Irthington Holy Well
According to The Legendary Lore of the Holy Wells of England by Robert Charles Hope (1893), ‘At Irthington, rising in the churchyard boundary, was the well called “How,” or “Ha,” evidently a corruption of...
Mysterious Britain & Ireland
Park Mound (Park Mount)
‘There is a tradition in the parish of Pulborough of a fairy’s funeral, and the very place of burial is pointed out to you. It is at the top of a green mound, known...
Kelgate, Cottingham
According to The Legendary Lore of the Holy Wells of England by Robert Charles Hope (1893),‘Keld is the old Saxon name for a spring or a well. In Cottingham are some intermittent springs bearing...
Machermore Castle
Machermore Castle possibly dates from the late 16th to early 17th century. Below is an account of a reported experience in the castle, it is extracted from ‘Witchcraft and Superstitious Record in the South-Western...
The Golden Mountain
Once upon a time a merchant’s son had too much fun spending money, and the day came when he saw himself ruined; he had nothing to eat, nothing to drink. He took a shovel...
Dame Prettyleggs
Tradition has it that Dame Prettylegs, a 19th century witch living in Albourne would hag-ride horses and be able to immobilize teams of animals pulling carts. Hag ridden horses were thought to have been...
Toddel Well
‘No one now seeks Toddel Well in the township of Longrigg. It was formerly the belief in this parish that the waters of this well had a similar efficacy to the pool of Bethesda,...
Bell Hill, Eskdale
To the north of the church (St Catharine’s) is a rock called Bell Hill, where the chapel bell is said to have been hung. It is more likely a relic of the old fire-worship...
St Ninian’s Well, Brisco
‘Miss Losh*, who will be long remembered in this county for her works of piety and love, extended her protecting care to St. Ninian’s Well at Brisco, erecting over it a semicircular arch, and...
The Church of St Mary The Virgin, Clophill
The Grade II listed ruined church of St Mary’s and the churchyard was the scene of a particularly grisly black magic ritual during the 1960’s. The sixties were a time of occult revival in...
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