Gothick Cornwall, a Witchy Wednesday article.

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Welcome to another Witchy Wednesday. This week I thought it would be nice to share with you a book I recently purchased. I used to actually own these books many years ago but due to moving house various times they seemed to have gotten lost in time and space. So I decided to repurchase them thanks to the wonderful world of second hand book sellers. 

I love technology so I love nothing more than spending an afternoon researching through online websites but nothing beats spending a few hours in the company of a real paper book. You can get amazing books on folklore and history through various second hand bookshops, if you cannot find a book you are after most are very happy to source books on your behalf. They are also available from online sellers at extremely reasonable, sometimes crazy cheap, prices. It is not only fabulous way to save these wonderful books from landfill but each one are in themselves a piece of history. 

Gothick Cornwall. 

This fabulous little book by Jennifer Westwood was originally published in 1992 by Shire Publications in Princes Risborough in Buckinghamshire. 

The Gothick Guides produced by Jennifer Westwood introduce the reader to the myths and mysteries, the spectres and superstitions, the crimes and calamities of a particular English county. 


Little sneaky peep into my copy of Gothick Cornwall by Jennifer Westwood. All images may still be under copyright ©️ restrictions. 


Gothick Cornwall is often advertised as a pamphlet, which in my view does it a bit of an injustice as it has 70 pages packed full of folklore stories and history. A lot more information than some folklore books I have with 300 plus pages! It also has quite a few black and white photos and illustrations which is always something I love to see in books. If you can get a copy I really recommend it. 

A little bit about Jennifer Westwood.

Jennifer Westwood (5 January 1940 – 12 May 2008) was a British author, broadcaster and folklorist. She was a Doctor of Philosophy with special interests in English Language, Anglo-Saxon and Old Norse. Her first book, Mediaeval Tales, was published in 1968. An active committee member of The Folklore Society from 1987 until 2003, she undertook a variety of duties including editing its publications and helping other authors. As a broadcaster, she worked on programmes produced for BBC Radio 4 and the corporation's Radio Norfolk. Commonly known as "Jen", after her second marriage she also authored books in the name of Jennifer Chandler. This information sourced from Wikipedia

Sadly Jennifer passed away back in 2008 but her large collection of work is still around to be much enjoyed. 

Some of Jennifer Westwood other books for consideration.

Gilgamesh and Other Babylonian Tales (Heroic retellings from history and legend) (1968) ISBN 978-0370011097

Isle of Gramarye: An Anthology of the Poetry of Magic (1970) ISBN 978-0246973573

Tales and Legends (1971) ISBN 978-0698201385

Stories of Charlemagne (1972) ISBN 978-0370012667

Alfred the Great (Wayland kings and queens) (1978) ISBN 978-0853404200

Albion: Guide to Legendary Britain (Hardback 1985) (Paperback 1995 ISBN 978-0586084168)

Going to Squintum's: A Foxy Folk Tale (1985)

Gothick Hertfordshire (1989) ISBN 978-0747800415

Gothick Norfolk (1989) ISBN 978-0747800422

Gothick Cornwall (1992) ISBN 978-0747801849

Sacred Journeys: An Illustrated Guide to Pilgrimages Around the World (1997) ISBN 978-0805048452

Mysteries: Lost Atlantis (Mysteries of the Ancient World) (1997) ISBN 978-0297823056

Sacred Journeys: Paths for the New Pilgrim with Martin Palmer (2000) ISBN 978-1856750042

The Atlas of Legendary Places with James Harpur (2001) ISBN 978-1568521503

On Pilgrimage: Sacred Journeys Around the World (2003) ISBN 978-1587680151

The Lore of the Land: A Guide to England's Legends, from Spring-heeled Jack to the Witches of Warboys with Jacqueline Simpson (2005) ISBN 978-0141007113

The Penguin Book of Ghosts: Haunted England with Jacqueline Simpson (2008) ISBN 978-1846141010

The Lore of Scotland: A guide to Scottish legends with Sophia Kingshill (2009) ISBN 978-1905211623


Thank you for visiting my blog, please join me for another W🧹W next week. 

Kat 😊

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