Merry Seasonal Time!

A short little hello from me here in No Heathen Land. I hope you enjoy this short and sweet episode of three festive readings from newspaper cuttings from the Edwin Hick collection in Leeds Libraries:

The Hick Collection : [collections of newspaper cuttings on various subjects collated by Edwin Hick of Leeds]

Shelfmark: SRF 942.81 HIC

[The poem Yule-Tide is undated, but i beloeve it is late 19th/early 20th Century ('God Save the Queen' referring to Queen Victoria, the cuttings are pre Elizabeth II reign) ].

This item is available to view but please contact the Library first to request

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Happy Yorkshire Day from No Heathen Land.

To celebrate, best friend of the podcast Ross Horsley is back to discuss all things Dracula and Whitby!

Dracula By Bram Stoker, 1897

Room 13 By Robert Swindles, 1989

Follow @October_Country_ for some beautiful, gothic photography and accompanying thoughtful words

Films and TV discussed:

Nosferatu (1922) https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20220303-nosferatu-the-monster-who-still-terrifies-100-years-on

Dracula (1931) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021814/

Dracula (1958) Hammer https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051554/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Dracula (1974) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070003/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_56_act

Count Dracula (1977) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075882/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Dracula (1979) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079073/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103874/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Dracula (2013) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2296682/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Dracula (2020) BBC/Netflix https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9139220/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

The Barghest O'Whitby by My Dying Bride (2011)

Extras:

Wharram Percy Deserted Medieval Village

Bodies mutilated to 'stop dead rising' : https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-39477005

Yellow Face by R F Kuang (2023)

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Welcome to No Heathen Land.....

This episode my guest is the wonderful Storyteller, Actor, Theatre Producer and all round fascinating human Matthew Bellwood.

Matthew tells me the story of the infamous 'Yorkshire Witch' Mary Bateman, con-woman extraordinaire, apparent kleptomaniac and ultimately, murderer!

Links to sources used in this episode:

The Extraordinary Life and Character of Mary Bateman, the Yorkshire Witch

Gale MOML Print Editions, Trials Collection 1600-1926

Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths In Leeds

David Goodman, Warncliffe Books, 2003

Bloody British History: Leeds

Richard Smyth, The History Press, 2013

Criminal Leeds: From earliest records to 1879 

Steven Burt (I can't seem to spot any publishing details for this pamphlet - maybe it's in the library catalogue?)

The Yorkshire Witch: The Life and Trial of Mary Bateman

Summer Strevens, Pen and Sword Books Ltd, 2017

The Ballad of Mary Bateman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04lmJOw46NM

Links to Matthew's work:

About Matthew https://somestories.co.uk

Audio walks:

Stirring up the Past - https://www.stirringupthepast.org/ 

A Garden Through Time - https://www.365leedsstories.org/maps/map-19/ 

A Walk In The Park - http://www.aquietword.co.uk/park/

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Welcome to No Heathen Land, Season 2 Episode 5 with Antony Ramm.

In this episode Antony tells me all about Leeds Antiquarians of the 17th and 18th Century and the weird and wonderful items they collected and documented.

Three brilliant blog posts by Antony about Antiquarians:

https://secretlibraryleeds.net/2018/08/10/a-brief-history-of-leeds-antiquarians-part-1/

https://secretlibraryleeds.net/2019/06/07/a-brief-history-of-leeds-antiquarians-part-ii/

https://secretlibraryleeds.net/2019/08/30/a-brief-history-of-leeds-antiquarians-part-iii/

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A bit more about the Ducatus Leodiensis:

https://secretlibraryleeds.net/collections-treasures/collections/the-antiquarian-collection/the-thomas-wilson-collection/ducatus-leodiensis-2/

https://secretlibraryleeds.net/2016/02/17/ralph-thoresby-and-the-ducatus-leodiensis-a-curated-display/

William Boyne:

https://secretlibraryleeds.net/collections-treasures/collections/the-antiquarian-collection/the-william-boyne-collection/boynes-grangerised-history-of-leeds/

https://secretlibraryleeds.net/2018/05/11/william-boyne-and-the-voices-of-history/

https://secretlibraryleeds.net/collections-treasures/collections/the-antiquarian-collection/the-william-boyne-collection/

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A very Happy New Year and a warm welcome to No Heathen Land, the first episode of 2023.

This is a very exciting episode with Bunty May Marshall and George Parr, the creative couple behind the folklore zine Hwaet! Amongst so many other things! Bunty and George cover so much in this episode, all of which I could fit in is linked below.

I hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as I enjoyed recording it!

Bunty's art and commission info : https://www.buntymaymakes.com

Hwaet! Zine: https://www.hwaetzine.co.uk

Astral Noize Zine: https://astralnoizeuk.com

Fantomes Zine: https://fantomeszine.com

Waiting for You : A Detectorists Zine

Book : Milner Field - The Lost Country House of Titus Salt Jnr by Richard Lee-Van den Daele and R David Beale

Creative Stories by James and Victoria Wall

Creative Stories - Feat. Bunty May Marshall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3PloKtzqoM

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Welcome to No Heathen Land...

This episode I'm joined by friend and fellow Librarian Josh Flint. Josh shares his amazing knowledge of the Battle of Wakefield which took place on 30th December 1460. I hope you enjoy Josh's enthusiasm as much as I did.

Books mentioned:

(Refs for Local Studies and Research at Leeds Libraries)

The Military Campaigns of the Wars of the Roses by Philip A. Haigh (942.04 HAI)

Wakefield and Towton: War of the Roses by Philip A. Haigh (Y 942.04 HAI)

Blog posts:

Research guide to Yorkshire Battles by Josh Flint

Yorkshire Battles: Battle of Wakefield, 1460 by Josh Flint

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Welcome to No Heathen Land.

Season 2 Episode 2 is with Poet and Librarian Matthew Hedley Stoppard where we discuss the public punishment procession Riding the Stang...

For more on Matthew click here!

BUY The Garland King

Old-time Punishments, (1890) by William Andrews available as reference only from the Local History and Research department in Leeds Central Library, ref. Y364.6 AND

Helen Mort and link to The Illustrated Woman

Latest news on sharing pornograhpic deepfakes becoming illegal in England and Wales

Fun stuff at the end:

Film: Pamfir (2022)

Music: The Watersons and Conjurer

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Part 2 of 2

Happy Hallowe'en, No Heathen Land Friends!

First episode of Season 2 is with friend of the podcast Ross Horsley.

We each discuss three hauntings in this episode

The episode is split into two, but all links will be below in both episode descriptions.

Book: Haunted Yorkshire by Nick Tyler (I use this for everything)!

30 East Drive:

http://www.30eastdrive.com/happenings/

http://www.30eastdrive.com/today/

Video: 'Ghost Dimensions' investigate 30 East Drive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjbjevzDb1o

Film based on 30 East Drive hauntings When the Lights Went Out

Temple Newsam:

https://museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/temple-newsam/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_Newsam

Reported Hauntings

The Blue Lady

Blogpost on Lord Halifax's Ghost Stories (feat Temple Newsam)

Low Valley Arms, Wombwell (/Darfield):

https://www.haunted-yorkshire.co.uk/barnsleysightings.htm

https://www.barnsleychronicle.com/article/5668/ghostbusters-investigate-wombwell-shop

Nailed to a Tomb

Newspaper article found on Ancestry.com The East Riding Telegraph, December 28th 1895

Busby's Chair:

Thirsk Museum http://thirskmuseum.org

Absolutely delirious YouTube video on Busby's chair https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr7pprOKzpU

Busby's Stoop Chair https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busby%27s_stoop_chair

Secondhand Spook:

From Yorkshire Stories of the Supernatural by Andy Owens

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