Haunted Places of Derbyshire

Ghost stories are hard to resist. Tales of the supernatural and unexplained have been passed down from one generation to the next from time immemorial, in every corner of every land. In this book you'll find a collection of the very best Derbyshire ghost stories.

Derbyshire's tales of the supernatural are many and varied. They include the tragedy of two young lovers murdered at Winnats Pass while eloping; the ghost of Nanny Pearce who sits quietly in the library at Calke Abbey; the tragic bride killed on her wedding day in Ashbourne; George Stephenson, the Railway King, who haunts his former home at Chesterfield; and the bearded phantom who appeared in a photograph taken at the St John's Ambulance office in Dronfield.

Other stories tell of the communal grave at Hayfield, near Chapel-en-le-Frith, which suddenly opened to allow hundreds of unclad bodies to emerge; a cursed oak tree in Shardlow believed to conceal the remains of a witch; the phantom cyclist heard speeding around the lanes of Eyam; a ghost who sorts through second-hand baby clothing at a WRVS depot in Alfreton; and Derbyshire's only surviving gibbet at Baslow, where blood-curdling screams have been heard.

A5 (softcover) 96 pages

Author: Jill Armitage

ISBN 9781853069475