LANCASHIRE HISTORY & FOLKLORE
LANCASHIRE WITCH TRIALS
During the 17th century, Lancashire was in turmoil. One symptom of this was the number of poor souls accused of witchcraft and sorcery.
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BRUNANBURH & BLACKBURN
Brunanburh was one of the most decisive battles in Anglo-Saxon England. In 1927, Rev. T.C. Porteus produced a theory placing it in East Lancashire. There is a link to an introduction and contents below. The text itself is divided into part one and part two.
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SUNKEN LANCASHIRE
A number of settlements and areas of land in Lancashire are historically proven or reputed to have been lost to the depredations of sea and sand. These are their stories.
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SPOOKY LANCASHIRE
Lancashire has a rich traditional lore, with ghosts, demons and mysterious deaths.
- The Crier of Claife: A long-forgotten quarry on the slopes west of the picturesque Windermere is said to hold a ghastly secret.
- Peg o'Nell: In the grounds of Waddow Hall, there stands a well - a well with its own strange sentinel, in the form of a statue of a woman in flowing dress, strangely headless.
- Jenny Greenteeth and kin: Children's tale or ancient evil?
- Mellor Moor: Roman remains may hide a sunken city inhabited by diminutive men.
- Sykes Lumb Farm: A ghost from medieval times and a capricious boggart are said to have haunted this lonely farmstead in their day.
- Pleasington parish peregrinations: The parish of Pleasington and its environment has a number of little-known pieces of lore attached to it.
