Weird Norfolk

Siofra Connor from The Norfolk Folklore Society and Weird Norfolk shares her favourite things about Norfolk

Why I love Norfolk: Siofra Connor

$The original St Ann\'s house (demolished in 1914) where a spectral coach and horses was seen at midnight$ $The original St Ann\'s house (demolished in 1914) where a spectral coach and horses was seen at midnight$

Weird Norfolk: King's Lynn's terrifying time slip

$The stairs from the crypt to the church at Brisley\'s St Bartholomew\'s Church$ $The stairs from the crypt to the church at Brisley\'s St Bartholomew\'s Church$

The grisly secret inside a Norfolk crypt

Something strange was inside the Norfolk church...

Something strange was inside the Norfolk church...

'Invisible evil' felt by visitors at Norfolk church

This 1960s newspaper clipping tells of strange happenings in Wisbech High Street

This 1960s newspaper clipping tells of strange happenings in Wisbech High Street

WEIRD NORFOLK: The local shoe shop haunted by a 'one-legged poltergeist'

Painting: A child of the Honigh Family on its deathbed by an unknown artist

Painting: A child of the Honigh Family on its deathbed by an unknown artist

WEIRD NORFOLK: Have you seen Corpusty's ghost hearse?

Something wicked this way comes: a torchlight procession at Corpusty in November 1976

Something wicked this way comes: a torchlight procession at Corpusty in November 1976

Weird Norfolk: The day the dead rose in Corpusty

Oxburgh Hall exterior, taken in 1964

Oxburgh Hall exterior, taken in 1964

Weird Norfolk: The jilted Tudor ghost that haunts a National Trust hall

Costessey Hall inhabited by British soldiers during WW1.

Costessey Hall inhabited by British soldiers during WW1.

8 long-lost Norfolk buildings and places we wish we could have visited

The Smugglers' Cove by Albert Pinkham Ryder

The Smugglers' Cove by Albert Pinkham Ryder

Which Norfolk cliff is haunted by a ghostly coastguard?

Did three friends see a ghost walk out into Breydon Water?

Did three friends see a ghost walk out into Breydon Water?

Have you seen a whistling ghost off the Acle Straight?

The area where Mary Bone's Well was, near to the ruins of Coxford Priory. Picture: DENISE BRADLEY

The area where Mary Bone's Well was, near to the ruins of Coxford Priory. Picture: DENISE BRADLEY

Weird Norfolk: Murder in the well near West Rudham

Do you recognise any of the phrases that were once commonplace amongst our great grandparents? Picture date: May 1953

Do you recognise any of the phrases that were once commonplace amongst our great grandparents? Picture date: May 1953

Weird Norfolk: 20 strange old Norfolk sayings

Bellarmine bottles were often used as witch bottles.

Bellarmine bottles were often used as witch bottles.

Weird Norfolk: The West Norfolk witches and how to break a curse

What did Sally Jopson see in the sky of the Wash?

What did Sally Jopson see in the sky of the Wash?

Weird Norfolk: Were the mystery lights above west Norfolk UFOs?

An illustration of Jack Valentine by Matt Willis of Shuck zine

An illustration of Jack Valentine by Matt Willis of Shuck zine

Were you visited by Norfolk's Jack Valentine when you were a child?

Dr Augustus Jessopp wrote about his encounter with a ghost at Mannington Hall. Picture date: 1989.

Dr Augustus Jessopp wrote about his encounter with a ghost at Mannington Hall. Picture date: 1989.

Weird Norfolk: The ghost hunting Norwich headmaster

It is said that Richard Cromwell installed a snake pit on Banningham village green.

It is said that Richard Cromwell installed a snake pit on Banningham village green.

Weird Norfolk: The Banningham snake pit where ‘the morals of women’ were tested

The mysterious Beasts of the East map

The mysterious Beasts of the East map

How many of these 26 mythical Beasts from the East have you heard of?

Westwick Obelisk once housed a tearoom.

Westwick Obelisk once housed a tearoom.

Weird Norfolk: What links Westwick’s obelisk, ghosts and stuffed bears?

David and Victoria Beckham

David and Victoria Beckham

Norfolk's own Golden Balls who beat Beckham to it

Margaret Ratcliffe dressed as Anne Boleyn at Blickling Hall. Anne Boleyn's ghost is said to visit Blickling on May 19 every year PHOTO: ANTONY KELLY

Margaret Ratcliffe dressed as Anne Boleyn at Blickling Hall. Anne Boleyn's ghost is said to visit Blickling on May 19 every year PHOTO: ANTONY KELLY

Tonight is the night to spot Anne Boleyn's 'headless ghost' in Norfolk

The grandeur of Norfolk's own Downton Abbey, Costessey Hall in Old Costessey

The grandeur of Norfolk's own Downton Abbey, Costessey Hall in Old Costessey

How many of Norfolk's lost historic houses do you know?

St Michael’s and All Angels tower close to the cliff at Sidestrand, now lost to the sea.

St Michael’s and All Angels tower close to the cliff at Sidestrand, now lost to the sea.

Weird Norfolk: The bones that rained down on the beach from the Garden of Sleep

Weird Norfolk: The main street in Horning. The village is said to revert to how it looked 100 years ago in a timeslip every five years. Picture: DENISE BRADLEY

Weird Norfolk: The main street in Horning. The village is said to revert to how it looked 100 years ago in a timeslip every five years. Picture: DENISE BRADLEY

WEIRD NORFOLK: The Norfolk village where a family literally stepped back in time

Does Black Shuck prowl the streets of Blakeney. Picture: Archant Library/Ian burt

Does Black Shuck prowl the streets of Blakeney. Picture: Archant Library/Ian burt

WEIRD NORFOLK: Black Shuck prowling in Blakeney – have you seen the devil dog?

Did Cromer coastguards see a UFO over Cromer in 1977? Picture: Archant Library/Colin Finch

Did Cromer coastguards see a UFO over Cromer in 1977? Picture: Archant Library/Colin Finch

WEIRD NORFOLK: The day a UFO came to visit Cromer

Sheep graze at East Runton 1964 the derelict windmill in the background. Picture: Archant Library

Sheep graze at East Runton 1964 the derelict windmill in the background. Picture: Archant Library

WEIRD NORFOLK: Years before Halloween trinkets, East Runton boasted a skeleton that glows in the dark

The lights, believed to be SpaceX starlink Satelites, were seen over Youngs Park in Aylsham on January 21. Picture: Candice Steele/ PA

The lights, believed to be SpaceX starlink Satelites, were seen over Youngs Park in Aylsham on January 21. Picture: Candice Steele/ PA

Are these lights spotted in the sky above Norfolk Elon Musk’s SpaceX satellites?

A fireball was spotted in the skies over Norfolk. Picture shows a previous fireball. Picture: supplied by Dan Self

A fireball was spotted in the skies over Norfolk. Picture shows a previous fireball. Picture: supplied by Dan Self

‘White-hot’ fireball spotted over Norfolk

The remaining buildings of the Burnham Norton Friary, home to Carmelite friars. The gatehouse, left, and the only surviving part of the church, the west gable. Picture: DENISE BRADLEY

The remaining buildings of the Burnham Norton Friary, home to Carmelite friars. The gatehouse, left, and the only surviving part of the church, the west gable. Picture: DENISE BRADLEY

Why do we throw coins into wells and fountains and how is it connected with a Norfolk ruin?

Ingham swan with the church in the background. Date: 1 Jul 1992. Picture: EDP Library

Ingham swan with the church in the background. Date: 1 Jul 1992. Picture: EDP Library

WEIRD NORFOLK: The skeletons that guarded a secret underground tunnel at Ingham

The phantom black dog of Buxton that foretold the death of a loved one. Picture: EDP Library/Sam Robbins

The phantom black dog of Buxton that foretold the death of a loved one. Picture: EDP Library/Sam Robbins

WEIRD NORFOLK: Black Shuck appeared to a woman in Buxton at the precise moment her brother dropped dead

Tony Buckingham set-up the East Anglian UFO Group. Picture: Marc Betts

Tony Buckingham set-up the East Anglian UFO Group. Picture: Marc Betts

‘Aliens are real and they are here’ - meet the man behind the East Anglian UFO Group

The triangle of land at the junction of Whimpwell Street, Whimpwell Green, and Coronation Road at Happisburgh, where there used to be a well and was haunted by an apparition. Picture: DENISE BRADLEY

The triangle of land at the junction of Whimpwell Street, Whimpwell Green, and Coronation Road at Happisburgh, where there used to be a well and was haunted by an apparition. Picture: DENISE BRADLEY

Weird Norfolk: The terrifying tale of the hump-backed Happisburgh Torso, the ghost whose head trailed behind it

The Ketton sisters and Felbrigg Hall. Picture: THE NATIONAL TRUST / EDP Archive

The Ketton sisters and Felbrigg Hall. Picture: THE NATIONAL TRUST / EDP Archive

Weird Norfolk: Both ladies in this Felbrigg Hall photo soon met their strange deaths

It's said the ghost of a child once haunted Cromer Parish Church.

It's said the ghost of a child once haunted Cromer Parish Church.

Weird Norfolk: The horrifying child-ghost that rises from the ground at Cromer church

Organ Beck in Beeston Regis with Beeston Bump and St Andrews Church.Byline: Sonya DuncanCopyright: Archant 2019

Organ Beck in Beeston Regis with Beeston Bump and St Andrews Church.Byline: Sonya DuncanCopyright: Archant 2019

Weird Norfolk: What lies beneath Organ Beck, Beeston Regis?

Norwich-based forecaster Weatherquest said the countys coast will bear the brunt of the bad weather, particularly in the east. PHOTO: ANTONY KELLY

Norwich-based forecaster Weatherquest said the countys coast will bear the brunt of the bad weather, particularly in the east. PHOTO: ANTONY KELLY

Weird Norfolk: Could seaside town’s brutal Yow Yows be the cries of drowned fishermen?

Weird Norfolk - North Walsham. Town sign.Picture: ANTONY KELLY

Weird Norfolk - North Walsham. Town sign.Picture: ANTONY KELLY

Weird Norfolk: The ghosts of North Walsham

Binham Priory. Picture: EDP Library

Binham Priory. Picture: EDP Library

Weird Norfolk: The ghost of Binham Priory

The 13th-century Bromholm Priory, which is now on private land. Picture: Archant library

The 13th-century Bromholm Priory, which is now on private land. Picture: Archant library

Weird Norfolk: Bringing the dead back to life at Bromholm Priory

The grave of James Reynolds at All Saints Church, Beeston Regis. Picture: Ian Burt

The grave of James Reynolds at All Saints Church, Beeston Regis. Picture: Ian Burt

Weird Norfolk: The farmer and the ghost, Beeston Regis

Was a puma spotted in north Norfolk in 2011? PHOTO: ANTONY KELLY

Was a puma spotted in north Norfolk in 2011? PHOTO: ANTONY KELLY

Weird Norfolk: The Norfolk Puma spotted across north Norfolk in 2011

St Uncumber (right) on the Rood screen at St Mary's church, Worstead.
Picture: Nick Butcher

St Uncumber (right) on the Rood screen at St Mary's church, Worstead.
Picture: Nick Butcher

Weird Norfolk: St Uncumber at St Mary’s Church, Worstead

The duelling stone with an urn on top at Cawston, depicting a duel between Sir Henry Hobart of Blickling Hall, and Oliver Le Neve of Great Witchingham Hall in 1698. Picture: DENISE BRADLEY

The duelling stone with an urn on top at Cawston, depicting a duel between Sir Henry Hobart of Blickling Hall, and Oliver Le Neve of Great Witchingham Hall in 1698. Picture: DENISE BRADLEY

Weird Norfolk: The Cawston duel stone and a ghost of Blickling Hall

Baconsthorpe Castle. Pictured is the Inner Gatehouse. Picture: Ian Burt

Baconsthorpe Castle. Pictured is the Inner Gatehouse. Picture: Ian Burt

Weird Norfolk: The ghost of Baconsthorpe Castle

Cromer's ghost dog looking out to sea. Picture: Weird Norfolk

Cromer's ghost dog looking out to sea. Picture: Weird Norfolk

Weird Norfolk: The ghostly black dog of Cromer

The lost village of Shipden lies beneath sea near Cromer Pier. PHOTO: Colin Finch

The lost village of Shipden lies beneath sea near Cromer Pier. PHOTO: Colin Finch

Weird Norfolk: The lost village of Shipden

Irstead village views. Picture : ANTONY KELLY

Irstead village views. Picture : ANTONY KELLY

Weird Norfolk: The wise woman of Irstead

Mr HE Witard's sketch of the sea serpent he saw off the coast of Eccles-on-Sea. Picture: EDP Library

Mr HE Witard's sketch of the sea serpent he saw off the coast of Eccles-on-Sea. Picture: EDP Library

Weird Norfolk: The Eccles-on-Sea sea serpent

The Shrieking Pit at Northrepps where legend tells a young woman called Esmerelda died in the pit. Picture: DENISE BRADLEY

The Shrieking Pit at Northrepps where legend tells a young woman called Esmerelda died in the pit. Picture: DENISE BRADLEY

Weird Norfolk: The shrieking pits of Aylmerton and Northrepps

The Legend of the Mermaid at All Saints Church, Upper Sheringham.
Picture: ANTONY KELLY

The Legend of the Mermaid at All Saints Church, Upper Sheringham.
Picture: ANTONY KELLY

Weird Norfolk: The mysterious mermaid of Sheringham

Aerial view of Sandy Lane, Dereham. Picture: EDP Library

Aerial view of Sandy Lane, Dereham. Picture: EDP Library

Weird Norfolk: The Headless Ghost of Sandy Lane, Dereham