unavailableWitchcraft in England
Christina Hole’s illustrated history surveys English beliefs and practices associated with witchcraft, from ancient rites and sorcery to later forms of popular magic. Its subjects include maleficium, familiars, methods used to identify suspected witches, alleged…
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Cover unavailableWitchcraft in the Thames Valley
Witchcraft in the Thames Valley gathers traditional witchcraft tales associated with the Thames Valley, presenting local stories where folklore, reported marvels and historical memory overlap. Tony Barham’s short regional study centres on traditions attached to…
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Cover unavailableWitchcraft Today
Witchcraft Today presents Gerald Gardner’s account of witchcraft as a living religion, based on his claims to have encountered practising covens in England. He describes beliefs, ritual practices, initiation and meetings, while considering the roles…
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Cover unavailableWitchfinders: A Seventeenth-Century English Tragedy
Malcolm Gaskill reconstructs the English witch-hunt of 1645–47, when civil-war upheaval, disease, poverty and religious division intensified fears of hidden evil. The book centres on Matthew Hopkins and John Stearne, two men who began investigating…
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Cover unavailableWorcestershire Folk Tales
Worcestershire Folk Tales gathers stories shaped by the county’s villages, countryside and industrial past. David Phelps ranges from mythical origins and Civil War battles to witchcraft trials, religious scandals and an unsolved twentieth-century murder, showing…
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