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Tag Archives: White Lady
Lancashire Folk – the Book!
Pleased to announced that Lancashire Folk is finally available! It is now in stock and available for purchase from the distributor, Gazelle Books. For direct customers Gazelle have set up a promotional offer which will allow you to buy the … Continue reading
Posted in Boggart, Book, Fairies, folklore, Ghosts, Green Men, Holy Wells, Lancashire, Skulls, Stones, Uncategorized, Way Crosses, White Lady, Witches & Wizards
Tagged boggart, Book, Devil, Fairies, Folklore, ghost, Ghosts, green man, lancashire, Skull, stone, White Lady
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Samlesbury Hall – Bells, Witches, and a White Lady
During the Lancashire cotton riots in 1878, a young sub-altern was garrisoned with his company at Samlesbury Hall, near Blackburn. In the early morning he was awakened by the sound of a woman crying bitterly in the corridor outside his … Continue reading
Posted in Bell, Ghosts, Halls and Houses, Samlesbury, Uncategorized, White Lady
Tagged ghost, lancashire, Samlesbury Hall, White Lady
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Dunkenhalgh Hotel, Clayton-le-Moors
A few hundred years ago the Dunkenhalgh was a grand old Hall, the seat of the Walmesley family and the centre of a vast estate covering thousands of acres. Now it’s a typically English hotel, a beautiful building, standing in … Continue reading
Posted in Boggart, Ghosts, Halls and Houses
Tagged boggart, Clayton-le-Moors, Dunkenhalgh, ghost, Lucette, White Lady
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Heskin Hall, at Heskin Green
Heskin Hall is now a modern conference centre, but its 16th century origins can still be seen. During the Civil War, Heskin Hall was a Royalist house, well-known for harbouring priests. One of these priests was discovered here by Roundhead … Continue reading
Posted in Ghosts, Halls and Houses, Local Legends, Mistletoe Bough
Tagged ghost, Haunted house, Local Legend, White Lady
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Borwick Hall
This 16th century manor house is a Grade 1 listed building now used as an outdoor education centre. A New Year tradition here is that someone must knock on the door on New Year’s Eve and hand over a ripe … Continue reading
Posted in Ghosts, Traditions
Tagged Borwick Hall, New Year, New Years Eve, White Lady
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