Derbyshire Folk Tales

Derbyshire Folk Tales gathers traditional stories associated with the county, from the regional legend of ‘The Derby Ram’ to local versions of familiar tales such as ‘Beauty and the Beast’. Pete Castle organises the collection around love and lovers, fairy tales, supernatural accounts, heroes, and rogues and vagabonds.

The stories range from Dorothy Vernon and John Manners, and the tragedy of Winnats Pass, to the Bakewell witches, a Derbyshire werewolf, Robin Hood, Eyam during the plague, and the tale of Florence Nightingale. Retold in an accessible storytelling style, the collection reflects the way these accounts have been passed through local tradition, blending romance, humour, danger and reports of uncanny happenings.