The list that follows contains all the resources used for information gathering for this website, outside of personal interviews and contact.

• Abbott, G. Ghosts of the Tower of London
• Alexander, Marc. Haunted Castles
• Alexander, Marc. Haunted Churches & Abbeys of Britain
• Alexander, Marc. Enchanted Britain
• Alexander, Marc. Haunted Houses you may Visit
• Alexander, Marc. Haunted Inns
• Anthony, Wayne. Haunted Derbyshire and the Peak District
• Armstrong, Pamela. Dark Tales of Old Newcastle
• Ashe, Geoffrey (ed). Quest for Arthur's Britain, The
• Baker, Alan. Encyclopaedia of Alien Encounters, The
• Bamberg , RW. Haunted Dartmoor - A Ghost Hunter's Guide
• Barber, Chris. Mysterious Wales
• Barber, Sally and Chips. Ghastly and Ghostly Devon
• Barber, Sally and Chips. Haunted Pubs in Devon
• Bardens, Dennis. Ghosts and Hauntings
• Barham, Tony. Witchcraft in the Thames Valley
• Barker, Chris (ed). Strange, but True?
• Bassett, R Stevens. Ghostly Tales & Hauntings of Northamptonshire
• Bath Chronicle
• Beach, Russell (ed). Haunts and Hauntings
• Beare, Beryl. England - Myths and Legends
• Beare, Beryl. Ireland: Myths and Legends
• Beare, Beryl. Scotland Myths and Legends
• Belanger, Jeff. Encyclopedia of Haunted Places
• Billing, Chris. Northamptonshire Curiosities
• Bolton Evening News
• Bord, Janet & Colin. Modern Mysteries of Britain
• Bord, Janet and Colin. Alien Animals
• Bord, Janet and Colin. Ancient Mysteries of Britain
• Bord, Janet and Colin. Atlas of Magical Britain
• Bord, Janet and Colin. Modern Mysteries of Britain
• Bord, Janet and Colin. Mysterious Britain
• Bord, Janet. Fairies - Real Encounters with Little People
• Braddock, Joseph. Haunted Houses
• Bradford, Anne and David Taylor. Haunted Holidays
• Bright, Michael. There are Giants in the Sea
• Bristol Evening Post
• Brookesmith, Peter (ed). Creatures from Elsewhere
• Brookesmith, Peter (ed). Ghosts
• Brookesmith, Peter (ed). Great Hauntings
• Brookesmith, Peter (ed). Open Files
• Brookesmith, Peter. UFO - The Complete Sightings Catalogue
• Brooks, J A (ed). Cornish Ghosts and Legends
• Brooks, J A. Ghosts and Witches of the Cotswolds
• Brooks, J A. Ghosts of London - The West End, South and West
• Brooks , John . The Good Ghost Guide
• Bunn, I & M Burgess. Haunted Lowestoft
• Byrne, Patrick. Second Book of Irish Ghost Stories
• Chambers, Aidan. Haunted Houses
• Chard, Judy. Haunted Happenings in Devon
• Chesnut, Charles (ed). Facts & Fallacies
• Chester Evening Leader
• Chetwynd-Hayes, R (ed). Welsh Tales of Terror
• Chetwynd-Stapylton, Mark. Discovering Wayside Graves & Memorial Stones
• Christian, Roy. Ghosts and Legends
• Clarke, David. Ghosts and Legends of the Peak District
• Clarke, David et al. Westcountry Mysteries
• Codd, Daniel. Haunted Lincolnshire
• Cohen, Daniel. Encyclopedia of Ghosts
• Cooper, Joe. Case of the Cottingley Fairies, The
• Corcoran, J Aeneas. Irish Ghosts
• Costello, Peter. In Search of Lake Monsters
• Coventry, Martin. A Wee Guide to the Haunted Castles of Scotland
• Coxe, Antony D Hippisley. Haunted Britain
• Crowe, Catherine. Night Side of Nature, The
• Curran, Bob, A Haunted Land - Ireland's Ghosts
• Currie, Jack. Echoes in the Air - A Chronicle of Aeronautical Ghost Stories
• Curry, David. The Men that Never Clocked Off
• Daily Mail
• Dane, Rebecca and Craig MacNeale. Tales of Haunting and Horror around the North of England
• Daniel, Clarence. Ghosts of Derbyshire
• Daniel, Clarence. Haunted Derbyshire
• Davis, Richard. I've Seen a Ghost
• Derby Evening Telegraph
• Devereux, Paul, and Ian Thomson. The Ley Hunter's Companion
• Devereux, Paul. Haunted Land - Investigations into Ancient Mysteries and Modern Day Phenomena
• Dickinson, Clive. Stately Ghosts - Haunting Tales from Britain's Historic Houses
• Diver Magazine, December 2002
• Dixon, Geoffrey M. Folktales and Legends of East Anglia
• Dixon, Geoffrey M. Folktales and Legends of Norfolk
• Documentry - Britain's Forgotten History
• Doughty, Vivienne, & Margaret Haynes. Haunted Ely
• Downes, Wesley H. The Ghosts of Borley plus Stories of Ghosts and Hauntings Along the Suffolk and Essex Border
• Downes, Wesley H. Terrible Treasure Holt Story, The
• Downes, Welsey H. Haunted Clacton
• Dunne, John J. Irish Ghosts
• Dunning, John. Mystical Murders
• Duxbury, Brenda, and Michael Williams. King Arthur Country in Cornwall
• Dyer, T F Thiselton. Ghost World
• Dyer, T F Thiselton. Strange Pages from Family Papers
• EADT Suffolk Magazine, Issue 43
• Edinburgh Evening News
• Edwards, Frank. Stranger than Science
• Eldritch, Morven (ed). Ghosts
• Essex Gazette
• Essex Ghosts and Hauntings Magazine
• Evans, Hilary. Visions, Apparitions, Alien Visitors
• Evening Star Newspaper
• Eyre, Kathleen. Lancashire Ghosts
• Fairley, John and Simon Welfare. Arthur C Clarke's Chronicles of the Strange and Mysterious
• Fields, Ken. Mysterious North, The
• Findler, Gerald. Ghosts of the Lake Counties
• Finucane, RC. Appearances of the Dead: A Cultural History of Ghosts
• Foley, Brendan. Ghost Walk of York, The
• Foot, David et al. Strange Somerset Stories
• Forman, Joan. Haunted East Anglia
• Forman, Joan. Haunted Royal Homes
• Forman, Joan. Haunted South, The
• Forman, Joan. Royal Hauntings
• Fort, Charles. Book of the Damned
• Fort, Charles. New Lands
• Fortean Studies Vol 1
• Fortean Studies Vol 2
• Fortean Studies Vol 3
• Fortean Times
• Furman, Robin and Moira Martingale. Ghostbusters UK
• Geddes & Grosset. Ghosts
• George, S F. Millbrook: Village in the Hills. The Bedfordshire Magazine Vol. 1, No1, Summer 1947
• Gettings, Fred. Visions of the Occult
• Ghost Hunters TV Documentaries
• Ghosts and Hauntings Magazine
• Gifford, Alison. Ghosts and Legends of Lynn
• Goodwin, Martin. Ghosts of York video
• Goss, Michael. Evidence for Phantom Hikch-Hikers, The
• Gould, Jack. Gothick Northamptonshire
• Green, Andrew. Ghosts in the South East
• Green, Andrew. Haunted Houses
• Green, Andrew. Haunted Inns and Taverns
• Green, Andrew. Haunted Sussex Today
• Green, Andrew. Our Haunted Kingdom
• Green, Andrew. Phantom Ladies
• Greengrass, H & A Scott-Davies. Ghosts of Bury St Edmund
• Haining, Peter. Ghosts, The Illustrated History
• Haining, Peter. Restless Bones and other True Mysteries, The
• Haining, Peter. The Supernatural Coast
• Hallam, Jack. Ghosts of London
• Hallam, Jack. Haunted Inns of England
• Halpenny, Bruce Barrymore. Ghost Stations
• Hancock, Gillian, and Winifred Finlay. Ghosts, Ghouls and Spectres
• Harper, Charles G. Haunted Houses
• Harries, John. The Ghost Hunter's Road Book
• Harrison, Paul. Sea Serpents and Lake Monsters of the British Isles
• Hayes, R Chetwynd. Cornish Tales of Terror
• Hebbert, Antonia (ed). Secret Britain
• Herbert, W B. Phantoms of the Railways
• Herbert, W B. Railway Ghosts
• Heuvelmans, Bernard. In the Wake of Sea Serpents
• Hole, Christina. Haunted England
• Holzer, Hans. Great British Ghost Hunt, The
• Holzer, Hans. Hans Holzer's Travel Guide to Haunted Houses
• Holzer, Hans. Lively Ghosts of Ireland, The
• Hough, Peter. Supernatural Britain
• Howat, Polly. Norfolk Ghosts & Legends
• Hunt, Robert. Cornish Folk-Lore
• Hurley, Jack. Legends of Exmoor
• Hurrell, Karen. Ghosts
• Huyghe, Patrick. The Field Guide to Extraterrestrials
• Ingram, John H. True Ghost Stories
• Innes, Brian. The Catalogue of Ghost Sightings
• Jeffery, Peter. East Anglian Ghosts, Legends and Lore
• Jennings, Pete. Haunted Suffolk
• Jones, Richard. Haunted Britain and Ireland
• Jones, Richard. Haunted Castles of Britain and Ireland
• Jones, Richard. Walking Haunted London
• Journal of the Society for Psychical Research
• Kane, Joe (dir). Ghosts of the Underground, broadcast 31 October 2006 on 'Five' UK TV
• Kristen, Clive. Local Ghost Trails
• Laing, Jennifer. Britain's Mysterious Past
• Lantern Magazine
• Lawrie, Christine. Ghostly Shropshire - Car Trails
• Lethbridge, T C. Ghost and Ghoul
• Le Queux, Sue. Haunted Bristol
• Leslie, Shane. Shane Leslie's Ghost Book
• Lewis, Roy Harley. Theatre Ghosts
• Liebreich, Karen. Unexplained
• Litchfield, R M. Strange Tales of the Peak
• Long, Roger. Clarissa's Pig and other Animal Hauntings
• Ludham, Harry (ed). Elliott O'Donnell's Casebook of Ghosts
• Ludham, Harry (ed). Elliott O'Donnell's Great Ghost Stories
• Ludham, Harry. Restless Ghosts of Ladye Place, The
• Lytton, Lord, Haunted and the Haunters, The
• MacEachern, Ian. Curiosities of Cambridgeshire
• MacGregor, Alasdair Alpin. Ghost Book, The
• MacGregor, Alasdair Alpin. Phantom Footsteps
• MacKenzie, Andrew. Hauntings and Apparitions
• Maggie, Mawther. Mawther Maggie's Book of Legends
• Mann, Bob. Ghosts of Totnes
• Maple, Eric, and Lynn Myring. Haunted Houses, Ghosts and Spectres
• Maple, Eric. Supernatural England
• Maple, Eric. The Realm of Ghosts
• Marsden, Simon. Phantoms of the Isles
• Marsden, Simon. The Haunted Realm
• Marsden, Simon. The Journal of a Ghosthunter
• Marson, G F. Ghosts, Ghouls and Gallows
• Mason, J H N. West Country Walks & Legends
• Mason, John. Haunted Heritage
• Matthews, John & Caitlin. British & Irish Mythology
• Matthews, Rupert. Ghosthunters Guide to England, The
• Matthews, Rupert. Haunted London
• Matthews, Rupert. Haunted Places of Nottinghamshire
• Matthews, Rupert. Haunted York
• McEwan, Graham J. Haunted Churches of England
• McLardy, Pippa. EADT Property Section Sept 6 2001.
• Melton, J Gordon. Vampire Book, The
• Meredith, Bob. Haunted Cotswolds, The
• Metcalfe, Leon. Discovering Ghosts
• Michaels, Susan. Sightings
• Michell, John and Robert JM Rickard. Phenomena - A Book of Wonders
• Middleton, Judy. Ghosts of Sussex
• Mitchell, Anne. Ghosts Along the Thames
• Mitchell, John V. Ghosts of an Ancient City
• Mitchell, W R. Yorkshire Ghosts
• Mitchell, W R. Ghosts of Yorkshire
• MIZZ Magazine
• Moaks, Len. Haunted Nottinghamshire
• Moaks, Len. Haunted Nottinghamshire - Vol Two
• Moss, Peter. Ghosts over Britain - True Accounts of Modern Hauntings
• Munn, Michael. X-Rated: The Paranormal Experiences of the Movie Star Greats
• Nock, Peter. Tales and Legends of Windermere
• Norman, Diana. Stately Ghosts of England, The
• O'Donnell, Elliott. Animal Ghosts
• O'Donnell, Elliott. Midnight Hearse, The
• O'Donnell, Elliott. Scottish Ghost Stories
• O'Donnell, Elliot. Trees of Ghostly Dread
• O'Donnell, Elliot. Werewolves
• Oudemans, A C. The Great Sea-Serpent
• Owens, Andy, and Chris Ellis. Haunted Dorset
• Owens, Andy. Yorkshire Stories of the Supernatural
• Palmer, Geoffrey and Noel Lloyd. Ghosts go Haunting
• Parker, Derek and Julia. Atlas of the Supernatural
• Parr, Lynn. County Curiosities of England
• Payne, Jessie K. Ghost Hunter's Guide to Essex, A
• Peyton, Richard (ed). Ghost now Standing on Platform One, The.
• Pipe, Marian & Mia Butler. Walks in Mysterious Northamptonshire
• Pipe, Marian. Mysteries & Memorials of Northamptonshire
• Pipe, Marian. Tales of Old Northamptonshire
• Pitt-Stanley, Sheila. Legends of Leigh
• Platt, Susan and William. Folktales of the Scottish Borders
• Platt, William and Susan. Folktales of the Scottish Borders
• Playfair, Guy Lyon. The Haunted Pub Guide
• Playfair, Guy Lyon. This House is Haunted - The Most Haunted House in Britain
• PLUTO - University of Central Lancashire newspaper, Issue 96
• Poole, Keith B. Britain's Haunted Heritage
• Poole, Keith B. Unfamiliar Spirits; Ghosts of the British Isles
• Prince Michael of Greece. Living with Ghosts
• Puttick, Betty. Ghosts of Buckinghamshire
• Puttick, Betty. Ghosts of Essex
• Puttick, Betty. Ghosts of Suffolk
• Puttick, Betty. Norfolk Stories of the Supernatural
• Rackham, John. Brighton Ghosts, Hove Hauntings
• Randles, Jenny, and Peter Hough. Spontaneous Human Combustion
• Randles, Jenny. From Out of the Blue
• Randles, Jenny. UFO Retrievals
• Reader's Digest. Folklore, Myths & Legends of Britain
• Rickman, Philip and Graham Nown, Mysterious Derbyshire
• Robson, Alan. Nightmare on your Street
• Sampson, Chas. Ghosts of the Broads
• Saunders, S John. A Ghost Tour of Suffolk. Suffolk Life, Issue 13
• Seafield, Lily. Scottish Ghosts
• Seymour, Deryck. Ghosts of Berry Pomeroy, The
• Simmons, Tony. Sightings Coordinator for Tarmac haunted road survey, 2006
• Simons, Paul. Weird Weather
• Simpson, Jacqueline. British Dragons
• Sisman, Adam (ed). Best of Fortean Times, The
• Sitwell, Sagheverell. Poltergeist
• Smalley, John R. Nottinghamshire's Railway Ghosts
• Solomon, Grant and Jane. Scole Experiment
• Spencer, John & Anne. Ghost Hunter's Guide to Britain
• Spencer, John & Tony Wells. Ghost Watching: The Ghosthunters' Guide
• Stannard, Daniel (researcher). Bedfordshire Ghosts
• Spencer, John and Anne. Ghosts and Spirits
• Stevens, William Oliver. Unbidden Guests
• Stone, Reuben, Poltergeists and the Paranormal
• Strand Magazine, Jan 1908
• Stuart, Donald. Haunted Taverns
• Sutherland, Jon. Ghosts of Great Britain and Ireland
• Sykes, Homer. Mysterious Britain
• Teletext
• The Peter Underwood Magazine
• Timpson, John. Timpson's Book of Curious Days
• Timpson, John. Timpson's England - a look beyond the obvious
• Toulson, Shirley. East Anglia - Walking the Lay Lines and Ancient Tracks
• Townshend, Marchioness, & Maude Ffoulkes. True Ghost Stories
• Travis, Peter. In Search of the Supernatural
• Turner, James. Ghosts in the South West
• Underwood, Peter. Ghosts and Phantoms of the West
• Underwood, Peter. Gazetteer of British Ghosts
• Underwood, Peter. Gazetteer of Scottish Ghosts
• Underwood, Peter. Ghosts of Cornwall
• Underwood, Peter. Ghost Hunter's Guide, The
• Underwood, Peter. Ghosts of Devon
• Underwood, Peter. Ghosts of Dorset
• Underwood, Peter. Ghosts of Wales
• Underwood, Peter. Ghosts of Wiltshire
• Underwood, Peter. Haunted London
• Underwood, Peter. Peter Underwood's Guide to Ghosts & Haunted Places
• Underwood, Peter. The A-Z of British Ghosts
• Underwood, Peter. The Ghost Hunters Almanac
• Underwood, Peter. This Haunted Isle
• Unstated author. Ghosts, Smugglers and Secrets of Britain's Inns
• Various contributors. Unexplained Journal, The
• Various / editor unstated. True Ghost Stories from WWI & WWII
• Walker, Charles. Mysterious Britain
• Walker, Danton. That Ghost I Saw
• Wallbank, Sally. Chingle: Britain's Most Haunted House
• Waters, Colin. Familiar Spirits
• Weaver, G. Yorkshire Ghosts
• Wentworth-Day, James. Essex Ghosts
• West Sussex Observer
• West, H Mills. East Anglia Tales of Mystery & Murder
• West, H Mills. Ghosts of East Anglia
• Westmoreland Gazette
• Westwood, Jennifer. Albion - A Guide to Legendary Britain
• Westwood, Jennifer, and Jacqueline Simpson. The Lore of the Land - A Guide to England's Legends from Spring-Heeled Jack to the Witches of Warboys
• Whitlock, Ralph. In Search of Lost Gods
• Whitaker, Terence W. Lancashire's Ghosts and Legends
• Whitaker, Terence. Ghosts of Old England
• Whitaker, Terence. Scotland's Ghosts and Apparitions
• Whitaker, Terence. North Country Ghosts and Legends
• White, Paul. Classic Devon Ghost Stories
• Whittington-Egan, Richard. Liverpool Ghosts and Ghouls
• Whittington-Egan, Richard. Weekend Book of Ghosts
• Whittington-Egan, Richard. Weekend Book of Ghosts and Horror
• Whittington-Egan, Richard. Weekend Second Book of Ghosts
• Williams, Guy. The Guide to the Magical Places of England, Wales & Scotland
• Williams, Michael. Cornish Mysteries
• Williams, Michael. Supernatural in Cornwall
• Willin, Dr Melvyn. Ghosts Caught on Film
• Wilson, Alan J et al. Ghostly Tales & Sinister Stories of Old Edinburgh
• Wilson, Colin. Poltergeist!
• Wittich, John. Walks around Haunted London
• Wood, G Bernard. Secret Britain: A Tourist's Collection of Hides, Ghosts and Stratagems
• Woods, Frederick. Further Legends and Traditions of Cheshire
• Woodward, Ian. Werewolf Delusion, The
• Wray, Michael. Thirteen Traditional Ghost Stories from Lincolnshire
• Wright, Andrew James. Haunted Nottingham
• Wyley, Graham. Ghosts of Brixham
• Yeates, Geoff. Cambridge College Ghosts

And many thanks to all those who have contacted us with their stories, tales and retellings of regional myths.
Thanks also to Gary Pryke for the proof reading!

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