Folklore

British legends, customs, superstitions and old stories rooted in real places.

Haunted Places in England: 13 Historic Sites and the Stories Attached to Them

Thirteen haunted places in England, from Whitby Abbey and the Tower of London to Pendle…
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21 British Folklore Creatures and Where Their Stories Come From

Meet 21 creatures from British folklore, from Black Shuck and boggarts to kelpies, selkies and…
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Holy Trinity Church, Blythburgh: History and Black Shuck

Explore Blythburgh’s luminous medieval church, famous angel roof and the documented storm that became entwined…
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Pendle Hill: Walks, Villages and Witch Country

Explore Pendle Hill’s summit walks, reservoirs, stone villages and the real Lancashire landscape behind the…
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Ancient Stone Circles in Northern England

Explore northern England’s ancient stone circles, from mountain-framed Castlerigg and vast Long Meg to remote…
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The Green Children of Woolpit: England’s Strangest Medieval Mystery

The strange medieval story of the Green Children of Woolpit: two green-skinned children, a Suffolk…
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Black Shuck

Black Shuck, East Anglia’s legendary hellhound: the 1577 storm that killed four churchgoers, the claw…
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Long Meg and Her Daughters Cumbria’s Stone Circle of Petrified Witches

The legend behind Long Meg and Her Daughters, Cumbria’s second-largest stone circle: a coven turned…
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The Pendle Witches: What Really Happened in 1612?

The story of the Pendle witches is one of Britain’s most notorious witch trials. Here…
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