A Childhood Legend That Never Left Me Growing up in North Staffordshire, certain local stories lived in the air long before you ever learned to read. The tale of Molly Leigh, the woman we all knew simply as the Burslem Witch, was one of those stories — part whispered myth, part playground […]
Dark Tag: Folklore
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The Timeless Circle Castlerigg Stone Circle sits high above Keswick, a place where ancient stones, wild fells and old legends come together in an atmosphere that feels both beautiful and unsettling. With the fells of the Lake District rising around it, Castlerigg Stone Circle feels both timeless and unsettling. Even […]
The Legend of the Winnats Pass Lovers In the steep, shadow-shrouded gorge of Winnats Pass, the landscape seems to hold its breath as if remembering what transpired centuries ago. According to legend, in the mid-1700s a young Scottish couple, Alan and Clara, travelled through the narrow limestone ravine on their […]
The Legend of the Tower’s Ravens The Tower of London is famous for its history, its legends, and its dark secrets—but among its many guardians, none are as mysterious or as foreboding as the ravens. These black-feathered watchers have roamed the Tower for centuries, an unbroken line of living sentinels […]
Hidden in the quiet sweep of the Staffordshire Moorlands, high on the ridge of The Roaches in the Peak District, sits a place that looks far too ordinary to hold a legend. Doxey Pool is little more than a weather-beaten hollow filled with still water, barely fifteen by ten metres across, perched roughly five hundred […]