The Orford Wildman - Folklore of Suffolk, East Anglia. Tales from Suffolk, Norfolk, and Essex

One of Suffolk's and East Anglia's favourite folklore tales. The story of The Wildman of Orford. Who was he? Where did he come from, and what happened to him? In this video I tell the unusual story of what happened in the small village of Orford on the Suffolk coast back in the 1100's.

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  • @TheDagda1000
    @TheDagda10003 күн бұрын

    I suspect you've done more for the Suffolk tourist industry in 10 minutes than all the paid adverts put together! ❤

  • @lisaroberts8135
    @lisaroberts81353 күн бұрын

    Fabulous accent, love listening to your Suffolk twang ❤️

  • @ridefast0
    @ridefast03 күн бұрын

    When I went to Orford Castle, they had a fine display of exterior scaffolding which I hope will be gone for this summer season!

  • @goldilocks913
    @goldilocks9132 күн бұрын

    Will try to do exactly that this bank holiday! 🙏😊

  • @AgentsofRush
    @AgentsofRush3 күн бұрын

    Stayed in Orford a few years ago. Lovely keep there too.

  • @mattbutters9567
    @mattbutters95674 күн бұрын

    Fascinating

  • @Chongo_657
    @Chongo_6576 күн бұрын

    Great story, thank you so much.

  • @jeremylukedominicbate7482
    @jeremylukedominicbate74827 күн бұрын

    There's lots of sightings of wildmen even in England, and I think they are equivalent to the US sasquatch or yowies like we have in Australia.

  • @chrisdavid1410
    @chrisdavid14102 күн бұрын

    They may have mistook a walrus or saloon for a real man, but the story is interesting to hear.

  • @IridescentEye
    @IridescentEyeАй бұрын

    I'm only 2 minutes in .... my guess is that they caught a Norfolk man who drifted down the coast after a midday swim 😄

  • @EssEvergreen

    @EssEvergreen

    Ай бұрын

    Your comment did make me laugh. It reminds me of some of the banter that goes on between Ipswich and Norwich footie supporters :D

  • @virginiarobinson2042
    @virginiarobinson2042 Жыл бұрын

    Wonderful story! 🤎💚💙

  • @EssEvergreen

    @EssEvergreen

    10 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much, glad you liked it 🙂

  • @exploringsuffolk
    @exploringsuffolk Жыл бұрын

    Has some great nights out in orford in years gone by, before it became two thirds holiday homes, jolly sailor pub, freshly caught fish. I helped build the new village hall years ago, strange eerie place in winter, now it's quite empty

  • @EssEvergreen

    @EssEvergreen

    Жыл бұрын

    Like many places around here, the holiday homes and second homes are certainly abundant now! I remember how it used to be too, busy at the weekends with visitors but during the week days, evenings, or Winter so much quieter, and as you say eerie at times too. It’s a lovely place.

  • @abbeyhall4624
    @abbeyhall46242 күн бұрын

  • @vykiknighthadley
    @vykiknighthadley Жыл бұрын

    I remember a drama company performing a play of this at school.

  • @EssEvergreen

    @EssEvergreen

    Жыл бұрын

    Weren’t those the best days of school, when either you had to watch a performance or some tv film thing and not be in actual lessons.

  • @antonchristian873
    @antonchristian873 Жыл бұрын

    Another great post Sare, Keep up the lovely work !

  • @EssEvergreen

    @EssEvergreen

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Anton for the kind words, I’m glad you liked it 🙂

  • @RileysRamblesCentral
    @RileysRamblesCentral Жыл бұрын

    I will have to pay a visit to Orford. I feel a Vlog coming on. Intriguing story Sare., thank you !

  • @EssEvergreen

    @EssEvergreen

    Жыл бұрын

    It’s a beautiful place, you’ll like it there I’m sure of it.

  • @nigelchadwick994
    @nigelchadwick994 Жыл бұрын

    There was a recent BBC series filmed, I thought in the Orford area. I watched every episode I could get on Netflix just for the shots of rural Suffolk. The Detectorists. Do you know which village it was filmed in?

  • @EssEvergreen

    @EssEvergreen

    Жыл бұрын

    One of my most favourite shows! It’s filmed not far from me, and mostly around the Framingham area which I know so well. It was such a treat to see places I already knew in a show that I grew to love so much. It’s so gently paced isn’t it.

  • @matttangles2106
    @matttangles21069 ай бұрын

    i was bought up on storys like this my old dad and all his brothers and sisters were bought up in dallinghoo and dad was well into all this kind of thing and claimed to once of seen black shuck ! only he saw it here close to the suffolk boarder

  • @sylviamills631
    @sylviamills63111 ай бұрын

    Where do you live in Suffolk??

  • @johnnycombs6570
    @johnnycombs6570 Жыл бұрын

    sounds like he had(Fish-)Stockholm Swimdrome for a while??? 🍓❤️🍓

  • @EssEvergreen

    @EssEvergreen

    Жыл бұрын

    Very good, I saw what you did there! 😂

  • @sylviamills631
    @sylviamills63111 ай бұрын

    Who are you,, how dare you make a comedy, of Suffolk

  • @EssEvergreen

    @EssEvergreen

    11 ай бұрын

    Who am I? Making a comedy out of Suffolk? You’ll have to explain your reasoning on this maybe.

  • @greenquiltsgalore1326

    @greenquiltsgalore1326

    2 күн бұрын

    Thank you for the great story! It is so wonderful that you barely preserving old stories! There is always a gist of truth in them.