top of page
Search


Stacia Briggs
Sep 26, 2023
The ghost of Gressenhall
Lights turning themselves off and on, objects being moved by unseen hands, a ‘cold’ presence – and a typed statement about the ghost of...


Stacia Briggs
Sep 25, 2023
The Witchcraft Bottle of Rouen Road
Beneath a building filled with stories, something extraordinary was discovered: a witch bottle buried centuries ago to ward off evil.


Stacia Briggs
Sep 24, 2023
1 Oct: The curious tale of a secret door
In February 1900, a curious tale was noted in Norfolk and Norwich Notes and Queries about Wiveton Hall in North Norfolk


Stacia Briggs
Sep 24, 2023
2 Oct: Memento Mori Monday
Memento Mori Monday: Samuel Emms, who died on January 15 1748 aged 50. Buried at All Saints Church in Swanton Morley.


Stacia Briggs
Sep 24, 2023
3 Oct: Mrs Bell's spell
In 1843, a Mrs Bell in Norwich was taken to court, accused of assault – her weapon, it was said, was a pin-pierced candle.


Stacia Briggs
Sep 24, 2023
4 Oct: The Devil at Swanton Morley
Whistle and he will come to you…the tower of All Saints at Swanton Morley can be seen for miles – even, it seems, from the depths of hell.


Stacia Briggs
Sep 24, 2023
5 Oct: The mysterious Southery stone
A thunderstorm on Halloween in 1642 led to the discovery of a hole in a village near Downham Market and the unearthing of a mysterious stone


Stacia Briggs
Sep 24, 2023
6 Oct: The fairy cow of South Lopham
South Lopham in Norfolk may not be able to boast a Fairy Godmother but it does lay claim to a Fairy Cow.


Stacia Briggs
Sep 24, 2023
7 Oct: Babes in Wayland Wood
Cruel fairytale Babes in the Wood is said to be based on a true story that happened near Watton in the 1500s.


Stacia Briggs
Sep 24, 2023
8 Oct: The Stockton Stone
Hidden in plain sight, the Stockton Stone has watched over its corner of Norfolk for centuries since it was left behind by a frozen tide.


Stacia Briggs
Sep 24, 2023
9 Oct: Memento Mori Monday
Memento Mori Monday: This fragment of a gravestone is kept at The Norwich Historic Churches Trust’s Visitor Centre at St Martin-at-Palace.


Stacia Briggs
Sep 24, 2023
10 Oct: Does the entrance to Narnia lie within a wardrobe at a Norfolk manor house…?
At Bessingham Manor, bedroom six is known as ‘the Narnia Room’.
bottom of page