by eheard | Sep 6, 2026 | history, history of Wiltshire, wiltshire
Anybody who liked my WW piece ‘An Alvediston Horror Story’ might be interested in this piece about Gallows Hill, Alvediston. Both accounts are about bodies left to rot. If you were squeamish about John Gawen’s body being dragged out of his tomb in the church by...
by eheard | Sep 6, 2026 | history, history of Wiltshire, wiltshire
When I left London to live in Wiltshire and settled in Tisbury, I got a map and drew a circle with a 13-mile radius from my bungalow and decided to explore each village inside the circle one by one. I gave each of them a ‘strangeness-rating’ based on whether anything...
by eheard | Aug 24, 2026 | avebury, history, history of Wiltshire, personal story, wiltshire
When I sat down to write this blog, it was simply going to be about the history of Windmill Hill – more informative than anything else. But these little trips I take, poking around the Wiltshire countryside, looking for ‘things’, well it’s as much about the people I...
by eheard | Aug 23, 2026 | Dorset, ghost, haunted houses, hauntings, personal story, Swindon, wiltshire
It’s now well into August, the dog days of summer, and smack bang in the middle of holiday season here in the UK. What could be a more fitting blog for you today, being created by me, sizzling away in The Shed at Weird Wiltshire HQ, than a story of a haunted holiday...
by eheard | Jul 5, 2026 | ghost, hauntings, personal story, Swindon, wiltshire
Today, I’d like to introduce you to a new member of the Weirdo crew, Tony! We’re privileged to be reading a personal story of his, never before shared outside of his close family and friends; one of a certain category of ghost; the recently deceased. It’s not unusual...
