LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 6hI actually had a couple of weird Warwick castle experiences. My brother took me on a ghost hunt there for my birthday! 110
LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 27/09/2026My new Lichfield Lore post about three Saxon kings and a queen who slayed...maybe. Read here >> lichfieldlore.co.uk/2026/09/27/m...lichfieldlore.co.ukMercian MurdersThere 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… 042
LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Thank you. I just really like sharing stories so it’s lovely to have people to share them with! 010
LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Thank you! It started out as a ‘if I find this interesting then someone else might’ project and it seems that others do! 110
LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 20/09/2026It takes me massively out of my comfort zone to say this, never mind shout about it, but I’m proud of what I’ve created. Thanks to anyone who has ever read, shared or commented on anything I’ve written. And if you haven’t, here’s the link >> lichfieldlore.co.uklichfieldlore.co.ukLichfield LoreExploring time and place. 070
LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I 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. 3161
LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 20/09/2026It’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...lichfieldlore.co.ukThe Seance in StaffordIn 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… 040
LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Oh this is exactly the sort of story I love! 130
LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Ahhh I didn’t realise there were Bagots at Levens Hall! 010
LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 20/09/2026There was a herd at Blithfield for centuries, allegedly gifted to the family by Richard II. There was a legend the fortunes of the Bagot family were intertwined with the fate of the herd. Some of the goats were sent elsewhere in the 1980s with 20 kept at Blithfield although there are none there now 020
LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Read 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… 3122
LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Hahaha. Someone replied elsewhere ‘don’t Rev it too much’ 😁 020
LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 19/09/2026In other news, we’ve just bought a second hand car from a priest. 320
LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 19/09/2026There 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? 031
LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 18/09/2026New Lichfield Lore post on the blog. Read here lichfieldlore.co.uk/2026/09/13/t... ☠️lichfieldlore.co.ukThe Unburial at BurntwoodIn 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… 020
LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I’m so glad the latest artwork in Lichfield depicts two Georgian gents. We definitely don’t do enough to celebrate that demographic here. 0101
LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 06/09/2026It’s a great idea except for one thing. The artistic vicar died in 1868. 110
LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Also that’s suppposed to be a black tiger but is clearly a hell hound they’re trying to cover up 091
LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 06/09/2026The 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 2318
LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I absolutely did! Love an old pub. Looking forward to the history of Camp Field 000
LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Just trying to work out a schedule for a day that involves contact lenses, cake, an artistic vicar, horses and a picnic in the park 150
LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 30/08/2026As 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...lichfieldlore.co.ukThe HauntingTo 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 … 021
LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 30/08/2026I love that you can still see the ghost sign! And turns out I didn’t actually know what a haycock was! 100
LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Awesome I shall have a read on this six hour journey I’m on! 000
LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I’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. 090
LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 24/08/2026I was thinking about doing a walk today and found this on Googlemaps which I’m taking as a sign I should definitely go 💚 090
LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Yes please. I love the area around there, I feel like it’s just bursting with stories. Actually I’ve got another question from over that way which you might know the answer to. How did Watford Gap get its name? 200
LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Excellent! It’s generated a lot of great discussion actually from the roundabout to pub landlords and I’ve even got a ghost story in there too which is always a bonus! 210
LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Thanks for checking though as I have had stuff lifted without credit by others on there! 010
LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Yes the blog is me and then I’m part of Lichfield Discovered so I shared a slightly amended version of it there too 200
LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 24/08/2026A post about the boo-tiful game to kick off the new season lichfieldlore.co.uk/2026/08/23/t...lichfieldlore.co.ukThe Phantom Fan of Bescot StadiumWith 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… 050
LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 23/08/2026When you wait for years to see a ghost in Lichfield and then three come along at once 160
LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 23/08/2026The sun must have been hitting the south door of Lichfield Cathedral just right as I saw another Marian mark today 160
LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 23/08/2026My friend is on holiday in Dorset and just sent me a photo of a place called ‘Hangman’s Cottage’. She knows me so well. 060
Reposted by LichfieldLoreLichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Now 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... 041
LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Now 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... 041
LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Forgot to say, I walked past an electrician’s van in Lyme Regis and the business name was ‘Jurassic Spark’. 2204
LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Eventually, Seaman WS Cowan regained consciousness & the cross-bred collie was given a silver collar & shield. The heroic hound’s name was Lassie so was this Dorset dog was the inspiration behind its famous Hollywood namesake? 061
LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 04/08/2026On 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. 181
LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Yes he had the blog and was quite active on Twitter but runs a community fb group now! 010
LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 02/08/2026I do not count the hours unless they are bright 0101
LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Bless you. It does help actually as some are still recorded even on the more recent maps when what’s on the ground has all but disappeared. 000
LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Yes! But only visible from the knees up as the road level was different. Absolute classic! 010
LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 29/07/2026@maps.sabre-roads.org.uk Thanks so much, this is brilliant. I will add a note to my post with this extra info. Now about that burial mound… 220