Bedfordshire Folk Tales

About this book

Bedfordshire Folk Tales gathers stories rooted in the county’s history, landscapes and storytelling traditions. Its settings include dark forests, ruined castles and the green pastureland of Bedfordshire, where history and legend meet.

The collection brings together tales of Anglo-Saxon heroines, lascivious monks and conniving highwaymen, alongside reports of restless ghosts, demons and witches. Jen Foley retells the stories in a modern form, while Tony Hunt provides line drawings that accompany the narratives. Together, the stories present Bedfordshire as a place shaped not only by its recorded past, but also by the imaginative traditions attached to its buildings, countryside and communities.