Illustrated Tales of County Durham

Description

The historic county of Durham has a myriad folktales, from its remote North Pennine uplands to the historic cathedral city of Durham with its associations with St Cuthbert and powerful bishops, to the more populous areas in the east, nearer to its North Sea Coast, where towns like Sunderland, Hartlepool and Darlington grew massively in the Industrial Revolution. The tales include stories of dragons and wyrms, fairies and brownies, ghosts and apparitions as well as legendary figures from the mists of time and mythical beasts. Here one will find the Middridge Fairies, the Bishop Auckland Boar, the Lambton Worm, the Witch of Washington and the Grey Lady of Durham Castle amongst many others. Illustrated Tales of County Durham will take the reader on a journey back through Durham’s hidden history where legend, folklore and reality are intertwined in a compelling story of the county’s magical past. These strange and spooky stories are accompanied by illustrations of places featured in the text, both present-day and historical, in this hugely entertaining book.