{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/679df09dc4b7d8845b8350f7/69a7de89b5381e1c0131cc25?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 37. Silky and her sisters: the Silkies of the North","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/679df09dc4b7d8845b8350f7/1772609140854-977e0250-9047-45f9-8f23-b0ce19388066.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Welcome to Episode 37 of the Within the Boggart Wood podcast. We open with a listener story by Melanie who tells us of her ghostly experiences at Trewhitt Road in Heaton, Newcastle. Then I move on to an in-depth look at the &#39;Silky&#39; phenomenon in the north, with am amble by Black Heaton, Denton Hall, Houndwood Hall and a few others. The episode closes with an article from the Gloucester Journal, 1730. Note that this article is a little graphic (murder detail) so discretion may be advised...</p><p><br></p><h4>Links and sources</h4><ul><li>1843, Tithe apportionment of East Denton and Sugley (township in the parish of Newburn). National Archives <a href=\"https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/s/res?_q=IR+29%2F25%2F145\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">IR 29/25/145</a></li><li>1939 Register, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne (County District)</li><li>Briggs, K. M. (1957). The English Fairies. <em>Folklore</em>, 68(1), 270–287.</li><li>Briggs, K. M. (1961). Some Late Accounts of the Fairies. <em>Folklore</em>, <em>72</em>(3), 509–519.</li><li>Census records, 1881-1911</li><li>Dodds, M.H. (1930) <em>History of Northumberland </em>vol. XIII 1930 pp. 185-200;</li><li>Gloucester Journal, Tuesday 07 July 1730;</li><li>Henderson, W. (1879) <em>Notes on the folk-lore of the northern counties of England and the borders</em>. London: W. Satchell, Peyton and Co.</li><li>Histon, Vanessa (2000), <em>Nightmare on Grey Street: Newcastle’s Darker Side</em>, Newcastle upon Tyne: Tyne Bridge Publishing.</li><li>Krappe, A.H. (1943) Spirit-sighted Animals. <em>Folklore</em>, <em>54</em>(4), 391–401.</li><li>Richardson, M.A. (1846), <em>The Borderer’s table book; or, Gatherings of the local history and romance of the English and Scottish Border</em>, Vol. VII, London: Henry G. Bohn.</li><li>Robertson, J. (1996) <em>Scottish Ghost Stories</em></li><li>Scott, W. (1887) The Monthly Chronicle of North-Country Lore and Legend</li><li>Southwick, M. (2014), ‘Denton Hall (NZ198657)’, <em>North-East History Tour</em></li><li>Tomlinson, W.W. (1893) <em>Denton Hall and its Associations</em></li><li>“The Silky Ghost is now laid”, Newcastle Journal – Thursday 06 February 1964</li><li><a href=\"https://co-curate.ncl.ac.uk/denton-hall/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://co-curate.ncl.ac.uk/denton-hall/</a></li><li><a href=\"https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1338212\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1338212</a></li><li>, <a href=\"http://northeasthistorytour.blogspot.com/2014/03/denton-hall-nz198657.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http://northeasthistorytour.blogspot.com/2014/03/denton-hall-nz198657.html</a>.</li><li><a href=\"https://www.paranormaldatabase.com/northumberland/nhumdata.php?pageNum_paradata=1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.paranormaldatabase.com/northumberland/nhumdata.php?pageNum_paradata=1</a></li><li><strong><a href=\"https://www.tartans.com/articles/ghost-child.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.tartans.com/articles/ghost-child.html</a></strong></li><li><a href=\"https://www.icysedgwick.com/northumberland-silky/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.icysedgwick.com/northumberland-silky/</a></li><li><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Heddon\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Heddon</a></li><li><a href=\"https://pantheon.org/articles/s/silky.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://pantheon.org/articles/s/silky.html</a></li></ul><p><br></p><h4>Keywords</h4><p>GHOST BOGGART BROWNIE SILKY SILKIE SILKEY BLACK HEDDON BELSAY DENTON HALL HOUNDWOOD HALL MURDER HORSES CONTROL</p>","author_name":"Within the Boggart Wood"}