After seeing a picture that Dark Antiques had for sale of Daniel Lambert (1770-1809), who was renowned as the HEAVIEST MAN in England, I had to pay his grave a visit as it wasnt to far from myself. Daniel was born in Leicester and took over from his father as keeper of Leicester’s Bridewell prison, a prison for minor offenders. Daniel during this time put on more and more weight due to being less active sat by a jail door all day. In 1806, a strange advertisement appeared in a London newspaper. It described the “greatest Curiosity in the World,” a Mr. Daniel Lambert, who weighed 50 stone (700 ..read more

This bank holiday, I set out to find a spot to do some well needed grounding – I found my place at Janet’s Foss Well. I personally always take comfort in places associated with fae and strangely enough, any intentions I tend to send out always seem to be received in such places… THE LEGEND Janet’s Foss is a small but wonderful waterfall and pool near Gordale Scar in Malhamdale in the Yorkshire Dales, nestled in a magical wood along the footpath from Malham Village toward Gordale Scar. Gordale Scar is worth a walk too if your visiting the waterfall. Gave me Icelandic vibes… The ..read more

Wycoller Hall was a late 16th-century Manor House in the village of Wycoller. The hall was the centre of a sizeable estate, but subsequently fell into disrepair – the ruins are now Grade II listed and form part of Wycoller Country Park. Wycoller is well-known for its three ancient bridges, including this incredible 800-year-old packhorse bridge. Packhorse BridgePackhorse BridgePackhorse BridgeClam Bridge Possibly more than 1000 years old, the bridge is listed as an Ancient Monument. It is a simple bridge, just a single slab laid across the beck. It may also have once had a handrail.Clapper Br ..read more

Yesterday, I went to visit a place in Rochdale that I thought you lovely readers would like – The Fairies Chapel.  Not many places exist in which you can lose yourself in its surroundings, but this place is truly mystical and very much worth a visit if you want to let your imagination run while for a few hours… A perfect escape from reality… Within a narrow gorge known as “The Thrutch” within Healey Dell nature reserve and now overshadowed by the viaduct hides a pool and waterfall, before the flood of 1838 which destroyed it, it also contained a cavern in the rock which had a pulpit whic ..read more

When we think of Staffordshire and witches – the Most common and Legendary witch associated to that part of the UK is Molly Leigh, however in later years another witch gained popularity around Staffordshire and the UK and her name was Sybil Leek. Sybil claimed to be a descendent of Molly and, just like Molly, took to keeping a crow named Mr Hotfoot. Jackson, who never left her shoulder. Unlike Molly, who was treated unfairly, feared, and unliked 2 centuries earlier, Sybil was celebrated and had a successful career from her own witchcraft.  SYBILS JOURNEY Sybil was born in 1922 in Normaco ..read more

Located in Lawnswood Cemetery in Leeds is a Grade II listed monument dedicated to the Late Ethel Preston. Her grave is like no other seen, with a life-size made of white Italian marble statue which resembles just how Ethel would have looked. The statue represents her height, clothes, and even her expression as she waits by a slightly ajar door. Her husband Walter Preston paid a lot of money for her statue and exact replica of their door to be erected in Lawnswood cemetery. Ethel was only 50 years old when she passed in 1911, and her husband wanted her to have the very best. However, suspicions ..read more

Written by Charlene Lowe Kemp As a teenager growing up in Nottingham, it was quite the tradition to drive up to Newstead Abbey, when it was open at night, on a Friday or Saturday Night and scare the hell out of each other with our ghost tales of the place. I remember at 17 years old traveling up Nottingham Road, close to the Abbey, and a friend of mine telling me the tale of the young girl appearing out of nowhere in front of the car or appearing In the rear-view mirror as a back passenger as you passed. I remember sitting in the back of the car, looking through the rare viewing mirror, as w ..read more

The general area around what is now Nottingham was once known in the Brythonic language as “Tigguo Cobauc” meaning “The Place of Caves” and was referred to as such by the Bishop of Sherborne Asser in 893 AD in The Life of King Alfred. Cave dwellings extended out into Sneinton, wherein they were referred to as the “Hermitage”, being as they were occupied by members of a reclusive religious order. Very little remains of Sneinton Hertimage because in 1829 a rock collapse destroying these buildings, and in 1897 a railway expansion meant cutting away most of the rockface.  What little re ..read more

Few weeks ago, I went to visit the Black Mere Mermaid pool located in Staffordshire in the UK… Set on a craggy and barren southern edge of the Peak District, beside the Leek to Buxton road, it is said that the dark peat-stained waters of the pool are bottomless; cattle refuse to drink there and birds never fly above it. The Legend on the Mermaid on some sites compared to others does contradict itself to some degree. Some state that the pool is haunted by a mermaid which did seem to confuse a few who seen my reel on the location on my Facebook page. The Legend Well there is two, the first stat ..read more

Located on old North Road on the outskirts of Tuxford (the Old A1) stands a grade II listed monument which the engravement upon it reads- ‘HERE’ ‘LYETH A REBEL’ ‘1746’ The Rebels grave also known as The Rebels Stone is said to mark the burial place of a Scotsman who fell in the rebellion of 1745/46. Local legend says that a group of Jacobite Rebels were being transported South to face trial and possible execution in London. Just south of Tuxford one of these men attempted to escape. The man jumped from the back of the cart in which he was travelling, he hit the ground with such force he broke ..read more