Always had a burning desire to have a go at blacksmithing and finally did today. An absolute cracker of a morning with Blacksmith Genesis up in Longton.
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Lover of curiosities, legends & languages. Searching for stories in Staffordshire & beyond. The weird one from @lichdiscovered. Website: lichfieldlore.co.uk
A house of brick built which may have been built over the base of a medieval tower in Lichfield’s Cathedral Close
My new Lichfield Lore post about three Saxon kings and a queen who slayed...maybe. Read here >> lichfieldlore.co.uk/2026/09/27/m...
Mercian Murders
There are fields full of Cavaliers and Roundheads, still fighting over the fate of England. Roman soldiers marching along the roads they built. Tragic Tudor queens, often minus their heads. And you…
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I had a conversation with a friend last week about why we are rubbish at celebrating what we are good at. It was a timely chat as my Lichfield Lore blog has just tipped over into 100,000 all time visitors with 50,000 this year alone.
It’s Halloween night 1933. Let’s go ghost hunting to a house on the outskirts of Stafford where a former resident is making her presence known. lichfieldlore.co.uk/2026/09/20/t...
The Seance in Stafford
In the autumn of 1933, ghost hunter Elliott O’Donnell wrote to the Rector of Stafford asking if he could be connected to any houses in or near the county town where paranormal activity had be…
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Read that everytime one of the Bagot goats died at Blithfield, the estate employees were instructed to cut off its head and send it up to the hall before burying the body in the grounds. None of the employees knew what happened to the heads. Just deciding whether I want to find out or not…
In other news, we’ve just bought a second hand car from a priest.
There are several stones around land that once belonged to the Worthington family of Maple Hayes. Most mark the planting of a woodland but are mistaken for gravestones. This one however, found by our local farmer, does actually appear to commemorate a death. Who, or most likely, what was Cecil?
New Lichfield Lore post on the blog. Read here lichfieldlore.co.uk/2026/09/13/t... ☠️
The Unburial at Burntwood
In April 1856, William Palmer was languishing in prison awaiting trial for the murder of his best friend John Cook at the Talbot Arms. There was also a strong suspicion he had poisoned several memb…
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I’m so glad the latest artwork in Lichfield depicts two Georgian gents. We definitely don’t do enough to celebrate that demographic here.
The Dyott crest & chapel at St Mary’s where generations of the famous Lichfield family lie. The death of a Dyott was marked by a torchlit procession accompanied by servants from their Freeford estate. No family members were present for fear of being the next to follow to the grave. #spookysunday
Just trying to work out a schedule for a day that involves contact lenses, cake, an artistic vicar, horses and a picnic in the park
As we are on the cusp of September, here’s an account of the haunting of an unnamed rectory in Staffordshire in which that month features significantly lichfieldlore.co.uk/2023/10/29/t...
The Haunting
To the best of my knowledge, the following is based on a true account of unexplained events at rectory in Staffordshire in the 1930s, as recorded by Harry Price in his book ‘Poltergeist over …
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I’ve visited Farewell for many years but today was the first time I noticed this cross carved into the 14th chancel. Until 1527 a priory of nuns lived here alongside a spring, around three miles to the north of Lichfield.
I was thinking about doing a walk today and found this on Googlemaps which I’m taking as a sign I should definitely go 💚
A post about the boo-tiful game to kick off the new season lichfieldlore.co.uk/2026/08/23/t...
The Phantom Fan of Bescot Stadium
With the new season kicking off this weekend it seems somewhat synchronous to have found a story of a spectre wandering around the stands of Walsall FC. Back in 1996, staff at the Bescot Stadium re…
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When you wait for years to see a ghost in Lichfield and then three come along at once
The sun must have been hitting the south door of Lichfield Cathedral just right as I saw another Marian mark today
My friend is on holiday in Dorset and just sent me a photo of a place called ‘Hangman’s Cottage’. She knows me so well.
Now there’s a hint of autumn in the air, are you brave enough to explore the remains of Bellamour Hall with me? lichfieldlore.co.uk/2026/08/22/t...
Now there’s a hint of autumn in the air, are you brave enough to explore the remains of Bellamour Hall with me? lichfieldlore.co.uk/2026/08/22/t...
Forgot to say, I walked past an electrician’s van in Lyme Regis and the business name was ‘Jurassic Spark’.
On New Years Day 1915, HMS Formidable was struck by a torpedo. The dead were laid out in the cellar of the Pilot Boat Inn & the landlord’s dog came & sat by one of the bodies, licking its face.
Wrote a blog post about Muckley Corner and how it might have got that strange name. It’s a place that’s been driving me crazy for a loooong time. Link here lichfieldlore.co.uk/2026/07/28/m...
Well I was going to go and sit by the brook but this bunch of local youths beat me to it
A track in a field that takes you back in time to the Roman Empire. This is a part of Watling Street, just outside the settlement of Letocetum, and and somewhere along this short stretch was the junction with Ryknield Street.
Last week a friend and I spotted this sort of statue in an otherwise empty shop. Today, it’s broken free and heading out the door. Luckily, it’s not looking at me.
