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Cheshire Ghost Stories
Shiver your way around the scariest places in Cheshire.
But only look if you dare!
Be frightened; be very frightened. These stories collected from around Cheshire will have you on the edge of your seat and you'll be way too scared to turn off the light at night.
A leading expert on the paranormal, Richard Holland, has gathered together some of his scariest stories from around Cheshire. So hold Richard's hand whilst he tells you some spine-chilling stories from around Cheshire. But only look if you dare!
Richard Holland has researched and written about British ghosts and folklore and the wider field of the supernatural for more than 20 years. He has also lectured and broadcast widely on these subjects, appearing as a guest or contributor to many TV and radio programmes.
But only look if you dare!
Be frightened; be very frightened. These stories collected from around Cheshire will have you on the edge of your seat and you'll be way too scared to turn off the light at night.
A leading expert on the paranormal, Richard Holland, has gathered together some of his scariest stories from around Cheshire. So hold Richard's hand whilst he tells you some spine-chilling stories from around Cheshire. But only look if you dare!
Richard Holland has researched and written about British ghosts and folklore and the wider field of the supernatural for more than 20 years. He has also lectured and broadcast widely on these subjects, appearing as a guest or contributor to many TV and radio programmes.
80 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2013
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June 14, 2013
A nice, neat little book - smaller in width than average books so easy to take with you if you're travelling anywhere and the size also makes it comfortable to hold.
The stories that are laid out in it are very good and well written and some have accompanying photographs and it covers sub-texts such as
*The City Of Chester :- "City Walls", "Off the Walls", "Eastgate Street", "Watergate Street", "Bridge Street and Pepper Street", "Lower Bridge Street, Castle Street and Shipgate Street", Northgate Street", "Elsewhere in the City", "Along the Canal" and "The Suburbs"
*The County Of Haunted Houses :- "Lyme Park", "Capesthorne Hall", "Little Moreton Hall", "Combermere Abbey", "Two Warrington Halls", "Tabley and Tatton Old Halls", "Two Lost Houses", "Churche's Mansion and Nantwich" and "The Ghosts of Gawsworth"
*Ghosts on the boards
*Ghosts on the roads
*Cheshire's Strangest Ghosts
*The Ghost that Wasn't
Personally as someone who hails from Cheshire I was disappointed that the author decided to leave out some areas of Cheshire (namely the area of Cheshire where I live) and I was even more disappointed that the majority of this book is about Chester only - which means the book is incorrectly titled - it should have been called "Chester Ghost Stories" and I actually felt a bit cheated as I'd bought it thinking that it would cover ALL areas of Cheshire.
In fairness to the author though, he DOES explain at the beginning that he won't be adding "modern areas such as Merseyside or Greater Manchester" as he thinks they'll be deserving of their own books, which makes me feel rather duped!
If you browse this book to buy in a shop, then you can see this warning and also the little map on the back cover that highlights Crewe, Cheshire, Congleton, Macclesfield, Northwich, Knutsford and Wilmslow - although this map is also misleading because these places are nothing to do with the book either!
Towards the end of the book, the author mentions Lyme Park but inexplicably neglects to mention the wonderful Bramall Hall (despite mentioning almost every other Tudor manor house in the region and Bramall having some interesting ghost stories of its own).
However if you buy this book online, you have no idea that this isn't about Chester only if you buy from Waterstones like I did.
The stories that are laid out in it are very good and well written and some have accompanying photographs and it covers sub-texts such as
*The City Of Chester :- "City Walls", "Off the Walls", "Eastgate Street", "Watergate Street", "Bridge Street and Pepper Street", "Lower Bridge Street, Castle Street and Shipgate Street", Northgate Street", "Elsewhere in the City", "Along the Canal" and "The Suburbs"
*The County Of Haunted Houses :- "Lyme Park", "Capesthorne Hall", "Little Moreton Hall", "Combermere Abbey", "Two Warrington Halls", "Tabley and Tatton Old Halls", "Two Lost Houses", "Churche's Mansion and Nantwich" and "The Ghosts of Gawsworth"
*Ghosts on the boards
*Ghosts on the roads
*Cheshire's Strangest Ghosts
*The Ghost that Wasn't
Personally as someone who hails from Cheshire I was disappointed that the author decided to leave out some areas of Cheshire (namely the area of Cheshire where I live) and I was even more disappointed that the majority of this book is about Chester only - which means the book is incorrectly titled - it should have been called "Chester Ghost Stories" and I actually felt a bit cheated as I'd bought it thinking that it would cover ALL areas of Cheshire.
In fairness to the author though, he DOES explain at the beginning that he won't be adding "modern areas such as Merseyside or Greater Manchester" as he thinks they'll be deserving of their own books, which makes me feel rather duped!
If you browse this book to buy in a shop, then you can see this warning and also the little map on the back cover that highlights Crewe, Cheshire, Congleton, Macclesfield, Northwich, Knutsford and Wilmslow - although this map is also misleading because these places are nothing to do with the book either!
Towards the end of the book, the author mentions Lyme Park but inexplicably neglects to mention the wonderful Bramall Hall (despite mentioning almost every other Tudor manor house in the region and Bramall having some interesting ghost stories of its own).
However if you buy this book online, you have no idea that this isn't about Chester only if you buy from Waterstones like I did.
April 27, 2020
Another spooky little book...
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