Eli Lewis-Lycett Folklore and History

The Salt Flashes, Northwich. Quite spooky on a winters morning. Even more spooky when you think about The Witch and Devil, a pub that disappeared into the waters due to subsidence one night in the early 1900s.

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One for Harry Potter fans! The new episode of Tales From Antiquaria has a tale where a house goblin is freed, having been presented with a suite of clothes. Elsewhere we have shapeshifters and giant dragon worms!

The Bishoprick Garland of Durham from 1834.

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Live talks this year...

Should you be local or fancy a night away in these mystical northern parts! Just pop me a message or hop onto the relevant website for more info a bit closer to the night in question.
#folkloreontour #staffordshiremoorlandswalkingfestival #northwichhistory #cheshirehistory

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The latest episode of Tales From Antiquaria is The History and Antiquities of the Parish of St Davids, from 1801! A real spectrum of Welsh history in this! available on all major podcast platforms and at talesfromantiquaria.com/episodes #WELSHFOLKLORE #STDAVIDS #TALESFROMANTIQUARIA

You my friend, are not wrong. And if Patience had been done by Embrace it would be there best tune.

Moulton Bank Bowl Barrow, Cheshire. Just up the road from me...I think there's a lot more to this barrow than first meets the eye. Commanding views, near an ancient drover route; its been ploughed to high heaven over the years but this would have been really, really substantial circa 2000 BC.

Little walk to Whitegate, Cheshire today. The church built for locals by Vale Royal Abbey.

It’s that time of year…Merry Christmas all!

You guys too xx

Merry Xmas! For 100s of years, Christmas was a time of revelry and chaos, where social norms were actively cast aside. Today, the paper crowns we wear for Xmas dinner remind us of a time when we could all embrace this 'misrule' - the servants being served by the 'upper classes'.

#christmasfolklore

“An unlucky old woman allowed her fire to go out on New Year's Eve, and had to wait till one on the following day before any neighbour would give her a light.” Xmas folklore from 1860s Lancashire in the latest Tales From Antiquaria: talesfromantiquaria.com/episodes #christmasfolklore

John Turner's memorial stone still fascinates me. The pack-horse jagger who, on Christmas Eve 1735, became lost in the snow, a mile from his home in Cheshire's peak borders, and was found next morning...a woman's shoe print pressed into the snow beside him. #johnturner #cheshirefolklore #thursbitch

Although once used as a plague stone, this wayside marker near Higher Sutton, Macclesfield, is a great example of the deliberate Christianisation of an ancient marker stone; remnants of a time when the incoming new faith was doing battle with the last light of Saxon paganism #Cheshire #standingstone

BBC FEATURE

Just to let those interested know, my BBC Upload Halloween feature is now available to listen to on The Local Mythstorian website! I've had a few messages since Halloween from folks who missed it, well, you can hear it here if you fancy a listen!

thelocalmythstorian.com/bbc

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Hi folks! Pt2 of the podcast on A Sheaf of Gleanings, the 19C Shropshire folklore collection is out today. There's witches turned to stone, goblin haunted manners, all sorts! You can listen on the link below and all major platforms. #talesfromantiquaria #folklore talesfromantiquaria.com/episodes

MYTHSTORIC JOURNEYS PAPERBACK! Should anyone fancy a cheeky mythstoric stocking filler, my collection Mythstoric Journeys is available via Amazon in the UK and US as a paperback for a limited time only!

Its £9.99 in the UK - link here - shorturl.at/0GQKd (also in US store too) #mythstoricjourneys

Gun Hill in the Staffordshire Moorlands today. The ancient packhorse routes, standing stones, and the sundial from St Matthews in Meerbrook as mentioned in episode 1 of Tales From Antiquaria...a real collection to be enjoyed across the moor. #staffordshiremoorlands #Gunhill #Meerbrook

Love these!!!!!

At Vale Royal Abbey today, I was reminded of how local lore has lingered here for 700 years. I gave a talk on it last year and an elderly lady came up to me at the end and asked if I ever walked in the woods where the abbot was murdered in the 1330s. There, she said, 'the birds never sing'.

Giants & Witchcraft! The latest episode of Tales From Antiquaria is 1/2 on 'A Sheaf of Gleanings' from 1883. Some of the tales in this offer real insight into the magical thinking of the Shropshire folks in centuries past! talesfromantiquaria.com/episodes
#folklorepodcast #shropshirefolklore

West Wales - one of my very favourite places; and Manorbier always blows me away. The landscape around the bay, the castle and St James the Great (with its medieval ceiling paintings) is just something else. If you ever get chance to go, dive into it headfirst! An absolute trove of history and lore!

Thanks! Davenham in Cheshire.

The natural wonder of countryside where I live always inspires my thoughts to folklore and history, and every season it points me in a different direction. It’s a magical place, it really is. #valeroyal #cheshire #davenham #moulton

The latest episode of Tales From Antiquaria takes us to Derbyshire and William Andrews' 1892 collection 'Bygone Derbyshire'. Some real gems in this concerning Sir George Vernon not to mention all manner of local lore!

#derbyshirefolklore #bygonederbyshire #derbyshirehistory

Very eerie up there isn't it? Like constantly! Never feel like you're alone in that landscape.

Few pics from Jenkin Chapel and Erwin Lane this morning - still one of the most enthralling mysteries of local history in the peak borders of Cheshire for me. Wrote a piece on it a few years ago: thelocalmythstorian.com/death-of-the...

#johnturner #jagger #jenkinchapel

Happy Halloween Guys! The latest episode of Tales From Antiquaria is out today, featuring the 1890 collection 'Cornish Feasts and Folklore'. There's sea-spirits, sand-claimed churches and a whole swathe of spooky Cornish ghost-lore! On all providers and at talesfromantiquaria.com/episodes #folklore

Really happy to let folks know I’m being featured on the BBC across the next few days!

6PM Tonight BBC Hereford & Worcester
6PM Tonight BBC Shropshire
6PM Saturday BBC Stoke
6PM Saturday BBC West Midlands
6PM Saturday BBC Coventry & Warwickshire

#BBCRADIO #FOLKLORE #BBCSOUNDS

The headless horseman of the moors was featured in Ep 1 of Tales From Antiquaria - this image was sent to me a while back; locals out 'hunting' the horseman back in May 1933!

If you've not heard it yet, it's on all platforms and the website too: talesfromantiquaria.com

Ep 2 out on Friday!

Doesn’t it just! I think it probably is. Probably an English Heritage hoody at that!