Mysterious Britain & Ireland

Specific Location: Burscough

Aquatic Monsters / Cryptozoology / Fairies / Folklore / Mermaids

Martin Mere, Burscough

In 2002 there were reports of a large underwater predator, probably a huge catfish living in the lake and eating the local swans. The following BBC report dates from 27 July 2002.

‘A giant fish which has attacked swans at a bird sanctuary has been spotted by wildlife experts.

Early Christianity / English Folktales / Folklore / Folktales / Occult

Burscough Priory

Robert Fitz-Henry, Lord of Lathom (Born 1135) founded the Augustinian Burscough Priory around 1190. It was dissolved during the Dissolution of the Monasteries by King Henry VIII circa 1536 and today very little remains of the building.