Folklore of England

205 legends, ghosts and folklore entries rooted in England.

Sacred SitesAlderley EdgeCheshire DeitiesAndrasteEast Anglia GiantsAscapartSouthampton, Hampshire, England Aquatic LegendsAsraiEngland Sacred SitesAvalonSomerset Sacred SitesAveburyWiltshire BeastsAwd GoggieYorkshire Legendary FiguresBampfylde Moore CarewBickleigh, Devon BeastsBarghestYorkshire BeastsBeast of BodminCornwall BeastsBeast of DeanForest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England Legendary FiguresBeowulfAnglo-Saxon England Legendary FiguresBevis of HamptonSouthampton, Hampshire, England DragonsBisterne DragonHampshire BeastsBlack AnnisLeicestershire GhostsBlack Lady of Bradley WoodsLincolnshire BeastsBlack ShuckNorfolk GhostsBlack Vaughan of Hergest CourtKington, Herefordshire, England PiratesBlackbeardBristol DragonsBlue Ben of KilveSomerset Fae & SpiritsBluecapNorthumberland Fae & SpiritsBoggart of Boggart Hole CloughManchester Fae & SpiritsBoggartsYorkshire & Lancashire Aquatic LegendsBomere FishShropshire Sacred SitesBossiney CastleCornwall Legendary FiguresBoudiccaNorfolk GiantsBran the BlessedLondon Sacred SitesBrother Simon of SwinesheadSwineshead, Lincolnshire, England GhostsBrown Lady of Raynham HallNorfolk Fae & SpiritsBrown Man of the MuirsNorthumberland Fae & SpiritsBuccaCornwall WitchesByard's LeapCranwell, Lincolnshire, England Sacred SitesCaer BranCornwall Sacred SitesCamelotSomerset WitchesCanewdonEssex Sacred SitesCastle Downs, CornwallCornwall GiantsCerne Abbas GiantDorset Sacred SitesChalice WellSomerset Sacred SitesChanctonbury RingWest Sussex Sacred SitesCheesewringCornwall Sacred SitesCheetham CloseLancashire GhostsChurch GrimEngland & Scandinavia Sacred SitesChûn QuoitCornwall GhostsCock Lane ghostNorfolk Legendary FiguresCorineusCornwall DeitiesCoventinaNorthumberland Sacred SitesCraddock Moor stone circleCornwall GhostsDando's DogsCornwall GhostsDead Men of Burton-on-TrentStaffordshire Sacred SitesDevil's ArrowsNorth Yorkshire Sacred SitesDevil's DykeSussex Legendary FiguresDick TurpinYorkshire Sacred SitesDing Dong minesCornwall Aquatic LegendsDoom BarCornwall Sacred SitesDorset OoserMelbury Osmond, Dorset Aquatic LegendsDozmary PoolCornwall Sacred SitesDragon Hill, UffingtonOxfordshire DragonsDragon of DeerhurstDeerhurst, Gloucestershire, England DragonsDragon of MordifordHerefordshire DragonsDragon of St Leonard's ForestSussex DragonsDragon of WantleySouth Yorkshire Fae & SpiritsDuergarNorthumberland BeastsDun Cow of Dunsmore HeathDunsmore Heath, Warwickshire, England Fae & SpiritsDunnieNorthumberland Legendary FiguresDunstan and the DevilSomerset DeitiesElder MotherEast Midlands GhostsEnfield PoltergeistLondon GhostsEpworth PoltergeistEpworth, Lincolnshire, England DragonsFiley DragonNorth Yorkshire Sacred SitesFolkestone White HorseKent PiratesFrancis DrakeBuckland Abbey, Devon GiantsGiant of the WrekinThe Wrekin, Shropshire, England Sacred SitesGlastonbury Holy ThornSomerset Sacred SitesGlastonbury TorSomerset GiantsGog and MagogLondon GiantsGogmagogCornwall Fae & SpiritsGooseberry WifeIsle of Wight Fae & SpiritsGreen Children of WoolpitSuffolk Sacred SitesGrubstonesYorkshire DragonsGurt WormSomerset Legendary FiguresGuy of WarwickWarwick and Guy's Cliffe, Warwickshire, England DragonsHagg WormNorth Yorkshire Moors BeastsHartlepool MonkeyHartlepool, County Durham Legendary FiguresHavelok the DaneGrimsby, Lincolnshire, England Sacred SitesHaxey HoodHaxey, North Lincolnshire, England GhostsHeadless Horseman of the Staffordshire MoorsStaffordshire PiratesHenry EveryNewton Ferrers, Devon Legendary FiguresHereward the WakeCambridgeshire GhostsHerne the HunterBerkshire GhostsHexham HeadsNorthumberland Fae & SpiritsHob Hole, Runswick BayRunswick Bay, North Yorkshire Sacred SitesHobby Horse of PadstowCornwall Fae & SpiritsHyter SpriteEast Anglia Legendary FiguresIvar the BonelessDerbyshire PiratesJack WardFaversham, Kent GhostsJan TregeagleCornwall Aquatic LegendsJenny GreenteethLancashire Sacred SitesJingling Geordie's HoleTynemouth Sacred SitesJulian's BowerLincolnshire Legendary FiguresKing ArthurSomerset Fae & SpiritsKnockerCornwall DragonsKnucker of LyminsterWest Sussex GhostsLady Howard of OkehamptonOkehampton, Devon, England DragonsLaidly Worm of Spindleston HeughNorthumberland DragonsLambton WormCounty Durham WitchesLancashire Witches WalkLancashire GhostsLantern ManNorfolk Fae & SpiritsLincoln ImpLincolnshire GiantsLong Man of WilmingtonSussex Sacred SitesLong Meg and Her DaughtersCumbria DragonsLongwitton DragonNorthumberland Sacred SitesLyonesseScilly Isles Sacred SitesMartin MereLancashire PiratesMary ReadLondon, England WitchesMatthew HopkinsEssex WitchesMeg SheltonWoodplumpton, Lancashire Sacred SitesMerlin's CaveCornwall Aquatic LegendsMermaid of MardenMarden, Herefordshire, England Aquatic LegendsMersey MermaidMerseyside GhostsMetheringham LassRAF Metheringham Fae & SpiritsMorgan le FayTintagel, Cornwall Aquatic LegendsMorgawrrCornwall WitchesMother LudlamSurrey Sacred SitesMousehold Heath (Heviskey Tan)Norwich, Norfolk Sacred SitesMuseum of Witchcraft and MagicCornwall Sacred SitesMên ScryfaCornwall Sacred SitesMên-an-TolCornwall Aquatic LegendsNanny RuttLincolnshire Sacred SitesNine Maidens Stone RowCornwall DeitiesNodensGloucestershire GhostsOld CockernDartmoor, Devon Sacred SitesOsmington White HorseDorset Sacred SitesOur Lady of WalsinghamNorfolk BeastsOwlman of MawnanCornwall BeastsPadfootYorkshire WitchesPendle WitchesLancashire Sacred SitesPenhale SandsCornwall GiantsPenhill GiantNorth Yorkshire GhostsPhantom Battle of EdgehillEdgehill, Warwickshire GhostsPhantom Hare of Bolingbroke CastleOld Bolingbroke, Lincolnshire, England Fae & SpiritsPiskieCornwall & Devon Fae & SpiritsPixieCornwall & Devon Sacred SitesPorlock Stone CircleSomerset Fae & SpiritsPuckEast Sussex Legendary FiguresRagnar LothbrokYorkshire Sacred SitesRed Horse of TysoeSouth Warwickshire BeastsRenwick CockatriceCumbria Fae & SpiritsRobin GoodfellowEngland Legendary FiguresRobin HoodNottinghamshire Sacred SitesRollright Stones curseOxfordshire Sacred SitesRudston MonolithEast Yorkshire GhostsSarah WhiteheadLondon GhostsScreaming Skull of BettiscombeBettiscombe, Dorset, England BeastsShug MonkeyCambridgeshire Fae & SpiritsSimonside DwarfsNorthumberland Legendary FiguresSir BedivereSomerset Legendary FiguresSir GalahadSomerset Legendary FiguresSir TristanCornwall DragonsSockburn WormCounty Durham GhostsSpectre of Newby ChurchYorkshire Fae & SpiritsSprigganCornwall GhostsSpring-Heeled JackLondon Legendary FiguresSt Guthlac of CrowlandCrowland, Lincolnshire, England Legendary FiguresSt Swithin's DayWinchester Cathedral, Hampshire Sacred SitesStanton Drew Stone CirclesSomerset Sacred SitesStonehengeWiltshire BeastsStratford LionWarwickshire DeitiesSulisBath, Somerset Sacred SitesSutton HooSuffolk DeitiesTaranisNorthern England Aquatic LegendsThanet Sea MonsterKent GhostsThe Black Dog of NewgateLondon GhostsThe Cauld Lad of HyltonSunderland Fae & SpiritsThe Green ManGloucestershire Aquatic LegendsThe LoeCornwall Sacred SitesThe Merry MaidensCornwall Sacred SitesThe PipersCornwall GhostsThe Ratman of SouthendEssex Sacred SitesThe TowansCornwall GhostsThe Wild HuntNorth Yorkshire DeitiesThunorAnglo-Saxon England Fae & SpiritsTiddy MunLincolnshire Sacred SitesTintagelCornwall Sacred SitesTintagel CastleCornwall Legendary FiguresTom HickathriftMarshland, Cambridgeshire and Norfolk, England Sacred SitesTowednackCornwall Sacred SitesTwelve Apostles, West YorkshireYorkshire Sacred SitesUffington White HorseOxfordshire GhostsWarrior of the Gog Magog HillsCambridgeshire Sacred SitesWatlington White MarkOxfordshire Legendary FiguresWayland the SmithOxfordshire Sacred SitesWayland's SmithyOxfordshire Sacred SitesWhiteleaf CrossBuckinghamshire GhostsWightsNorthern England Legendary FiguresWild EdricClun Forest and Stiperstones, Shropshire, England Fae & SpiritsWill-o'-the-WispThe Fens, Cambridgeshire Sacred SitesWiltshire MoonrakersWiltshire Sacred SitesWinchester Round TableWinchester Great Hall, Hampshire BeastsWisht HoundsDartmoor, Devon WitchesWitch-hare of DartmoorDartmoor, Devon WitchesWitches of BelvoirBelvoir, Leicestershire, England Sacred SitesWithypool Stone CircleSomerset DeitiesWodenAnglo-Saxon England Fae & SpiritsYallery BrownLincolnshire Sacred SitesZennorCornwall
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