A short little hello from me here in No Heathen Land. I hope you enjoy this short and sweet episode of three festive readings from newspaper cuttings from the Edwin Hick collection in Leeds Libraries:

The Hick Collection : [collections of newspaper cuttings on various subjects collated by Edwin Hick of Leeds]

Shelfmark: SRF 942.81 HIC

[The poem Yule-Tide is undated, but i beloeve it is late 19th/early 20th Century ('God Save the Queen' referring to Queen Victoria, the cuttings are pre Elizabeth II reign) ].

This item is available to view but please contact the Library first to request

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To celebrate, best friend of the podcast Ross Horsley is back to discuss all things Dracula and Whitby!

Dracula By Bram Stoker, 1897

Room 13 By Robert Swindles, 1989

Follow @October_Country_ for some beautiful, gothic photography and accompanying thoughtful words

Films and TV discussed:

Nosferatu (1922) https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20220303-nosferatu-the-monster-who-still-terrifies-100-years-on

Dracula (1931) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021814/

Dracula (1958) Hammer https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051554/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Dracula (1974) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070003/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_56_act

Count Dracula (1977) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075882/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Dracula (1979) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079073/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103874/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Dracula (2013) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2296682/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Dracula (2020) BBC/Netflix https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9139220/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

The Barghest O'Whitby by My Dying Bride (2011)

Extras:

Wharram Percy Deserted Medieval Village

Bodies mutilated to 'stop dead rising' : https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-39477005

Yellow Face by R F Kuang (2023)

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This episode my guest is the wonderful Storyteller, Actor, Theatre Producer and all round fascinating human Matthew Bellwood.

Matthew tells me the story of the infamous 'Yorkshire Witch' Mary Bateman, con-woman extraordinaire, apparent kleptomaniac and ultimately, murderer!

Links to sources used in this episode:

The Extraordinary Life and Character of Mary Bateman, the Yorkshire Witch

Gale MOML Print Editions, Trials Collection 1600-1926

Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths In Leeds

David Goodman, Warncliffe Books, 2003

Bloody British History: Leeds

Richard Smyth, The History Press, 2013

Criminal Leeds: From earliest records to 1879 

Steven Burt (I can't seem to spot any publishing details for this pamphlet - maybe it's in the library catalogue?)

The Yorkshire Witch: The Life and Trial of Mary Bateman

Summer Strevens, Pen and Sword Books Ltd, 2017

The Ballad of Mary Bateman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04lmJOw46NM

Links to Matthew's work:

About Matthew https://somestories.co.uk

Audio walks:

Stirring up the Past - https://www.stirringupthepast.org/ 

A Garden Through Time - https://www.365leedsstories.org/maps/map-19/ 

A Walk In The Park - http://www.aquietword.co.uk/park/

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In this episode Antony tells me all about Leeds Antiquarians of the 17th and 18th Century and the weird and wonderful items they collected and documented.

Three brilliant blog posts by Antony about Antiquarians:

https://secretlibraryleeds.net/2018/08/10/a-brief-history-of-leeds-antiquarians-part-1/

https://secretlibraryleeds.net/2019/06/07/a-brief-history-of-leeds-antiquarians-part-ii/

https://secretlibraryleeds.net/2019/08/30/a-brief-history-of-leeds-antiquarians-part-iii/

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A bit more about the Ducatus Leodiensis:

https://secretlibraryleeds.net/collections-treasures/collections/the-antiquarian-collection/the-thomas-wilson-collection/ducatus-leodiensis-2/

https://secretlibraryleeds.net/2016/02/17/ralph-thoresby-and-the-ducatus-leodiensis-a-curated-display/

William Boyne:

https://secretlibraryleeds.net/collections-treasures/collections/the-antiquarian-collection/the-william-boyne-collection/boynes-grangerised-history-of-leeds/

https://secretlibraryleeds.net/2018/05/11/william-boyne-and-the-voices-of-history/

https://secretlibraryleeds.net/collections-treasures/collections/the-antiquarian-collection/the-william-boyne-collection/

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This is a very exciting episode with Bunty May Marshall and George Parr, the creative couple behind the folklore zine Hwaet! Amongst so many other things! Bunty and George cover so much in this episode, all of which I could fit in is linked below.

I hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as I enjoyed recording it!

Bunty's art and commission info : https://www.buntymaymakes.com

Hwaet! Zine: https://www.hwaetzine.co.uk

Astral Noize Zine: https://astralnoizeuk.com

Fantomes Zine: https://fantomeszine.com

Waiting for You : A Detectorists Zine

Book : Milner Field - The Lost Country House of Titus Salt Jnr by Richard Lee-Van den Daele and R David Beale

Creative Stories by James and Victoria Wall

Creative Stories - Feat. Bunty May Marshall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3PloKtzqoM

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This episode I'm joined by friend and fellow Librarian Josh Flint. Josh shares his amazing knowledge of the Battle of Wakefield which took place on 30th December 1460. I hope you enjoy Josh's enthusiasm as much as I did.

Books mentioned:

(Refs for Local Studies and Research at Leeds Libraries)

The Military Campaigns of the Wars of the Roses by Philip A. Haigh (942.04 HAI)

Wakefield and Towton: War of the Roses by Philip A. Haigh (Y 942.04 HAI)

Blog posts:

Research guide to Yorkshire Battles by Josh Flint

Yorkshire Battles: Battle of Wakefield, 1460 by Josh Flint

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Season 2 Episode 2 is with Poet and Librarian Matthew Hedley Stoppard where we discuss the public punishment procession Riding the Stang...

For more on Matthew click here!

BUY The Garland King

Old-time Punishments, (1890) by William Andrews available as reference only from the Local History and Research department in Leeds Central Library, ref. Y364.6 AND

Helen Mort and link to The Illustrated Woman

Latest news on sharing pornograhpic deepfakes becoming illegal in England and Wales

Fun stuff at the end:

Film: Pamfir (2022)

Music: The Watersons and Conjurer

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Happy Hallowe'en, No Heathen Land Friends!

First episode of Season 2 is with friend of the podcast Ross Horsley.

We each discuss three hauntings in this episode

The episode is split into two, but all links will be below in both episode descriptions.

Book: Haunted Yorkshire by Nick Tyler (I use this for everything)!

30 East Drive:

http://www.30eastdrive.com/happenings/

http://www.30eastdrive.com/today/

Video: 'Ghost Dimensions' investigate 30 East Drive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjbjevzDb1o

Film based on 30 East Drive hauntings When the Lights Went Out

Temple Newsam:

https://museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/temple-newsam/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_Newsam

Reported Hauntings

The Blue Lady

Blogpost on Lord Halifax's Ghost Stories (feat Temple Newsam)

Low Valley Arms, Wombwell (/Darfield):

https://www.haunted-yorkshire.co.uk/barnsleysightings.htm

https://www.barnsleychronicle.com/article/5668/ghostbusters-investigate-wombwell-shop

Nailed to a Tomb

Newspaper article found on Ancestry.com The East Riding Telegraph, December 28th 1895

Busby's Chair:

Thirsk Museum http://thirskmuseum.org

Absolutely delirious YouTube video on Busby's chair https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr7pprOKzpU

Busby's Stoop Chair https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busby%27s_stoop_chair

Secondhand Spook:

From Yorkshire Stories of the Supernatural by Andy Owens

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Happy Hallowe'en, No Heathen Land Friends!

First episode of Season 2 is with friend of the podcast Ross Horsley.

We each discuss three hauntings in this episode

The episode is split into two, but all links will be below in both episode descriptions.

Book: Haunted Yorkshire by Nick Tyler (I use this for everything)!

30 East Drive:

http://www.30eastdrive.com/happenings/

http://www.30eastdrive.com/today/

Video: 'Ghost Dimensions' investigate 30 East Drive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjbjevzDb1o

Film based on 30 East Drive hauntings When the Lights Went Out

Temple Newsam:

https://museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/temple-newsam/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_Newsam

Reported Hauntings

The Blue Lady

Blogpost on Lord Halifax's Ghost Stories (feat Temple Newsam)

Low Valley Arms, Wombwell (/Darfield):

https://www.haunted-yorkshire.co.uk/barnsleysightings.htm

https://www.barnsleychronicle.com/article/5668/ghostbusters-investigate-wombwell-shop

Nailed to a Tomb

Newspaper article found on Ancestry.com The East Riding Telegraph, December 28th 1895

Busby's Chair:

Thirsk Museum http://thirskmuseum.org

Absolutely delirious YouTube video on Busby's chair https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr7pprOKzpU

Busby's Stoop Chair https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busby%27s_stoop_chair

Secondhand Spook:

From Yorkshire Stories of the Supernatural by Andy Owens

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I'm thrilled you're here, thank you for listening.

EXTRA CONTENT WARNING:

Some of the stories in the episode include details of suicide, nothing in depth but please be aware if this is not for you, skip this episode.

In this episode I chat with digital creative and local historian Shaun Page (@Warehouse606). We discuss the perils of Yorkshire waterways from the mid 1800s - the late 1930s, inspired by a huge index of newspaper articles Shaun discovered during some past research.

Shaun's website links to all creative endeavours discussed: https://www.warehouse606.com

The YouTube channel mentioned at the end of our chat is here: https://www.youtube.com/c/NHKWORLDJAPAN

Follow the podacst on Twitter @noheathenland I would love to chat!

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This episode is a chat with Leeds Librarian extraordinare, Helen Skilbeck.

Helen takes us through the construction and subsequent deconstruction of two very different but equally as iconic lost Leeds oddities; The Botanical and Zoological Gardens and the bread arch on Commercial Street.

Both stories are full of intrigue, mystery, animals, charity and are both pretty weird and very short lived!

You can find photos of the 'bear pit' from the long lost gardens on Leodis here:

https://www.leodis.net/SearchResults/YmVhciBwaXQ/?page=1

(or just search for 'bear pit' on the site)

you can see posts about, and images of the plan of the Botanical and Zoological Gardens on the Secret Library blog here:

https://secretlibraryleeds.net/2020/01/03/leeds-zoological-and-botanical-gardens-brief-history/

and here:

https://secretlibraryleeds.net/2020/11/27/a-garden-through-time-headingley-zoological-and-botanical-gardens/

You can still see the bear pit today, with a plaque and explanation now on display from the Leeds Civic Trust.

Photograph of the bread arch on Leodis:

https://www.leodis.net/viewimage/123806

You can also see the beautiful art work that was made to be a calendar featuring the bread arch in this blog post:

https://secretlibraryleeds.net/2016/02/24/from-bread-to-ghosts-speed-dating-library-treasures/

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This episode is a chat with my best friend of over 30 years Claire Hill.

This episode we cover the mysterious ghostly sightings on the Stocksbridge Bypass in South Yorkshire.

Sources used for this episode are below:

Stocksbridge Bypass – Britain’s Most Haunted Road? - Weird World (weird-world.net)

How Sheffield's notorious Stocksbridge bypass was tamed by technology - YorkshireLive (examinerlive.co.uk)

Sights of a medieval monk and two ghost children playing keeps Stocksbridge Bypass as one of UK's most haunted roads | The Star

The Unexplainable Hauntings Of Stocksbridge Bypass | SpiritShack

The UK’s Most Haunted Roads | Blog | Zipcar

Stocksbridge Bypass, a Top Haunted Road in England (dangerousroads.org)

These are the most haunted roads in Yorkshire - and the chilling tales behind them | Yorkshire Evening Post

The Saturday Examiner, Saturday 14th May 1988 (front page)

Sunday Mirror, October 6th 1996 (p. 34)

A search on Google Maps/Google Earth for Pearoyd Lane or Pearoyd Bridge will show the location discussed in this episode

Follow the podcast on Twitter @noheathenland we'd love to hear from you!

Thank you so much for listening.

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This episode I share three interesting newspaper cuttings from a collection compiled by Edwin Hick about Witchcraft, these specifically relate to Witchcraft in Yorkshire, of course.

I hope you enjoy this short but sweet episode from me, do tweet me @noheathenland I'd love to hear from you.

The book consulted in todays episode is:

MSS on Witches and Witchcraft (1930s) - handwritten manuscript and newscutting collection by 'Hick' SR 133.409 H524* Available to view by appointment at Leeds Central Library

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My guest for Episode 6 is my most treasured Librarian pal, Rhian Isaac. Rhian is Special Collections Librarian for Leeds Libraroes and I'm happy to say a good friend of mine too.

Rhian's dedication and enthusiasm for her work is admirable and I really think she has such an exciting job and she brings a personal passion to it!

In this episode we discuss notorious highwayman Dick Turpin, fron his beginnings to his frankly horrifying deeds across the country and his ultimate execution in Yorkshire. A fascinating story indeed!

As mentioned in the episode I will be sharing some of the images we discussed including those of Turpin on the Twitter page @noheathenland

You can find Rhian on Twitter @rhianisaac1 and her dedicate special collections instagram @rarebook_rhian

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Sure...it's now almost 3 full months since Halloween, but it's always spooky season around these parts so I hope you enjoy this chat with returning guest Ross Horsley.

In this episode Ross shares his top 10 (!) spooky stories with a Yorkshire connection, and I share three newspaper articles containing varying degrees of spookiness!

For those who would like to read any of the books Ross mentions in this episode, they are:

The Old Nurse’s Story (1852) by Eizabeth Gaskell 

The Phantom Coach (1864) by Amelia B. Edwards

Squire Toby’s Will (1868) by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

The Striding Place (1896/1900) by Gertrude Atherton

Across the Moors (1910) by William Fryer Harvey

The Demon King (1931) by JB Priestley

The Rope in the Rafters (1935) by Oliver Onions

The Waxwork (1935) by AM Burrage

Colonel P's Ghost Story (1937) by Lord Halifax

The Haunting of Shawley Rectory (1979) by Ruth Rendell

Follow the podcast on Twitter @noheathenland and send me a message! I'd love to hear from you.

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I hope you've enjoyed Halloween month, but round here, it's always kinda spooky. I'm delighted to share this chat with you, with artist and researcher Morticia.

Morticia researches and creates artworks on culture and customs surrounding death and mourning; in this episode she guides me through the history of St George's Field in Leeds, a cemetery set up in 1833, now encased by the University of Leeds campus. Morticia also highlights the headstones of two intriguing women buried in St George's Field. We visited the cemetery to record 'on location' in August of this year (2021) and it was a beautiful day, as this episode goes out the seasons have changed significantly so our chat fits the spooky autumn vibes perfectly.

Some information and sources for this episode:-

The University of Leeds' collection page containing information and archives about St George's Field:

https://library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections/collection/706

Leeds' author Chris Nickson's blogpost on the fascinating Ann Carr:

https://chrisnickson.co.uk/2021/07/28/forgotten-women-of-leeds-ann-carr/

Morticia's blog:

https://ladylugosi.blogspot.com

You can find Morticia on Twitter @ladylugosi and on Instagram @ladylugosi13

Be sure to follow the podcast on Twitter @noheathenland for photos from the cemetery from the day of recording

Thanks as always goes to @iony_tommi for the artwork for this podcast and for editing assistance.

Thank you for listening

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Louise wrote an excellent blogpost condensing the research in 2019 : https://secretlibraryleeds.net/2019/04/26/bramhope-tunnel-conquering-the-ridge/

Leeds photograph archive Leodis, has several images of the tunnel:

Front view: https://www.leodis.net/viewimage/134195

Memorial structure: https://www.leodis.net/viewimage/100918

Ventilation shaft: https://www.leodis.net/viewimage/134198

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In this episode I talk to my friend Josh Flint about a scandalous murder in Armley, Leeds in 1856

Sources Josh mentioned/ used for his research:

Armley Through the Ages, The Armley Society, 1983:

https://leeds.ent.sirsidynix.net.uk/client/en_GB/libraryonline/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:14365/one?qu=armley+through+the+ages&te=ILS

Leeds Intelligencer, 13th September 1856

Leeds Mercury, 13th September 1856

Leeds Times, 27th December 1856

You can find old newspapers at your closest Local History Library or online (subscriptions apply) at the British Newspaper Archive on Ancestry or Find My Past Most Library services will offer online access to newspaper archives like this one from Leeds Libraries.

Photograph of The Malt Mill 1903:

https://www.leodis.net/viewimage/62689

photograph of the Royal Hotel (to the left) on Town Street in Armley, The Malt Mill became the Royal Hotel in 1906:

https://www.leodis.net/viewimage/113610

Information on the origins of handcuffing criminals (as we know it now at least):

https://tihk.co/blogs/news/14756441-a-history-of-handcuffs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handcuffs

https://www.blueline.ca/a_history_of_handcuffs-2396/

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This episode Sally shares a terrifying 1970s story of demonic possession and guest, Ross, tells a spooky tale set on the atmospheric Woodhouse Ridge in Leeds

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Episode 1 References and Links

Sally:

The True Crime Enthusiast Blog and Podcast

Last Podcast on the Left Episode 338: Murderous Possession - The Story of Michael Taylor

The Quantum Mind

Ross:

@rosshorsefly on Twitter and Instagram

The newspaper article referenced appeared in the Leeds Mercury on 1st December, 1761.

You can find old newspapers at your closest Local History Library or online (subscriptions apply) at the British Newspaper Archive on Ancestry or Find My Past Most Library services will offer online access to newspaper archives like this one from Leeds Libraries.

Many more mysterious news clippings, local and otherwise, are collected in the 1930s scrapbook 'Ghost Stories and Weird Experiences; Life After Death, etc', held at Leeds Central Library.

For more true Yorkshire ghost stories, written in a literary style, you can do no better than:

The Hand of Glory and Further Grandfather's Tales and Legends of Highwaymen and Others (1924) edited by J. Fairfax-Blakeborough. 

And:

Lord Halifax's Ghost Book: A Collection of Stories of Haunted Houses, Apparitions and Supernatural Occurrences (1936) by Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax. 

Editing by Luke Smith

Artwork: @iony_tommi on Instagram

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