Lore of the Land

Jennifer Westwood and Jacqueline Simpson. The Lore of the Land: A Guide to England's Legends from Spring Heeled Jack to the Witches of Warboys. Penguin Books, 2005.

Legends of the Peak

David Clarke. Ghosts and Legends of the Peak District. Jarrold, Norwich. 1990.
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Steel City Tales

David Clarke and Rob Wilson. Strange Sheffield, Legends, Folklore and Mysteries of Hallamshire. ASSAP, 1987.

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Old Folklore

Judith Devlin. The Superstitious Mind; French Peasants and the Supernatural in the 19th century. Yale, 1987.

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Off With the Fairies

Jack Zipes. Breaking the Magic Spell: Radical Theories of Folk and Fairy Tales. Heinemann, 1979.

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Railway Weirdness

Paul Screeton. Crossing the Line; Trespassing on Railway Weirdness. Heart of Albion Press, 2006.

Getting It Right About Rites

Janet and Colin Bord. Earth Rites. Granada, 1982.

Bob Pegg. Rites and Riots. Blandford Press, 1981.

Phantom Islands

Donald S. Johnson. Phantom Islands of the Atlantic. Souvenir Press, 1997.

Underground Lines

Alec Maclellan. The Lost World of Agharti. Souvenir Press, 1982.

Ho! Ho! Ho!

Phyllis Siefker. Santa Claus, Last of the Wild Men: The Origins and Evolution of Saint Nicholas, Spanning 50,000 Years. McFar1and, 1997.

Myth and Modernity

Karen Armstrong. A Short History of Myth. Cannongate, 2005.

Brendan McMahon. The Princess Who Ate People: The Psychology of Celtic Myths. Heart of Albion, 2006.

Legends We Live

Bill Ellis. Aliens, Ghosts and Cults: Legends We Live. University Press of Mississippi, 2001.

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Lost at Sea

Goss, Michael and Behe, George. Lost at Sea: Ghost Ships and Other Mysteries. Prometheus Books, 1994..

Haunted Peaks and Plains

David Clarke. Supernatural Peak District. Robert Hale, 2000.

Katy Jordan. The Haunted Landscape: Folklore, Ghosts and Legends of Wiltshire. Ex Libris Press, 2000.

The Shaman of Oberstdorf

Wolfgang Behringer. The Shaman of Oberstdorf: Chonrad Stoeckhlin and the Phantoms of the Night. University Press of Virginia. 1998.

Night Terrors

David J. Hufford. The Terror that Comes in the Night: An Experience-Centred Study of Supernatural Assault Traditions. University of Pennsylvania Press, 1982. -- From Magonia 14, 1983, reviewed by Peter Rogerson.

Sacred Places

Bob Trubshaw, Sacred Places. Prehistory and Popular Imagination, Heart of Albion Press, 2005

Cunning Folk

Owen Davies. Cunning-Folk: Popular Magic in English History. Hambledon and London, 2003.

This is the first full length treatment of the English 'cunning folk', the village herbalist, astrologer, cow doctor, treasure finder, love token maker, and pre-eminently witch finder and de-speller. 

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Explore Folklore

Bob Trubshaw. Explore Folklore. Explore Books/Heart of Albion Press, 2003.

Black Dogs

Bob Trubshaw (editor). Explore Phantom Black Dogs. Heart of Albion Press, 2005.