Come with me and Freya the corgi and learn about the history of the picturesque town of Bridgnorth in Shropshire, England - and about some of the spirits said to haunt it to this day!
00:00 Introduction to Bridgnorth
00:36 The Falcon Hotel
02:00 The cliff railway
02:36 Bridgnorth Castle and the English Civil War
06:40 East Castle Street
07:25 High Street
08:14 The Crown
09:04 Cartway
10:18 The Friary and the Dissolution of the Monasteries
12:52 The Black Boy Inn
14:03 The Bassa Villa hotel
15:10 A wet goodbye!
If you want to follow mine and Freya’s route yourself…
Start in one of the Low Town car parks behind the Falcon Hotel. Go through the walkway underneath the hotel, cross the bridge, and take the cliff railway up to High Town. Walk along the cliff edge to the park and across the park to Bridgnorth Castle. Walk past the castle and bear right past the church to reach East Castle Street. Walk down East Castle Street and turn right to reach the High Street. Walk straight down the High Street until you get to The Crown, then turn around and walk all the way back. Turn left onto Cartway at Giovanni’s. Walk down Cartway as far as Friar’s park; stop there briefly then continue on down Cartway past the Black Boy Inn and down to Bassa Villa. Contine down the street until you reach the bridge again; turn left, cross the bridge, and you’re back at the Falcon Hotel.
Sources cited (some of these are affiliate links, so if you buy from the link I receive a small commission, at no extra cost to you):
Haunted Shropshire, by Allan Scot-Davies: amzn.to/3Wa9Ymn
About Bridgnorth: www.aboutbridgnorth.com/about...
About Bridgnorth Cliff Railway: www.bridgnorthcliffrailway.co...
About the British Parliament and its history: www.parliament.uk/about/livin...
About Bridgnorth Northgate Museum: www.bridgnorthmuseum.org.uk/
The Shropshire Star on the hauntings at Bassa Villa: www.shropshirestar.com/news/2...
Image credits:
A meal stop at a coaching inn: George Goodwin Kilburne, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
The Stage Coach, or the Country Inn Yard: William Hogarth, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Photo of The Falcon Hotel: Chris Whippet / The Falcon, Bridgnorth, via Wikimedia Commons
Section from the Bayeux Tapestry showing Harold and William: Myrabella, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Charles Landseer, The Battle of Naseby: Alte Nationalgalerie, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Painting of King Charles I: Ricardalovesmonuments, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons
Portrait of Oliver Cromwell: Robert Walker, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
King John signing the Magna Carta: Arthur C. Michael (d. 1945), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Portrait of James I and VI: Daniël Mijtens, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
The execution of Charles I: AnonymousUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
St Francis of Assisi: Jusepe de Ribera, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Henry VIII: Hans Holbein the Younger, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Catherine of Aragon: National Portrait Gallery, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Anne Boleyn: English school, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Martin Luther: Workshop of Lucas Cranach the Elder, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
All other photos author’s own