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The Park Mistress of Hornby Park

Posted on July 19, 2017 by LancashireFolk

This little ghost story has some folk elements which are hard to ignore. A woman named Meg Brackin was out in Hornby Park one evening, looking for kindling for her fire. She came across another woman and wondered what she … Continue reading →

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Hornby Castle- Lord Monteagle the Necromancer

Posted on November 19, 2015 by LancashireFolk

The first documentary evidence of Hornby Castle is in 1226, when it was already well-established. The castle we see today is a modern Gothic-inspired building, dating from 1847. But that in no way spoils the story… Edward Stanley of Hornby … Continue reading →

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