Apparitions / Folktales / Hauntings / Scottish Folktales
by Ian · Published July 30, 2014 · Last modified December 15, 2018
Jedburgh’s original wooden motte and bailey castle dated back to the 12th century and was founded by King David I of Scotland (Born 1084 – Died 24 May 1153). The Scottish demolished the castle in 1409, which by then was a stone fortress with a pele tower, gatehouse and courtyard. In 1823 a Howard Reform prison was built on the site of the castle which was then closed in 1868.
Book Review / Occult / Occult Traditions / Review / Witchcraft
by Ian · Published July 26, 2014 · Last modified October 13, 2018
For over five hundred years witches, male and female, practised magic for harm and good in their communities. Most witches worked locally, used by their neighbours to cure illness, create love, or gratify personal spite against another.
Apparitions / Civil War Hauntings / Hauntings
by Ian · Published July 19, 2014 · Last modified November 27, 2018
Now a museum, Bolling Hall, parts of which which date from the 14th century, is one of Bradford’s oldest buildings. It would also appear to have a reputation for being haunted and has a famous legend relating to a white lady in what is known as the Ghost Room.
Dr John Donne (Born 1573 – Died 1631) was a Dean of St Paul’s and a poet, who had a strange experience which could be considered a crisis apparition. The following account of this experience was published in ‘The Haunted Homes and Family Traditions of Great Britain’ (1897) by John Ingram.
Fairies / Folklore / Scottish Fairies
by Ian · Published July 10, 2014 · Last modified December 18, 2018
Trows are fascinating creatures found only in the folklore of the Orkney and Shetland islands. But, describing them accurately is difficult because sources are not clear. Folklorists have long insisted that the word “trow” is a corruption of “troll,” and that Orkney’s Trows descend from their Viking ancestors’ stories of Trolls.
The Grade II listed Gatehouse, a private residence, is all that now remains of Lostock Hall, a moated manor house demolished between 1816 and 1824. Lostock Hall was the ancestral home of the Anderton family.
Articles / Fairies / Folklore / Mermaids / Scottish Fairies
by Ian · Published June 30, 2014 · Last modified December 18, 2018
Folklore is an integral part of any cultural heritage. Sometimes written off as childish fairytale, folklore deserves to be recognized as a valuable treasure trove of information about our own past. The tales and legends of folklore are the result of oral tradition handed down by mouth through the generations.
Langleys is a red brick 18th century house shaped as a H.
Hinton Ampner House is a National Trust property and dates from 1790. The original house was about 160 feet to the North of this building and demolished in 1793 and it is this older Tudor residence that acquired a reputation of being haunted during the 18th century.
In an article entitled ‘Ghostly goings-on in the forest and beyond’, the Kent and Sussex Courier made the following refernce to a haunting on 23 December 2011.
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