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![1 Oct: The curious tale of a secret door](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b63736_10d56fcc5fda43b2a51e2ecc07c1efbf~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_211,h_159,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/b63736_10d56fcc5fda43b2a51e2ecc07c1efbf~mv2.webp)
Stacia Briggs
Sep 24, 2023
1 Oct: The curious tale of a secret door
In February 1900, a curious tale was noted in Norfolk and Norwich Notes and Queries about Wiveton Hall in North Norfolk
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![2 Oct: Memento Mori Monday](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b63736_6e16d06c715842aca4cafe1c9d2c072a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_211,h_159,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/b63736_6e16d06c715842aca4cafe1c9d2c072a~mv2.webp)
Stacia Briggs
Sep 24, 2023
2 Oct: Memento Mori Monday
Memento Mori Monday: Samuel Emms, who died on January 15 1748 aged 50. Buried at All Saints Church in Swanton Morley.
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![3 Oct: Mrs Bell's spell](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b63736_11947688cc27459488d53c771591a227~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_211,h_159,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/b63736_11947688cc27459488d53c771591a227~mv2.webp)
Stacia Briggs
Sep 24, 2023
3 Oct: Mrs Bell's spell
In 1843, a Mrs Bell in Norwich was taken to court, accused of assault – her weapon, it was said, was a pin-pierced candle.
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![4 Oct: The Devil at Swanton Morley](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b63736_f4a650903e0744b5bc6867978b3a1ab9~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_211,h_159,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/b63736_f4a650903e0744b5bc6867978b3a1ab9~mv2.webp)
Stacia Briggs
Sep 24, 2023
4 Oct: The Devil at Swanton Morley
Whistle and he will come to you…the tower of All Saints at Swanton Morley can be seen for miles – even, it seems, from the depths of hell.
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![5 Oct: The mysterious Southery stone](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b63736_76b04a80d2a14396abb5379e4e85f174~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_211,h_159,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/b63736_76b04a80d2a14396abb5379e4e85f174~mv2.webp)
Stacia Briggs
Sep 24, 2023
5 Oct: The mysterious Southery stone
A thunderstorm on Halloween in 1642 led to the discovery of a hole in a village near Downham Market and the unearthing of a mysterious stone
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![6 Oct: The fairy cow of South Lopham](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b63736_397eada39d1a4c6ebcee0e9635bf0a1c~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_211,h_159,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/b63736_397eada39d1a4c6ebcee0e9635bf0a1c~mv2.webp)
Stacia Briggs
Sep 24, 2023
6 Oct: The fairy cow of South Lopham
South Lopham in Norfolk may not be able to boast a Fairy Godmother but it does lay claim to a Fairy Cow.
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![7 Oct: Babes in Wayland Wood](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b63736_10d56fcc5fda43b2a51e2ecc07c1efbf~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_211,h_159,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/b63736_10d56fcc5fda43b2a51e2ecc07c1efbf~mv2.webp)
Stacia Briggs
Sep 24, 2023
7 Oct: Babes in Wayland Wood
Cruel fairytale Babes in the Wood is said to be based on a true story that happened near Watton in the 1500s.
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![8 Oct: The Stockton Stone](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b63736_6e16d06c715842aca4cafe1c9d2c072a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_211,h_159,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/b63736_6e16d06c715842aca4cafe1c9d2c072a~mv2.webp)
Stacia Briggs
Sep 24, 2023
8 Oct: The Stockton Stone
Hidden in plain sight, the Stockton Stone has watched over its corner of Norfolk for centuries since it was left behind by a frozen tide.
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![9 Oct: Memento Mori Monday](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b63736_11947688cc27459488d53c771591a227~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_211,h_159,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/b63736_11947688cc27459488d53c771591a227~mv2.webp)
Stacia Briggs
Sep 24, 2023
9 Oct: Memento Mori Monday
Memento Mori Monday: This fragment of a gravestone is kept at The Norwich Historic Churches Trust’s Visitor Centre at St Martin-at-Palace.
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![10 Oct: Does the entrance to Narnia lie within a wardrobe at a Norfolk manor house…?](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b63736_f4a650903e0744b5bc6867978b3a1ab9~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_211,h_159,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/b63736_f4a650903e0744b5bc6867978b3a1ab9~mv2.webp)
Stacia Briggs
Sep 24, 2023
10 Oct: Does the entrance to Narnia lie within a wardrobe at a Norfolk manor house…?
At Bessingham Manor, bedroom six is known as ‘the Narnia Room’.
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![11 Oct: The Devil at Tunstall](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b63736_76b04a80d2a14396abb5379e4e85f174~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_211,h_159,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/b63736_76b04a80d2a14396abb5379e4e85f174~mv2.webp)
Stacia Briggs
Sep 24, 2023
11 Oct: The Devil at Tunstall
Close to the ruin of St Peter and St Paul’s church at Tunstall is a boggy pool of water known as ‘hell hole’ which bubbles in the summertime
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![12 Oct: The white lady](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b63736_397eada39d1a4c6ebcee0e9635bf0a1c~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_211,h_159,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/b63736_397eada39d1a4c6ebcee0e9635bf0a1c~mv2.webp)
Stacia Briggs
Sep 24, 2023
12 Oct: The white lady
Two churches stand side by side in the village of Kirby Bedon, one a ruin, the other standing, both said to be haunted by the same ghost.
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![13 Oct: How to catch an adulterer](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b63736_10d56fcc5fda43b2a51e2ecc07c1efbf~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_211,h_159,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/b63736_10d56fcc5fda43b2a51e2ecc07c1efbf~mv2.webp)
Stacia Briggs
Sep 24, 2023
13 Oct: How to catch an adulterer
Folklore writer Enid Porter shared the following story she had been told by a source in Norwich in her book, The Folklore of East Anglia.
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![14 Oct: Fairy loaves - good luck or bad luck?](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b63736_6e16d06c715842aca4cafe1c9d2c072a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_211,h_159,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/b63736_6e16d06c715842aca4cafe1c9d2c072a~mv2.webp)
Stacia Briggs
Sep 24, 2023
14 Oct: Fairy loaves - good luck or bad luck?
Known as ‘Fairy Loaves’, these star-shaped stones are filled with magic, according to centuries-old folklore.
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![15 Oct: The corpse-way](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b63736_11947688cc27459488d53c771591a227~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_211,h_159,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/b63736_11947688cc27459488d53c771591a227~mv2.webp)
Stacia Briggs
Sep 24, 2023
15 Oct: The corpse-way
If you have reason to be across the border in Suffolk and on The Causeway in Needham Market, take a moment to consider that you are taking..
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![16 Oct: Memento Mori Monday](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b63736_f4a650903e0744b5bc6867978b3a1ab9~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_211,h_159,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/b63736_f4a650903e0744b5bc6867978b3a1ab9~mv2.webp)
Stacia Briggs
Sep 24, 2023
16 Oct: Memento Mori Monday
This jaunty memorial at Our Lady and St Margaret in Calthorpe near Erpingham boasts three skulls for the price of one.
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![17 Oct: Here be unicorns](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b63736_76b04a80d2a14396abb5379e4e85f174~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_211,h_159,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/b63736_76b04a80d2a14396abb5379e4e85f174~mv2.webp)
Stacia Briggs
Sep 24, 2023
17 Oct: Here be unicorns
During renovations of a house in Cley-next-the Sea, an incredible wall painting was discovered which depicts a unicorn and a mirror.
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![18 Oct: The centre of Norfolk](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b63736_397eada39d1a4c6ebcee0e9635bf0a1c~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_211,h_159,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/b63736_397eada39d1a4c6ebcee0e9635bf0a1c~mv2.webp)
Stacia Briggs
Sep 24, 2023
18 Oct: The centre of Norfolk
The Hoe Watermill Stone is a glacial erratic boulder which stands on the triangle outside the site of Gressenhall Mill.
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![19 Oct: Phantom coaches at the Royal Arcade](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b63736_10d56fcc5fda43b2a51e2ecc07c1efbf~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_211,h_159,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/b63736_10d56fcc5fda43b2a51e2ecc07c1efbf~mv2.webp)
Stacia Briggs
Sep 24, 2023
19 Oct: Phantom coaches at the Royal Arcade
Phantom coaches rumble through the cellars of the Royal Arcade.
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![20 Oct: The sneering man](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b63736_6e16d06c715842aca4cafe1c9d2c072a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_211,h_159,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/b63736_6e16d06c715842aca4cafe1c9d2c072a~mv2.webp)
Stacia Briggs
Sep 24, 2023
20 Oct: The sneering man
The Sneering Man stalks the coastal road in front of terrified drivers, some of whom claim to have driven straight through him.
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