Traditions of Lancashire (The Complete Two-Volume Edition) (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Folklore, Legends, and Local Customs in Victorian LancashireBy John Roby
Length41h 15m
About this audiobook
John Roby's *Traditions of Lancashire* presents a richly embroidered collection of historical legends, local customs, supernatural narratives, and antiquarian lore associated with Lancashire's landscapes and communities. Drawing upon chronicles, oral tradition, family history, and regional memory, Roby transforms materials of uncertain historical status into compelling literary narratives, often balancing documentary commentary with the atmosphere of romance. The work belongs to the nineteenth-century revival of provincial antiquarianism and folkloric writing, while also reflecting the influence of Sir Walter Scott's historical fiction: castles, monasteries, recusant families, civil-war conflicts, and spectral incidents become vehicles for exploring how the past survives in popular imagination. This complete two-volume edition preserves the breadth of Roby's ambitious regional portrait. Roby was a Lancashire-born antiquary, clergyman, and writer whose intimate knowledge of the county informed both the specificity and the confidence of his account. Writing during a period of intense interest in national history, medievalism, and vernacular culture, he sought to record traditions threatened by modernization while giving them literary permanence. His dual identity as scholar and storyteller explains the book's distinctive combination of research, moral reflection, and imaginative reconstruction. Readers interested in folklore, regional history, Gothic romance, and the cultural formation of English identity will find this edition especially rewarding: it offers not merely a catalogue of curiosities, but a sustained meditation on how communities remember, embellish, and inhabit their past.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreHistory
Length41 hrs 15 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 13, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Traditions of Lancashire (Vol. 1&2)
2Volume 1
3Page −16 MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR.[5]
4Page −12 PREFACE TO THE FIRST SERIES.
5PREFACE TO THE SECOND SERIES.
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6Page −9 INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND SERIES.
7SIR TARQUIN.
8THE GOBLIN BUILDERS.
9Page 27 MAB'S CROSS.
10Page 54 THE PRIOR OF BURSCOUGH.
11THE EAGLE AND CHILD.
12THE BLACK KNIGHT OF ASHTON.
13Page 110 FAIR ELLEN OF RADCLIFFE.
14Page 119 THE ABBOT OF WHALLEY
15Page 147 SIR EDWARD STANLEY.
16Page 163 GEORGE MARSH, THE MARTYR.
17Page 179 DR DEE, THE ASTROLOGER.
18THE SEER.
19Page 232 THE EARL OF TYRONE.
20Page 263 HOGHTON TOWER.
21Page 296 THE LANCASHIRE WITCHES.
22PART THIRD.
23Page 331 SIEGE OF LATHOM.
24Page 362 RAVEN CASTLE.
25Page 385 THE PHANTOM VOICE.
26THE BAR-GAIST.
27Page 409 THE HAUNTED MANOR-HOUSE.
28Page 426 CLITHEROE CASTLE;
29THE GREY MAN OF THE WOOD; OR, THE SECRET MINE.
30Volume 2
31THE FAIRIES' CHAPEL.
32THE LUCK OF MUNCASTER.
33THE PEEL OF FOULDREY.
34A LEGEND OF BEWSEY.
35THE BLESSING.
36THE DULE UPO' DUN.
37WINDLESHAW ABBEY.
38CLEGG HALL.
39THE MERMAID OF MARTIN MEER.
40GEORGE FOX.
41THE DEMON OF THE WELL.
42THE SANDS.
43THE RING AND THE CLIFF.
44THE DEAD MAN'S HAND.
45THE LOST FARM;
46THE MAID'S STRATAGEM;
47THE SKULL HOUSE.
48RIVINGTON PIKE;
49MOTHER RED-CAP;
50THE DEATH-PAINTER;
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