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Illustrated Tales of Cheshire
About this book
The beautiful county of Cheshire is one of the most visited of English counties and also one of the oldest. However, beneath its rural idyll lies a county that is surprising and often shocking. In Illustrated Tales of Cheshire, author and historian David Paul brings us some of the county's strange and mythical tales, from its hills and lakes and rural landscape to its ancient and more modern towns, villages and cities. Stories featured in the text include the tale of King Richard II's hidden treasure at Beeston Castle, the tale of a white rabbit that was said to have inspired Lewis Carroll's character in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and the legend of the muzzled bear at Brereton Hall. These strange and spooky stories, and many more, are featured in this hugely entertaining book.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Introduction
- The Great Fire of Nantwich
- The Lady’s Shelf
- The Sandbach Crosses
- Cheshire Wakes
- The Plague in Cheshire
- The Boggart in Gower Hey Wood
- The Stalybridge Bread Riots
- The Haunted Farm at Godley
- The Wizard of the Edge
- ‘Souling’ in Cheshire
- Chester’s Eastgate Clock
- Murder at Knutsford
- The Pepper Gate Elopement
- The Muzzled Bear of Brereton
- Simnel Sunday
- Northwich Salt Mines
- The Postal Houses of Stockport
- The Legend of Beeston Castle
- The Murder of Mary Malpas
- The Superstitious Farmers of Cheshire
- Gentleman Edward Higgins
- The Cheshire Doctoress
- Easter Customs of Cheshire
- The Tragedy at Over Cotton Mill
- The Hoylake Lifeboat Disaster of 1906
- Whippings in Altrincham Market Place
- Luddites at Stalybridge
- The Old Woman of Delamere Forest
- The Winsford Waterman’s Strike
- The Headless Woman of Tarvin
- The Witches Trial of 1656
- Tales of Marbury
- Christmas Customs of Cheshire
- Vale Royal Abbey
- Select Bibliography
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author