Yorkshire Witches by Eileen Rennison
We no longer believe in witches as our ancestors once did. However, in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, any unforeseen or unexplained events were likely to be attributed to witchcraft.
Mysterious Britain & Ireland
Southampton Fields and The Brothers Footsteps
An area behind the British Museum was known as Southampton Fields.
Watton Abbey
A private residence, Watton Abbey is a Grade I listed building dating from fourteenth and fifteenth centuries and built on the location of Watton Priory, which was a Gilbertine double monastery founded by Eustace fitz John (died 1157) in 1150, as a penance for having fought in the Battle of the Standard (aka Battle of Northallerton) (23 August 1138) on the Scottish side.
Lord Brougham’s Experience
Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (Born 19 September 1778 – Died 7 May 1868), Lord Chancellor of Great Britain, was born and brought up in Edinburgh. According to his autobiography, ‘The Life and Times of Henry, Lord Brougham’ he had a strange experience whilst travelling in Sweden.
Lochan-wan (Lambs’ Loch)
The following extract is taken from Folklore [A Quarterly Review of Myth, Tradition, Institution & Custom] Vol III (1892). ‘Lochan-wan* is a small loch, in a fine grazing district, lying on the upper confines of Aberdeen and Banffshire.
Archibald Boyle and The Glasgow Hell Club
Archibald Boyle is said to have been the leader of ‘The Hell Club’ in Glasgow during the 18th century. There is a story associated with his death which has appeared in Catherine Ann Crowe’s ‘The Night-side of Nature’ (1848), and repeated again in ‘The Haunted Homes and Family Traditions of Great Britain’ by John Ingram (1897).
Major Thomas Weir’s House
According to an article by Oliver Norton in the Daily Mail on 7 February 2014, part of the home of the occultist Thomas Weir still survives.
Caisho Burroughs
In his account of "Apparitions," Aubrey relates some curious particulars of one that was believed to haunt Caisho Burroughs, eldest son of Sir John Burroughs; and if the antiquary’s record, derived from his friend Monson, might be credited, it is one of the best authenticated stories of its class now extant.
Bedminster Crocodile (2014)
The Bristol Post published the following article entitled ‘Bristol police hunt for crocodile in Bedminster after bus driver reports seeing one on the loose’ (3 February 2014)
Police carried out a ‘big game’ hunt today after a bus driver reported seeing a six foot crocodile on the loose.
Willington Mill
Owned by Unthank and Proctor, Willington Mill (Also known as Kitty’s Mill) was built in 1805 and was one of the first steam powered corn mills in Europe. It is however the adjacent, yet separate Mill House that is of interest to this website as in the 19th century it developed a reputation as being very haunted. The story of the Willington Mill haunting has been retold many times.
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