LichfieldLore
@lichfieldlore.bsky.social
Lover of curiosities, legends & languages. Searching for stories in Staffordshire & beyond. The weird one from @lichdiscovered. Website: lichfieldlore.co.uk
The brilliant Shenstone History Group have sent me photos of a child’s shoe found up the chimney of one of the village’s oldest cottages.
Anyone out there able to date it?
Anyone out there able to date it?
February 18, 2026 at 8:30 PM
The brilliant Shenstone History Group have sent me photos of a child’s shoe found up the chimney of one of the village’s oldest cottages.
Anyone out there able to date it?
Anyone out there able to date it?
Does anyone else’s local litter picking group find folk horror-esque art installations whilst out doing their good deeds or is it just a Lichfield thing?
February 17, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Does anyone else’s local litter picking group find folk horror-esque art installations whilst out doing their good deeds or is it just a Lichfield thing?
Pancake Day. Yes it’s Pancake Day. P-P-P-P-P-P-Pancake Day.
To celebrate I’ve written a little about Shrovetide shenanigans in Lichfield and Atherstone.
Have a read here >> lichfieldlore.co.uk/2026/02/17/d...
To celebrate I’ve written a little about Shrovetide shenanigans in Lichfield and Atherstone.
Have a read here >> lichfieldlore.co.uk/2026/02/17/d...
Death Match
Here in Lichfield, Shrove Tuesday is celebrated with people dressed up as princesses, pirates or, um, slices of pizza racing along Bore Street as they flip pancakes. Visitors to the city tomorrow m…
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February 17, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Pancake Day. Yes it’s Pancake Day. P-P-P-P-P-P-Pancake Day.
To celebrate I’ve written a little about Shrovetide shenanigans in Lichfield and Atherstone.
Have a read here >> lichfieldlore.co.uk/2026/02/17/d...
To celebrate I’ve written a little about Shrovetide shenanigans in Lichfield and Atherstone.
Have a read here >> lichfieldlore.co.uk/2026/02/17/d...
I do love a day out in Birmingham
February 15, 2026 at 9:38 AM
I do love a day out in Birmingham
St Chad’s, Lichfield glowing beneath a rainbow in the sunshine and showers. Seems almost symbolic.
February 8, 2026 at 5:15 PM
St Chad’s, Lichfield glowing beneath a rainbow in the sunshine and showers. Seems almost symbolic.
My latest Lichfield Lore post is about a sailor’s skull and some other spooky goings on in Shifnal.
I think this might be the first time I’ve written about a phantom who haunts both its house and its local pub.
Have a read here >>>
lichfieldlore.co.uk/2026/02/07/a...
I think this might be the first time I’ve written about a phantom who haunts both its house and its local pub.
Have a read here >>>
lichfieldlore.co.uk/2026/02/07/a...
A Sailor’s Skull at Shifnal
We all love a bit of gothic fiction but I’ve often said that the strangest stories are those which are real. If you need further convincing, in April 1950, the following line appeared in an article…
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February 7, 2026 at 6:25 PM
My latest Lichfield Lore post is about a sailor’s skull and some other spooky goings on in Shifnal.
I think this might be the first time I’ve written about a phantom who haunts both its house and its local pub.
Have a read here >>>
lichfieldlore.co.uk/2026/02/07/a...
I think this might be the first time I’ve written about a phantom who haunts both its house and its local pub.
Have a read here >>>
lichfieldlore.co.uk/2026/02/07/a...
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My latest Lichfield Lore post ‘Caught Red-fingered’ could be subtitled ‘Don’t mess with the wrong bloke from Stoke’. Disclaimer: Do not read whilst you are eating please.
And if you do know where I can lay hands on that bottle of spirits, do let me know 👉👉👉
lichfieldlore.co.uk/2026/01/24/c...
And if you do know where I can lay hands on that bottle of spirits, do let me know 👉👉👉
lichfieldlore.co.uk/2026/01/24/c...
Caught Red-fingered
If ever there was an instance of picking on the wrong person, it was at Fenton Toll Gate on a January morning in 1834. Mr Dawes, a surgeon from Stoke on Trent, was walking back home from Lane End, …
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January 24, 2026 at 3:10 PM
My latest Lichfield Lore post ‘Caught Red-fingered’ could be subtitled ‘Don’t mess with the wrong bloke from Stoke’. Disclaimer: Do not read whilst you are eating please.
And if you do know where I can lay hands on that bottle of spirits, do let me know 👉👉👉
lichfieldlore.co.uk/2026/01/24/c...
And if you do know where I can lay hands on that bottle of spirits, do let me know 👉👉👉
lichfieldlore.co.uk/2026/01/24/c...
My latest Lichfield Lore post ‘Caught Red-fingered’ could be subtitled ‘Don’t mess with the wrong bloke from Stoke’. Disclaimer: Do not read whilst you are eating please.
And if you do know where I can lay hands on that bottle of spirits, do let me know 👉👉👉
lichfieldlore.co.uk/2026/01/24/c...
And if you do know where I can lay hands on that bottle of spirits, do let me know 👉👉👉
lichfieldlore.co.uk/2026/01/24/c...
Caught Red-fingered
If ever there was an instance of picking on the wrong person, it was at Fenton Toll Gate on a January morning in 1834. Mr Dawes, a surgeon from Stoke on Trent, was walking back home from Lane End, …
lichfieldlore.co.uk
January 24, 2026 at 3:10 PM
My latest Lichfield Lore post ‘Caught Red-fingered’ could be subtitled ‘Don’t mess with the wrong bloke from Stoke’. Disclaimer: Do not read whilst you are eating please.
And if you do know where I can lay hands on that bottle of spirits, do let me know 👉👉👉
lichfieldlore.co.uk/2026/01/24/c...
And if you do know where I can lay hands on that bottle of spirits, do let me know 👉👉👉
lichfieldlore.co.uk/2026/01/24/c...
A fantastic talk by Brian for our Lichfield Discovered history night!
January 17, 2026 at 4:13 PM
A fantastic talk by Brian for our Lichfield Discovered history night!
Just finished my latest Lichfield Lore blogpost about John Duncalf, the man from the Black Country who stole a bible and definitely lived to regret it. Although he didn’t live for long…
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lichfieldlore.co.uk/2026/01/17/t...
The Bible Thief
When John Duncalf was released from the House of Correction in Kingswinford in 1675, he swore he would never set his feet in the town again as long as he lived. It was a promise that was to become …
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January 17, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Just finished my latest Lichfield Lore blogpost about John Duncalf, the man from the Black Country who stole a bible and definitely lived to regret it. Although he didn’t live for long…
lichfieldlore.co.uk/2026/01/17/t...
lichfieldlore.co.uk/2026/01/17/t...
Still a few tickets left so come and join us!
Tickets for my next talk in Lichfield are now available:
History Night - Magical Protection in Buildings
Date: 15 jan • 19:00
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History Night - Magical Protection in Buildings
Date: 15 jan • 19:00
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January 10, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Still a few tickets left so come and join us!
Just getting my head into 2026 mode. I’m looking for local-ish people who could run a one-off (initially) workshop on a traditional skill in Lichfield from March onwards. If you can, or know someone that can, let me know!
January 4, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Just getting my head into 2026 mode. I’m looking for local-ish people who could run a one-off (initially) workshop on a traditional skill in Lichfield from March onwards. If you can, or know someone that can, let me know!
Love a mystery which sounds like it could be the start of an antiquarian ghost story.
Sometime ago a woman arrived at Middleton Hall and handed over this medieval bell. She said it belonged to the house and so she was returning it before leaving without further explanation.
Sometime ago a woman arrived at Middleton Hall and handed over this medieval bell. She said it belonged to the house and so she was returning it before leaving without further explanation.
January 4, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Love a mystery which sounds like it could be the start of an antiquarian ghost story.
Sometime ago a woman arrived at Middleton Hall and handed over this medieval bell. She said it belonged to the house and so she was returning it before leaving without further explanation.
Sometime ago a woman arrived at Middleton Hall and handed over this medieval bell. She said it belonged to the house and so she was returning it before leaving without further explanation.
Written about the time we accidentally ended up in Acton Trussell and found that a Roman villa had been accidentally discovered beneath the local church.
lichfieldlore.co.uk/2026/01/02/t...
lichfieldlore.co.uk/2026/01/02/t...
January 2, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Written about the time we accidentally ended up in Acton Trussell and found that a Roman villa had been accidentally discovered beneath the local church.
lichfieldlore.co.uk/2026/01/02/t...
lichfieldlore.co.uk/2026/01/02/t...
The Ruins at Shugborough where a Druid sits above a 250 year old folly, built by an Earl of Lichfield from the remains of the palace of the Bishops of Lichfield.
December 28, 2025 at 11:42 AM
The Ruins at Shugborough where a Druid sits above a 250 year old folly, built by an Earl of Lichfield from the remains of the palace of the Bishops of Lichfield.
Fourteen of the original forty arches of the Essex Bridge at Shugborough survive making it one of the longest in the land.
December 27, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Fourteen of the original forty arches of the Essex Bridge at Shugborough survive making it one of the longest in the land.
According to the Staffordshire Advertiser, William Slater aged 28 married Martha Sollom aged 64 here at Baswich church in April 1826, after ‘a long and tedious courtship’. How romantic 💕
December 27, 2025 at 7:52 PM
According to the Staffordshire Advertiser, William Slater aged 28 married Martha Sollom aged 64 here at Baswich church in April 1826, after ‘a long and tedious courtship’. How romantic 💕
Afternoon tea at Weston Hall is my annual Christmas treat. Lovely festive food with a side serving of supernatural.
December 24, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Afternoon tea at Weston Hall is my annual Christmas treat. Lovely festive food with a side serving of supernatural.
Found the site of the Stafford Gallows. Naming the street ‘Freeman Road’ seems like a cruel irony.
December 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Found the site of the Stafford Gallows. Naming the street ‘Freeman Road’ seems like a cruel irony.
In 1807, they somehow managed to appoint a man who had, ‘to the grave gone down’, upwards of two years prior, as High Sheriff of Staffordshire.
December 21, 2025 at 11:52 AM
In 1807, they somehow managed to appoint a man who had, ‘to the grave gone down’, upwards of two years prior, as High Sheriff of Staffordshire.
Trying to virtually locate the site of the Stafford gallows pre-gaol. So far I’ve found this.
December 21, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Trying to virtually locate the site of the Stafford gallows pre-gaol. So far I’ve found this.
Wishing you a magical Winter Solstice, with two deer who have been running across the ancient stonework at All Saints, Alrewas for centuries.
December 21, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Wishing you a magical Winter Solstice, with two deer who have been running across the ancient stonework at All Saints, Alrewas for centuries.
Reasons not to go paragliding. An occasional series.
December 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Reasons not to go paragliding. An occasional series.
Trying to work out where ‘The Dead Man’s Lane’ was, a corpse road leading from Great Barr to Aldridge churchyard.
December 15, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Trying to work out where ‘The Dead Man’s Lane’ was, a corpse road leading from Great Barr to Aldridge churchyard.
Seems a one time writing master at the Lichfield Granmar school was the author of the earliest known grammar of English for females in 1715.
Unsure why women needed their own grammar guide & why the author was described as being ‘a turbulent person’ and dismissed from his post but watch this space!
Unsure why women needed their own grammar guide & why the author was described as being ‘a turbulent person’ and dismissed from his post but watch this space!
December 14, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Seems a one time writing master at the Lichfield Granmar school was the author of the earliest known grammar of English for females in 1715.
Unsure why women needed their own grammar guide & why the author was described as being ‘a turbulent person’ and dismissed from his post but watch this space!
Unsure why women needed their own grammar guide & why the author was described as being ‘a turbulent person’ and dismissed from his post but watch this space!