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The Pub Protected From Witchcraft
Something strange crouches in a corner of the Three Stag's Heads inn near Wardlow Mires in the Derbyshire Peak District. A mummified cat...
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Aug 19, 20221 min read
A Mask of Death in Worcester
Odd things lurk in the back alleys and yards of our cities. In Worcester this strange head with its pained expression is set into an...
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mysteriesofmercia
Jun 12, 20223 min read
The Mysterious Stones of Avening
The Cotswolds area of England has some of the highest concentrations of ancient sites in the whole of Britain. Stone circles, standing...
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mysteriesofmercia
Jun 5, 20224 min read
The Witches of Belvoir Castle
Belvoir Castle is a simply magnificent stately home that stands on a prominent hilltop just inside Leicestershire. Although beginning its...
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May 30, 20224 min read
The Mysteries of Tewkesbury Abbey
The Black Alchemist was a book written by Andrew Collins in 1988 which went on to become something of a cult classic. To briefly...
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mysteriesofmercia
May 23, 20223 min read
The Hawk Stone - The Ale Drinker’s Totem
The Hawk Stone is a solitary megalith that stands at the edge of a field in Oxfordshire, near the village of Dean. The name might ring a...
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mysteriesofmercia
May 22, 20221 min read
Podcast - Mercia Folklore
I recently had a chat with the Folklore Dark ladies for their podcast, have a watch/listen if you'd like. We talked about a lot of...
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mysteriesofmercia
May 15, 20224 min read
The Haunted Ruins of Minster Lovell
Minster Lowell is an absolutely beautiful village that nestles next to the River Windrush in England's Cotswolds region, but its most...
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May 8, 20224 min read
The Very Strange Church of St Nicholas
Situated on a wooded hill on the outskirts of the city of Worcester, the Church of St Nicholas is a landmark familiar to many as they...
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mysteriesofmercia
Mar 27, 20222 min read
Oldnall Road: Haunted Highway
Haunted roads have always been a part of British supernatural folklore, with the Midlands of England being no exception. A minor stretch...
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mysteriesofmercia
Mar 6, 20223 min read
The Ghostly Warriors of Wigston
Wigston is a suburb of the southern edge of the city of Leicester. Once a separate town in its own right before being absorbed into the...
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mysteriesofmercia
Feb 27, 20222 min read
The Mysterious Humber Stone
The modern urban sprawl isn't usually the place where you'd find an ancient megalithic monument, but off a roundabout between a branch of...
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Feb 14, 20223 min read
The Stone Beasts of Breedon-on-the-Hill
I mentioned the church at Breedon-on-the-Hill in my last post as it used to be commonly said that an effigy of the griffin of Griffydam...
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Feb 11, 20224 min read
The Griffin's Well
Griffydam is a village that lies in the countryside of Northwest Leicestershire, and its strange name has an even stranger origin. Along...
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Feb 5, 20223 min read
God's Own Ale House
The Mug House is a pub that serves the village of Claines just outside the city of Worcester. It is one of just two pubs in all of...
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Jan 23, 20223 min read
Atmospheric Hordrons Edge
A little stone circle lies almost unnoticed on the windswept moor under Stanage Edge in the Derbyshire Peak District. Hordrons Edge is...
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mysteriesofmercia
Jan 17, 20224 min read
A Dragon in Herefordshire
The little village of Mordiford sits nestled inside a double bend in the river Lugg, deep in the heart of Herefordshire. It is perhaps...
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Jan 15, 20222 min read
Witch Marks on Water
Ritual protection marks and symbols, or "witch marks", are a well-known sight on the older buildings of the Midlands. Thought to be...
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Jan 9, 20224 min read
Wassail - Fire, Fruit & Fun
Wassail is a folk tradition in England that is very much separate from the Wassail people around the world are familiar with. Rather than...
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Dec 31, 20214 min read
The Gruesome History of Cutthroat Bridge
An old trackway crosses from Yorkshire into Derbyshire, crossing the Ladybower Brook and into the Derwent valley over a bridge known as...
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