According to ‘Lancashire Legends, Traditions, Pageants, Sports’ (1873) edited by John Harland & T. T. Wilkinson, ‘THE practice of what is locally termed “stang riding” was practised in Lancashire some forty years’ ago. When...
Anniversary Ghosts / Apparitions / Haunted Hotels / Haunted Wedding Venue / Hauntings
by Ian · Published June 9, 2013 · Last modified December 3, 2018
The 175 room, 4 star Mercure Blackburn Dunkenhalgh Hotel, is thought to be haunted by Lucette, a pretty, young, French governess for the Petre family who lived at Dunkenhalgh Hall when it was still a home.
Apparitions / Buried Treasure / Hauntings
by Ian · Published March 3, 2013 · Last modified December 3, 2018
There is nothing now standing of Sykes Lumb Farm though it probably stood near to the present day Sykes Holt. The farm dated back to the the War of the Roses (1455 – 1485) and gained a reputation for being haunted by a boggart that guarded over a hidden treasure. The story has been published several times.
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