🖤 Eternal thanks to Stephen Mercer, The Victorian Ghost Hunter – it’s with his blessing that I now carry the lantern of the Blackpool Ghost Walks into its next chapter. #blackpool #ghosts #hauntings #heritage

Spooky season creeps ever closer… the shadows whisper, and I have a most chilling announcement to unveil. Watch this space. .. . #spooky #haunting

Heversham’s St Peter’s Churchyard, a Norse cross whispers of ages past, a sundial marks forgotten hours, and stone cherubs with hollow eyes keep their eternal watch… #churchyard #ancient #history #graves youtu.be/nH-Rj7OGKuo?...

youtu.be/YnvVQlV1vm8?... #Chantry#ruin #history #heritage

It was such a pleasure to join The Victorian Ghost Hunter and add an extra whisper of dread to the air. Though I do fear Supernatural Events may never again surpass the horrors that Temple Street had on offer for us all last night! #ghost #haunting #history

SUNDIAL & STOCKS the endstones are most probably C17. An older pair of oak stocks is preserved in the church. The sundial, dated 1714, on a turned shaft of stone has inscribed on the dial ‘Pulvis et umbra sumus’ which translates as ‘We are dust and shadow’ Grappenhall #History #stocks #sundial

Read it and weep fellow taphophiles . . . Memento Mori on a stone from 1674 🖤 #grave #gravestone #churchyard #17thCentury #mementomori

Nestled in the heart of Grasmere, St Oswald’s churchyard is where William Wordsworth rests beneath ancient yews and Lakeland skies. A beautifully picturesque place where poetry and landscape meet. youtu.be/zTRylKNCnE4?...

I wandered lonely as a goth… and naturally ended up in a graveyard . . . Whose final resting place did I discover today? #poet #grave #churchyard #lakedistrict

Rising from Sandbach’s market square, the ancient Saxon crosses whisper of a world over a thousand years gone. Their weathered carvings—saints, angels, and sacred stories—still cling to the stone, echoing the faith and power of early medieval England. #History #Heritage #AngloSaxon

Guardians of Forgotten Time: Sandbach’s Saxon Crosses youtu.be/8WzzmwvTRyc?... #history #heritage #ancient #crosses #anglosaxon

Beneath the rare arched bell tower of St Mary’s, Sandbach, history lays all around. Beside the church door stand fragments of early medieval carvings, while the churchyard itself is a patchwork of gravestones many dating back to the 1600s ⬇️ click below & join me! 🪦 youtu.be/pYZUuoXaNho?...

This standing medieval cross ( repurposed as a Sundial) is situated 10m south of the nave of St Mary's Church, Sandbach #history #heritage #ancient #churchyard

Another one ticked off the bucket list 🖤 Tiny ferry. Huge history. From the haunting ruins of Piel Castle to a pint with the King of Piel – this island is like nowhere else on earth. #PielIsland #ShipInn #KingofPiel

youtu.be/rQgdt7FLNgY?... I sailed to Piel Island, walked its haunted castle, and drank with a king – not a bad day out #island #history #heritage #piel #king #haunting

Visit beautiful Bowness & the churchyard of St Martin’s with me, some remarkably preserved stones from the 1700’s lie within. #lakedistrict #windermere #graves #churchyard youtu.be/VOnRGUHzISs?...

Red sandstone, ruined walls, and whispers of a king with a crooked crown… Penrith Castle still knows how to brood beautifully. #castle #penrith #history #heritage youtu.be/R6F23PYDCso?...

Some walked with me for the first time, others returned like ghosts who know the way. #tour #cemetery #history #Heritage #stories #Blackpool

Stalked the streets of Blackpool with the Master of the Macabre himself Stephen Mercer . . . heard the dead whisper, saw the living scream, and ended the night with spirits of both varieties. 👻🥃 #haunting #history #heritage #ghosts

Mayburgh Henge & Arthur’s Round Table – where history, folklore, and friendly cows collide. #standingstones #history #mystery #legend youtu.be/GPseyaovZBs?...

No visit to Heysham is complete without seeing the rock-cut graves, reliquaries carved into the cliff edge. Ancient, mysterious, and seemingly resting at the edge of the world #ancient #history #lancashire

The hogback stones at St Andrew’s, Penrith, are over 1,000 years old. Shaped like the curved roof of a house, they were Viking-era grave markers – a “home” for the dead – decorated with intricate carvings that blend Norse and Anglo-Saxon styles.

youtu.be/hUaslIM2xF4?... Step into a thousand years of history at St Andrew’s Churchyard, Penrith – where skull-carved memento mori, a Saxon cross turned whipping post, and four rare Viking hogback stones tell tales of faith, punishment, and the afterlife. #history #churchyard #saxon #viking

Memento Mori, St Andrew’s Churchyard, Penrith #saxon #grave #churchyard #history

This is the 'Giant's Thumb'. This is the remains of a Saxon 'wheel' cross. It has been dated 920 AD. St Andrew’s Churchyard, Penrith #ancient #history

The legendary Fairy Steps — where a wish awaits those who pass without touching the stone. History, decay, and a whisper of otherworldly magic linger on this path. #faries #legend #folklore

Along Beetham’s corpse road, past a hollow-eyed farmhouse, to the narrow Fairy Steps — where legend grants a wish if you pass without touching the stone. Death, decay & a hint of otherworldly magic #fairy #corpseroad #folklore youtu.be/6NRbdcm7XW4?...

St Michael & All Angels, Beetham — a serene Lakeland churchyard with old graves, 2 medieval scratch dials & ancient tombs inside, scarred by centuries-old vandalism youtu.be/oR7RsTTkPrk?...

Scratch dials, also known as Mass dials, are a type of medieval dial (1100 to 1600) found on the south side of many old churches. They are fairly small and found on the walls, buttresses, windows and doorways of a church. #history #churches #medieval #Beetham

A quietly haunting place where history lingers in every timber and stone. #Warburton #history #graveyard #grave youtu.be/Jl7xwrD0pto?...

Came across this rather marvelous ancient cross base & village stocks in the historic village of Warburton today #history #marketcross

George Washington Williams, pioneering Black historian & human rights advocate, died in Blackpool in 1891. He’s buried at Layton Cemetery—a remarkable life that ended right here. #BlackpoolHistory #LaytonCemetery #blackhistory

Join us Sunday 17th August for The Last Stop – a historical cemetery tour exploring Blackpool’s most tragic tales. Meet at the lodge/main gate at 1:45pm for a 2pm start. Donations welcome to help keep these stories alive! #TheLastStop #BlackpoolHistory

In 1886, Edward Rifle Mann died saving a swimmer off Blackpool’s coast—just two weeks before marrying his sweetheart, Helen. Though she wed another, she now rests beside him in Layton Cemetery. ❤️ #cemetery #cemeterytour #grave

🌾The first grain is cut - the wheel turns again 🌾 #Lughnasadh #blessings #harvest

29th July 1945 Mustang III SR 411 was approaching a misty and industrial haze shrouded Darwen on a routine ferry flight having taken off from 316 Squadron's base at Coltishall, Norfolk. The aircraft was on course, when at 15.45 hours approx. it hit high ground near Bull Hill #airctash

youtu.be/IPQ6W8WdNyY?... Two churchyards. One lost priory. And more than a few whispers in the stones… Ravenstonedale: where the past lingers, and I, parasol in hand, came to pay my respects. #CemeteryLady #Ravenstonedale #GraveyardWhispers

youtu.be/fjQ-Dmnlqb8?... Join me at BROUGH Castle, Cumbria #history #ruins #castle

Today I took flowers to my muse, and was quietly moved to find that someone else had left a single purple bloom at her unmarked grave. #cemetery #grave #remembrance

The imposing ruins of Brough Castle, the visible remains date back to the 12th century. #history #castle #ruins

I’m always secretly thrilled to come across such a stoic reminder of mortality Hale, Cheshire #mementomori #grave

Come wander with me through St Mary’s Churchyard in Hale — ancient graves, memento mori, & the 9ft giant, the Childe of Hale. Another beautiful stroll into the past #CemeteryLady #graves youtu.be/tzRTZGEZ-HA?...

13 July 1893: William Campbell plunged 100ft from Blackpool Tower’s scaffold -the only soul to die building it. Buried in a humble grave at Layton Cemetery, he’s little remembered.Next time you gaze up, spare a thought for the ghost who may still haunt those iron heights. #History #CemeteryLady

Young Robert Binns, 14, came to Blackpool in 1868 for seaside fun with his family. Instead, he drowned — and was buried here, far from home in Leeds. His headstone lies in Layton Cemetery, but his true resting place is lost. A holiday turned heartbreak #death #grave #cemetery

youtu.be/waadp4RGJ74?... Wander with me into the shadowed past, where the tragic Alice Burnham — a gentle nurse chasing love — met her watery end in a Blackpool bathtub #grave #cemetery #murder #bride

Katherina Scherfenberg, just 2’8”, dazzled crowds at Blackpool’s Winter Gardens in 1927. Found lifeless in her bath, her funeral saw 50 tiny performers & a giant, Ernest Wolfe, soaked by rain as 1,000 mourners wept. Now she lies forgotten in an unmarked grave at Layton Cemetery #grave #cemetery

Joe Abbott now rests in eternal peace at Layton Cemetery, Blackpool, remembered as a legend of Speedway who lived and died for the sport he adored #cemetery #grave #speedway

St Mary’s Churchyard broods above Whitby like a watchful ghost… Graves lean, names fade, and the sea wind carries whispers the living were never meant to hear. #Whitby #GothicWhispers #DeborahContessa youtu.be/Ca7egZ_uJdE?...

‘September’ d: Jun25th 1915 John Albert Griffiths (September) and his close associate Harold Wade (August) were an hilarious and often (intentionally) hapless pair of circus clowns. They drew in the crowds at The Alhambra, close to Blackpool’s famous tower on the promenade #clown #grave