Gothick Hertfordshire

Gothick Hertfordshire is a compact county guide to places linked with ghost stories, spooky traditions and local legends. Jennifer Westwood records reported apparitions, spectral vehicles, black dogs, poltergeist incidents and unexplained sounds from towns and villages across Hertfordshire.

Among the more memorable accounts are the Watford story of Ben Wangford’s tomb, from which a fig tree was said to grow, and the Tewin tradition concerning Lady Anne Grimston, whose grave supposedly produced seven trees. The book presents these tales alongside their locations, preserving the local details and narrative patterns through which Hertfordshire’s supernatural folklore has been remembered.