The Local Mythstorian Podcast

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Hosted by founder of The Local Mythstorian project, Eli Lewis-Lycett, each episode focuses on Eli's extensive research into a piece of folklore or curious local history from across Cheshire, Derbyshire or Staffordshire, revealing the hidden story within. 

Eli Lewis-Lycett is an independent writer and podcaster, feature writer for Haunted Magazine and resident folklore columnist for Cheshire Life Magazine. 

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Rites of the Spring - Derbyshire Well Dressing and the Cult of Arnemetia

Mar 28 2024 17 mins  
A spring bonus episode of sorts, recorded for season one but never released, its seasonal theme sees it make it into Season 2...Well-dressing is much loved local custom which enjoys an almost exclusive patronage in the county of Derbyshire. It’s origins are much debated and appear to be forever shrouded in the deep history of the region’s ancient past, yet when stripping away t

The Last Day of August - Great Budworth's Civil War Secret

Feb 29 2024 33 mins  
The village of Great Budworth possesses one of the most remarkable churches in all of Cheshire, not just loved by locals but genuinely appreciated by history fans and enthusiasts of late medieval architecture right across the UK. Something visitors may not be aware of however is the visit paid to the village by Parliamentarian forces on the last day of August in 1644, and its place

The Hungry Prophet - The Legendary Sale of Robert Nixon

Jan 31 2024 33 mins  
The story of Robert Nixon, the 'Cheshire Prophet’ starved to death by the king, was once the best known legend of the county, retold and republished dozens of times across the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Precisely who the man was however, has always been something of a mystery, with many assuming he was little more than a fairy tale. Yet research suggests that not o

The Local Crusader - Ranulf de Blondeville and the Saracens of Biddulph Moor (Live Special)

Jan 22 2024 40 mins  
There are few more curious associations in local legend than that of Saracen prisoners being settled on the land that is now known as the Staffordshire Moorlands village of Biddulph Moor. Travelling back to the thirteenth century to discover the untold story behind the legend, we reach a place where the adventures of the crusades meet with the dark realities of the medieval slave t

Invisible Fortress - The Vanishing of Shipbrook Castle

Jan 01 2024 33 mins  
The castle at Shipbrook near Davenham is long lost to us today, its last traces being cleared from the land in the 1790s. However, in balancing the brutal events of early Norman England together with the history of a key local family, not only can we better appreciate this often overlooked corner of medieval Cheshire, but perhaps for the first time, look to understand the story of

Christmas Special Episode - The Friar's Fool (Live Stream Event)

Dec 14 2023 21 mins  
A mid-season bonus episode - a recording of The Local Mythstorian website Zoom live stream event from December 7th; The Friar's Fool - A Brief History of English Devil Lore and Its Place In Cheshire Legend. A Cestrian Song - Explorations With the Extraordinary Hinterland of Cheshire History is available here! Visit thelocalmythstorian.com

A Ghost Story for Cheshire - The Bones of Marbury Park

Nov 30 2023 35 mins  
The haunting of Marbury Park is one of Cheshire’s most enduring legends of the supernatural. Most retellings however, if not all, have simply sought to repeat the basics of the tale without looking deeper into the history of the protagonists within. When we do, and look to consider the legend within the context of its earliest form, we find a very different tale to tell, and one

Scholar of Magic - Ranulf Higden and the Wands of Chester Cathedral

Nov 08 2023 27 mins  
The Cheshire monk Ranulf Higden is remembered to historians today as the author of a distant world history from the fourteenth century. However, beyond his daily religious work in the abbey at Chester, he was an inquisitive and curious man of his age; traits that can help us understand better why such a figure of Christian piety would come to be buried with a notorious totem of the

Blood In the Barley - The Hidden Story of the Vale Royal Rebellion

Oct 07 2023 38 mins  
Welcome to Season 2!The Vale Royal Rebellion is a medieval tale of murder, manipulation and struggle set amidst one of the most turbulent periods in all of English history. Yet it is only when we bring the contributing political factors, key players and major events of the story together as one, that we can really appreciate just what a remarkable piece of Cheshire history the stor

Five Minute Mythstoria - Booth's Cheshire Uprising

Mar 30 2023 6 mins  
The Battle of Winnington Bridge in Northwich, Cheshire is widely considered to be the last battle of the English Civil Wars, yet it is little known in comparison to many events in the conflict. It is a story which provides a crystallisation of a unique moment in English history and one that illustrates well the fears, passions and confusion of the times.In a series of bite-sized ep