St Andrew’s Well, Kirkandrews-upon-Eden
‘Only one well has been discovered dedicated to St. Andrew in the county, which is situated in the churchyard of Kirkandrews-on-Eden, and is not affected by the most intense frost or the longest drought....
Mysterious Britain & Ireland
Why The Wren Flies Close To The Earth
ONE day when the birds were all together, one of them said, “I have been watching men, and I saw that they had a king. Let us too have a king.” “Why?” asked the...
The Grey Palmer
Eight miles from the city of York, amidst picturesque scenery, on the banks of the River Wharfe, was anciently the site of a Convent of Nuns of the Cistercian order. There was a contemporary...
Mockerkin Tarn
According to The Legendary Lore of the Holy Wells of England by Robert Charles Hope (1893),’ A small town on the left-hand side of the road leading from Cockermouth to Egremont, and near the...
Sudbury Holy Well
According to The Legendary Lore of the Holy Wells of England by Robert Charles Hope (1893),’About half a mile from the town is a spring of exceedingly pure water, which is supposed to possess...
Bishops Well, Aspatria
There was formerly a well in the glebe field near the church, by some called the Bishop’s Well. [The Legendary Lore of the Holy Wells of England by Robert Charles Hope (1893)]
Basket Wells
According to The Legendary Lore of the Holy Wells of England by Robert Charles Hope (1893), ‘The parvise over the porch of St. Margaret’s Church is known as the “Maids’ Chamber,” in consequence of...
Retford Cavalier
An account was recently submitted to Mysterious Britain regarding a Cavalier road ghost near Retford that was recounted in the 1980’s but happened several years previously. The witness was an ambulance driver and was...
Easton Wood Devil
In her ‘Nummits and Crummits’ (1900), Sarah Hewett gives the following account. ‘An old man living in South Devon, once told me that as he was one night returning from Starcross to a farm...
The Quarrel with the Sons of Morna
ONE time when the Fianna were gone here and there hunting, Black Garraidh and Caoilte were sitting beside Finn, and they were talking of the battle where Finn’s father was killed. And Finn said...
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