Betty Chidley The Witch
Below is the story of Betty Chidley, originally published in Miss C. S. Burne’s ‘Shropshire Folk-Lore’ and then again in ‘English Fairy and Other Folk Tales’ by Edwin Sidney Hartland [1890].
English Folktales / Folklore / Folktales / Witchcraft
by Ian · Published April 24, 2014 · Last modified December 29, 2018
Below is the story of Betty Chidley, originally published in Miss C. S. Burne’s ‘Shropshire Folk-Lore’ and then again in ‘English Fairy and Other Folk Tales’ by Edwin Sidney Hartland [1890].
English Folktales / Folklore / Folktales
by Ian · Published April 2, 2014 · Last modified December 29, 2018
The privately owned Bomere Pool was created through glacial action and is an example of a kettle hole mere. However, there is a story that would have you believe it was created another way. Edwin Sidney Hartland gives the following account of this tradition in his ‘English Fairy and Other Folk Tales’ [1890].
Anniversary Ghosts / Apparitions / Book Review / Ghost Stories / Haunted Hotels / Haunted Pubs / Haunted Wedding Venue / Hauntings / Poltergiests / Review
by Ian · Published August 5, 2012 · Last modified October 14, 2018
Shropshire is one of those counties within Britain that is like a hidden jewel, once you discover it you’ll wonder what took you so long, and how soon can you come back! This new book by Andrew Homer on Haunted Hostelries of Shropshire will certainly help you find somewhere to eat, drink and stay, providing you don’t mind sharing a room with a spectral guest or two along the way.
Apparitions / Haunted Pubs / Hauntings
by Ian · Published August 5, 2008 · Last modified December 28, 2018
This Inn was built by Roger de Montgomery in around 1085, making it one of the oldest in Britain. Reputedly haunted by a monk.
Now an ornate pond in the civic gardens known as The Quarry, the Dingle is haunted by a ghost that was identified in the 1800s as Mrs Foxhall. She was burnt alive there in 1647 for the murder of her husband by poisoning.
Supposedly haunted by a milkmaid who keeps repeating "Weight and measure sold I ever, milk and water sold I never" as she walks up and down. Perhaps she has a guilty conscience about something.
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