by eheard | Feb 7, 2022 | dartmoor, devon, folklore, history, legends, superstitions
I came across Jolly Lane Cott and the pixie story of Bellever Tor whilst doing some digging into another Dartmoor ghost story in Hexworthy. I got in touch with David Phillips at Moors and More. He runs tours across Dartmoor recounting the many strange beliefs, legends...
by eheard | Jan 10, 2022 | folklore, ghost, Grave, hauntings, history of Wiltshire, paranormal, superstitions, Uncategorized, Wilton, wiltshire
Hidden in the depths of the Wiltshire countryside, on the edge of the small town of Wilton, you’ll discover the ancient, ethereal Grovely Woods. Inhabited since the Iron Age, the woods are a mixture of managed evergreen and deciduous woodland, rich in flora and fauna....
by eheard | Sep 4, 2021 | devizes, folklore, history of Wiltshire, moonrakers, superstitions, Uncategorized, wiltshire
If you ever visit Wiltshire, you may hear of or see the term ‘Moonrakers’. It’s the name used to describe anyone born in the county and there’s a rather charming folk tale associated with this name. Wiltshire was well known throughout Europe...
by eheard | Jun 29, 2021 | devizes, folklore, ghost, Grave, hauntings, paranormal, superstitions, wiltshire
Slap bang in the middle of Weird Wiltshire sits the historic and beautiful market town of Devizes. It is literally dripping with stories of the paranormal. There are so many unexplained tales of the ghosts of Devizes; if I covered them all now, you would be reading...
by eheard | May 25, 2021 | folklore, ghost, hauntings, paranormal, superstitions, Uncategorized, wiltshire
Why is a strange mummified hand under lock and key in an old bread oven in The Haunch of Venison Salisbury pub? I found out! And it wasn’t just a shrivelled hand that made this very old inn a curious place to visit… Originally the building was used to house...
by eheard | May 3, 2021 | ghost, hauntings, paranormal, superstitions, wiltshire
This is a personal tale about a farm cottage, called Spring Cottage, in Chilmark, Wiltshire that I rented with my boyfriend. It was a quaint little two-bedroom cottage with small windows and thick stone walls, dated 1876. We were looking to move out of Salisbury into...
