Haunted Hertford

Author : Ruth Stratton
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2012-05-30
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780752487038

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Haunted Hertford by Ruth Stratton Pdf

This fascinating book, enriched by archive photographs from private collections, contains a terrifying assortment of true-life tales from Hertford and its surrounding villages. Featuring stories of unexplained phenomena, phantoms and poltergeists – including a blood-soaked policewoman seen in a mirror, the numerous ghosts of Haileybury College, and spectral Cromwellian soldiers – discover what lurks in the shadows of this historically rich county town. Drawing on historical and contemporary sources, and accounts which have never before been published, Haunted Hertford is sure to enthral everyone interested in the supernatural history of the area.

Author : Jenni Kemp
Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781528954488

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Ghost Tours of Hertfordshire and Essex by Jenni Kemp Pdf

Ghosts are ubiquitous! This guide has 62 tours, which incorporate over 280 towns and villages, and more than 800 sites. Directions are given in each tour to enable the investigator to find the sites. Map references have been included using Ordnance Survey Maps, together with the map numbers, to enable the investigator to find the haunted sites. The purpose of the guide is to enable the enthusiast to seek and observe. There are notes of interest and history notes as the counties are awash with fascinating stories and legends. So decide which tour you are going to tackle first. You may wish to meet the phantom army at Thundridge Church ruins, the screaming woman in Water Lane, Bishop’s Stortford, the Witchfinder General, Mathew Hopkins at Manningtree, or maybe the ghostly monks carrying a coffin at Belchamp Walter.

Author : Elizabeth Zeman Kolkovich
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2016-07-04
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781107134256

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The Elizabethan Country House Entertainment by Elizabeth Zeman Kolkovich Pdf

This book analyses how country house entertainments facilitated political negotiations, rethought gender roles, and crafted identities.

Author : Graham R. Irwin
Publisher : CityScape Books
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2004-10
Category : Brickendon Region (England)
ISBN : 9780953333196

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What a Liberty! by Graham R. Irwin Pdf

A history of the parish of Brickendon Liberty, Hertfordshire, including the village of Brickendon and the hamlet of Wormley West End. Illustrated with over 26 photographs.

Author : Jennifer Westwood
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-31
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780141959535

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Haunted England by Jennifer Westwood Pdf

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 Beware the black dog of Shap Fell: a sighting warns of fatal accidents 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' ...

Author : Ruth Stratton
Publisher : Book Castle Publishing
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Ghosts
ISBN : 1903747716

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Haunted Hertfordshire Ghostly Gazetteer by Ruth Stratton Pdf

Author : Walter Thornbury
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1880
Category : London (England)
ISBN : STANFORD:36105048767946

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Haunted London by Walter Thornbury Pdf

Author : Herbert W. Tompkins
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2022-09-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547234777

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Hertfordshire by Herbert W. Tompkins Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Hertfordshire" by Herbert W. Tompkins. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : Nicholas Connell,Ruth Stratton
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2003-11-13
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9780750952859

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Hertfordshire Murders by Nicholas Connell,Ruth Stratton Pdf

In spite of its small size and rural character Hertfordshire has been the location for some of the most infamous and fiendish murders in the history of England. Spanning four centuries, Hertfordshire Murders contains accounts of many of these crimes. Famous cases are re-examined with the help of previously unused archive material and several other major cases are included in a book for the first time.Among the stories are the murder of a reputed witch by an angry village mod and the tale of John Thurtell who short the regency buck William Weare over gambling debts. His execution attracted a crowd of 15,000. Also featured are the accounts of the last man and woman to be executed in Hertfordshire.Supported by dozens of contemporary illustrations, Hertfordshire Murders reveals that behind the county's scenic countryside and rural charm lurks a murky criminal heritage.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1880
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590482203

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A guide to Hertfordshire, by an old inhabitant by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Occultism
ISBN : IND:30000070088871

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The Paranormal Review by Anonim Pdf

Author : Watford Natural History Society and Hertfordshire Field Club
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 762 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1878
Category : Natural history
ISBN : UCAL:B3057983

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Transactions of the Watford Natural History Society and Hertfordshire Field Club by Watford Natural History Society and Hertfordshire Field Club Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 746 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1915
Category : Electronic
ISBN : MINN:31951D00567408P

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Transactions of the Hertfordshire Natural History Society and Field Club by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1880
Category : Natural history
ISBN : NYPL:33433007842002

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Transactions of the Watford Natural History Society and Hertfordshire Field Club by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 642 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1790
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : CHI:25139564

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The Gentleman's Magazine by Anonim Pdf