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LichfieldLore

@lichfieldlore.bsky.social
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Lover of curiosities, legends & languages. Searching for stories in Staffordshire & beyond. The weird one from @lichdiscovered. Website: lichfieldlore.co.uk

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LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 6h
I actually had a couple of weird Warwick castle experiences. My brother took me on a ghost hunt there for my birthday!
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LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
My new Lichfield Lore post about three Saxon kings and a queen who slayed...maybe. Read here >> lichfieldlore.co.uk/2026/09/27/m...
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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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LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Thank you ☺️
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LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Thank you. I just really like sharing stories so it’s lovely to have people to share them with!
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LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Thank you! It started out as a ‘if I find this interesting then someone else might’ project and it seems that others do!
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LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It 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.uk
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Lichfield Lore
Exploring time and place.
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LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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.
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LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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...
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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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LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Oh this is exactly the sort of story I love!
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LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Ahhh I didn’t realise there were Bagots at Levens Hall!
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LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
There 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
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LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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…
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LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Imagine! Oh that has proper made me chuckle
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LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Hahaha. Someone replied elsewhere ‘don’t Rev it too much’ 😁
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LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
In other news, we’ve just bought a second hand car from a priest.
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LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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?
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LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
New Lichfield Lore post on the blog. Read here lichfieldlore.co.uk/2026/09/13/t... ☠️
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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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LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I’m so glad the latest artwork in Lichfield depicts two Georgian gents. We definitely don’t do enough to celebrate that demographic here.
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LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
It’s a great idea except for one thing. The artistic vicar died in 1868.
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LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Also that’s suppposed to be a black tiger but is clearly a hell hound they’re trying to cover up
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LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
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
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LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I absolutely did! Love an old pub. Looking forward to the history of Camp Field
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LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
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
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LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
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...
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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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LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I love that you can still see the ghost sign! And turns out I didn’t actually know what a haycock was!
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LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Awesome I shall have a read on this six hour journey I’m on!
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LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
And we aren’t done yet! ⚡️
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LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
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.
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LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I was thinking about doing a walk today and found this on Googlemaps which I’m taking as a sign I should definitely go 💚
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LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Yes 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?
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LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Excellent! 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!
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LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Thanks for checking though as I have had stuff lifted without credit by others on there!
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LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Yes the blog is me and then I’m part of Lichfield Discovered so I shared a slightly amended version of it there too
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LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
A post about the boo-tiful game to kick off the new season lichfieldlore.co.uk/2026/08/23/t...
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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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LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
When you wait for years to see a ghost in Lichfield and then three come along at once
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LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
The sun must have been hitting the south door of Lichfield Cathedral just right as I saw another Marian mark today
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LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
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.
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LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
#spookysunday
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LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
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...
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LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
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...
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LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
That’s outstanding
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LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Forgot to say, I walked past an electrician’s van in Lyme Regis and the business name was ‘Jurassic Spark’.
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LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Eventually, 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?
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LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
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.
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LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Yes he had the blog and was quite active on Twitter but runs a community fb group now!
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LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
I do not count the hours unless they are bright
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LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Bless 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.
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LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Yes! But only visible from the knees up as the road level was different. Absolute classic!
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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…
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LichfieldLore @lichfieldlore.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Thank you for looking!
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