Episode 05. The Ghosts of Lanchester
… and the Hedley Kow
Episode 5 contains an update on the Within the Boggart Wood project, then stories on three ghosts in Lanchester, County Durham, the 19th century tale of the Hedley Kow (a mischievous goblin, bogle or demon depending on your viewpoint) and then finally a listener story detailing a potential UFO encounter near Hexham in the 1970s.
Sources and info
Batten J. and Jacobs J. (1894) More English Fairy Tales
William Brockie, W. (1886) Legends and Superstitions of the County of Durham
Briggs, K. (1979) Abbey Lubbers, Banshees & Boggarts: a who’s who of Fairies
Henderson, W. (1879) Notes on the Folk-Lore of the Northern Counties of England and the Borders
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/More_English_Fairy_Tales/The_Hedley_Kow
http://lanchesterparishcouncil.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/MK-Heritage-Audit-gazetteer.pdf
KEYWORDS
lanchester poltergeist lanchester community centre roman ghost hedley kow goblin boggart bogie listener story ghost stories ufo hexham
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