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Episode 37. Silky and her sisters: the Silkies of the North
Welcome to Episode 37 of the Within the Boggart Wood podcast. We open with a listener story by Melanie who tells us of her ghostly experiences at Trewhitt Road in Heaton, Newcastle. Then I move on to an in-depth look at the ‘Silky’ phenomenon in the north, with an amble by Black Heaton, Denton Hall, Houndwood Hall and a few others. The episode closes with an article from the Gloucester Journal, 1730. Note that this article is a little graphic (murder detail) so discretion may be advised…
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Links and sources
- 1843, Tithe apportionment of East Denton and Sugley (township in the parish of Newburn). National Archives IR 29/25/145
- 1939 Register, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne (County District)
- Briggs, K. M. (1957). The English Fairies. Folklore, 68(1), 270–287.
- Briggs, K. M. (1961). Some Late Accounts of the Fairies. Folklore, 72(3), 509–519.
- Census records, 1881-1911
- Dodds, M.H. (1930) History of Northumberland vol. XIII 1930 pp. 185-200;
- Gloucester Journal, Tuesday 07 July 1730;
- Henderson, W. (1879) Notes on the folk-lore of the northern counties of England and the borders. London: W. Satchell, Peyton and Co.
- Histon, Vanessa (2000), Nightmare on Grey Street: Newcastle’s Darker Side, Newcastle upon Tyne: Tyne Bridge Publishing.
- Krappe, A.H. (1943) Spirit-sighted Animals. Folklore, 54(4), 391–401.
- Richardson, M.A. (1846), The Borderer’s table book; or, Gatherings of the local history and romance of the English and Scottish Border, Vol. VII, London: Henry G. Bohn.
- Robertson, J. (1996) Scottish Ghost Stories
- Scott, W. (1887) The Monthly Chronicle of North-Country Lore and Legend
- Southwick, M. (2014), ‘Denton Hall (NZ198657)’, North-East History Tour
- Tomlinson, W.W. (1893) Denton Hall and its Associations
- “The Silky Ghost is now laid”, Newcastle Journal – Thursday 06 February 1964
- https://co-curate.ncl.ac.uk/denton-hall/
- https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1338212
- , http://northeasthistorytour.blogspot.com/2014/03/denton-hall-nz198657.html.
- https://www.paranormaldatabase.com/northumberland/nhumdata.php?pageNum_paradata=1
- https://www.tartans.com/articles/ghost-child.html
- https://www.icysedgwick.com/northumberland-silky/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Heddon
- https://pantheon.org/articles/s/silky.html
Keywords
GHOST BOGGART BROWNIE SILKY SILKIE SILKEY BLACK HEDDON BELSAY DENTON HALL HOUNDWOOD HALL MURDER HORSES CONTROL
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