Haunted England

The Penguin Book of Ghosts

Jennifer Westwood's books include Albion: A Guide to Legendary Britain (1985), Gothick Cornwall (1992), Lost Atlantis (1997) and On Pilgrimage (2003). She lives in rural Norfolk. Dr Jacqueline Simpson's books include Icelandic Folktales and Legends (1971, 2004), The Folklore of the Welsh Border (1976, 2004), British Dragons (1980, 2000), and, with Steve Roud, A Dictionary of English Folklore (2000). She lives in West Sussex.

Shiver at the story of the malevolent apparition of 50 Berkeley Square no one has survived seeing. 
 
Listen for the tapping cane, when Jeremy Bentham&rsquo;s mummified body walks through the corridors of University College. 
 
Watch out for the Roman centurion who still patrols the causeway linking Mersea Island to Essex. 
 
Shudder at the ghosts of kings and queens that keep returning to their old home at Windsor. 
 
Beware the black dog of Shap Fell: a sighting presages fatal accidents. 
 
England&rsquo;s history echoes with stories of unquiet spirits and hauntings, of headless highwaymen and grey ladies, of premonitions of death and indelible blood-stains. Here, county by county and place by place, Jennifer Westwood and Jacqueline Simpson gather together all the most interesting supernatural tales from The Lore of the Land. From a ghostly army marching across Cumbria to landlords&rsquo; appeals against rates (because no one will rent their haunted house), from the phantom hitchhiker of the Blackwall Tunnel to Francis Drake&rsquo;s drum summoning him when England is in danger, these fascinating and unforgettable stories are part of our legendary past &ndash; and present.

Jennifer  Westwood

An enjoyable amble across Britain's phantasmagorical map and a guide to a quirky part of our cultural heritage

It is the rich variety of ghosts that is really striking

Watch out for a ghostly ship and its spectral crew off the coast of Cornwall 
 
Listen for the unearthly tread and rustling silk dress of Darlington's Lady Jarratt 
 
Shiver at the malevolent apparition of 50 Berkeley Square that no-one survives seeing 
 
 
England's past echoes with stories of unquiet spirits and hauntings, of headless highwaymen and grey ladies, indelible bloodstains and ghastly premonitions. Here, county by county, are the nation's most fascinating supernatural tales and bone-chilling legends: from a ghostly army marching across Cumbria to the vanishing hitchhiker of Bluebell Hill, from the gruesome Man-Monkey of Shropshire to the phantom congregation who gather for a 'Sermon of the Dead' ...

Jennifer Westwood

Praise for Haunted England

Wonderfully chilling

An enjoyable amble across Britain's phantasmagorical map and a guide to a quirky part of our cultural heritage

It is the rich variety of ghosts that is really striking

Wonderfully chilling

An enjoyable amble across Britain's phantasmagorical map and a guide to a quirky part of our cultural heritage

It is the rich variety of ghosts that is really striking

Wonderfully chilling

An enjoyable amble across Britain's phantasmagorical map and a guide to a quirky part of our cultural heritage

It is the rich variety of ghosts that is really striking

Books by Jennifer Westwood

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