Grayrigg Hall
There is an interesting piece of folklore relating to a curse connected to an early Quaker named Francis Howgill (born 1618 – died 1669) and Grayrigg Hall, ancestral home of the Duckett family.
Country and County: Cumbria
The Tea Set Of Lizzie Baty, Brampton Witch
The following article entitled ‘Cumbrian witch’s cursed tea set promises disaster for new owners’ appeared in the Cumberland News on Friday 10 December 2010. It concerns a legacy left by Lizzie Baty (The Brampton Witch) in the 19th century.
Aira Force
Aira Force on the A592, 3 miles from Glenridding, is probably one of the best know waterfalls in the Lake District, especially after appearing in three of William Wordworths poems. The name derives from the Norse word for waterfall, ‘fors’, and Aira Force is where the Aira Beck plummets 66 foot down toward Ullswater.
A595 and The Muncaster Boggle
The A595 road running past Muncaster Castle has a long tradition of being haunted by the ghost of Mary Bragg and this case is currently being investigated by the same research team (headed by Dr Jason Braithwaite) looking into the castle’s own hauntings.
Carlisle Railway Station
Recent articles in the Cumberland News and Carlisle Living Magazine mention the re-opening of the Undercroft below Carlisle Railway Station for special tours this Halloween (2010) and mention the haunting like experiences that have reported both above and below ground at the station.
Arlecdon Cat (2010)
The following article entitled Mystery Big Cat Spotted was published in on The Whitehaven News website on 28 July 2010. It concerns the sighting of a big cat in West Cumbria.
A MYSTERY big cat has been spotted near Arlecdon.
La Pergola Restaurant, Carlisle
The La Pergola is one of Carlisle’s oldest and probably one of best known of its Italian restaurants and can be found in the basement of a beautiful Georgian building at 28 Castle Street. Over the years the building on Castle Street has been used for many purposes but it is thought that the ghost of a maid haunts the basement restaurant.
The Somnambulist by William Wordsworth
List, ye who pass by Lyulphs Tower
At eve; how softly then
Doth Aira-force, that torrent hoarse.
Speak from the woody glen!
Fit music for a solemn vale!
And holier seems the ground
To him who catches on the gale
The spirit of a mournful tale,
Embodied in the sound.
Shap A6 Black Dog
A Phantom Black Dog was said to haunt the A6 around Shap Pass, roughly nine miles south of Penrith. In his book Ghosts of the North, Jack Hallam states ‘Many drivers reported seeing, in the beam of their headlights, a big dog loping along for 200 to 300 yards, before disappearing over a stone wall at a place where there is a 300ft sheer drop’.
Beast of Workington
Is there a large Black Cat prowling West Cumbria? On Friday 8 January 2010 the following article by John Walsh entitled ‘Footprints fuel rumours of the beast of Workington’s Borough Park’ appeared in the News & Star.
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