Specific Location: Hull

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Kelgate, Cottingham

According to The Legendary Lore of the Holy Wells of England by Robert Charles Hope (1893),‘Keld is the old Saxon name for a spring or a well. In Cottingham are some intermittent springs bearing...

Sykes Street, Hull

The following account appeared in ‘County Folk-Lore Volume VI – Examples of Printed Folk-Lore Concerning The East Riding Of Yorkshire (1911)’ edited by Eliza Glutch.

Ye Olde White Harte, Hull

Ye Olde White Harte on Silver Street is a Grade II listed building with strong links to the English Civil War and a reputation of being haunted. Built around 1550, the building became a public house in the late 18th century. However, it was in this building, in the "plotting parlour" above the back bar, that on 23 April 1642, a fateful decision was made.

Hull Christmas Traditions

According to ‘County Folk-Lore Volume VI – Examples of Printed Folk-Lore Concerning The East Riding of Yorkshire (1911)’ edited by Eliza Glutch. ‘On Christmas morning in Hull the children come in droves, pealing at your door-bell in order to wish you "a merry Christmas." The following is a favourite doggerel:

East Yorkshire News Year’s Traditions

The following New Year traditions from East Yorkshire were published in ‘County Folk-Lore Volume VI – Examples of Printed Folk-Lore Concerning The East Riding of Yorkshire (1911)’ which was edited by Eliza Glutch.

All peacock feathers must be thrown out before New Year’s Day, or else you will have ill luck.
 

Underwear-Stealing Ghosts

The following article by Faye Preston entitled ’“Underwear-stealing ghosts made my life hell”: Hull woman forced to move seven times’ was published in the Hull Daily Mail on 9 August 2014.

Hull Masonic Hall, Dagger Lane

The following article entitled ‘Hunt for Charlie the ghost at Hull Masonic Hall in Dagger Lane’ was published in the Hull Daily Mail on 22 November 2014.  It concerned a paranormal investigation to raise money for charity.

The Manchester Arms, Hull

The following story entitled ‘Ghost captured on video at Manchester Arms pub in Hull’s Old Town’ was published in the Hull Daily Mail on 9 November 2012.

WHEN the landlady calls time, she is the visitor who refuses to leave.

Nutwood Big Cat (2012)

Add to that the eerie atmosphere of dense woodland at night and it is enough to make the hairs on your neck stand on end.

But, that is what greeted two men who were out on a shooting trip in an East Yorkshire wood.