by eheard | Sep 1, 2025 | history, history of Wiltshire, wiltshire
Like many of the Wiltshire locations I cover, the small village of Kilmington in southwest Wiltshire, has history dating back to the prehistoric period. We are spoilt for choice with Neolithic and Iron Age sites in Wiltshire so there has be ‘a little something extra’...
by eheard | Jul 16, 2025 | crop circles, ghost, hauntings, history, history of Wiltshire, paranormal, UFOs
You can’t go far in Wiltshire without coming across a story about some sort of strange phenomenon. There are plenty of tales of lights in the sky and sometimes stories of lights moving along the ground. These quite often occur in and around crop circle hotspots....
by eheard | Mar 9, 2025 | Hindon, history, history of Wiltshire, wiltshire
Caption for main photo: Landscape water colour of Hindon Madhouse circa 1830, showing it consisted of the main house plus a jumble of other buildings in a large walled enclosure. Welcoming back David ...
by eheard | Feb 23, 2025 | ghost, haunted workplace, hauntings, history, history of Wiltshire, Trowbridge, wiltshire
I have been meaning to get over to the West of Wiltshire to create a weird blog for ages. There are plenty of locations and many stories in need of my explorations, but I feel I have somewhat neglected this part of the county, so today was the day to get out of Weird...
by eheard | Feb 12, 2025 | devizes, folklore, ghost, haunted houses, haunted workplace, hauntings, history, history of Wiltshire, long barrow, paranormal, Salisbury, Swindon, wiltshire
I’ve got stacks of books containing various snippets of information about Wiltshire ghosts and folklore. One of the main reasons for this blog is to share these stories with you all but some of the information is so limited, they really are short, short stories!...
by eheard | Jan 20, 2025 | Dorset, elementals, folklore, ghost, ghost hunt, hauntings, history, long barrow, paranormal
‘Gappergennies?’ You say, ‘Whatever are they?’ That’s exactly what I was thinking when I first came across this little-known folklorish tale from the somewhat rural area of Ashmore. Now, I know Ashmore is not quite in Wiltshire;...
