Through expert storytelling, and historical insight, English Heritage invites viewers on a journey through the rich tapestry of England’s past. Whether you’re hearing these legendary tales for the first time or rediscovering old favorites, Tales from English Folklore offers a spellbinding glimpse into the stories that continue to inspire and captivate today.
Each story is 6-10 minutes so once you get hooked you'll be done in no time.
Included Folklore
Part 1: Whitby Abbey, on the coast of North Yorkshire, is the setting of a curious English legend. It is said that the curly ammonites that erode from the cliffs there are snakes, which were turned to stone after a local abbess prayed for God to banish them.
Part 2: In the second of our Tales from English Folklore series, we bring to life the legend of how Stanton Drew Stone Circles in Somerset were apparently formed. It all began with a wedding long, long ago...
Part 3: On Hadrian's Wall lies the ruin of a subterranean temple to a little-known god, at the centre of a secretive Roman cult. New members were initiated in a mysterious ceremony of which we know very little. Our latest episode imagines what may have taken place...
Part 4: In our latest English folktale, follow King Charles II on his escape from the Battle of Worcester to Boscobel House, where the locals helped him into a rather ingenious hiding place...
Part 5: A local legend in the Devon village of Okehampton tells of a murderous woman, doomed to pay an eternal penance for her alleged sins. Join two Victorian gentlemen as they are given a guided tour, and hear the spine-chilling tale of Lady Mary Howard...
Part 6: A story from the Suffolk town of Orford tells of a peculiar creature pulled from the sea by local fishermen. Hair-covered and illiterate, he was a mystery to the local townsfolk.
Part 1: St Hilda and the Snakes
Part 2: The Dancers of Stanton Drew
Part 3: The Cult of Mithras
Part 4: Charles II and the Oak Tree
Part 5: The Wronged Lady of Okehampton
Part 6: The Wild Man of Orford
