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Below are a list of books in which many of the legends and tales can be found. Some of them are now out of print but can still be bought from dealers of antiquarian or second-hand books such as Amazon.

 

 

 

Bamberg, R. W. 1993 Haunted Dartmoor, Peninsula Press, Newton Abbot.

Barber, S. & C. 1991 Weird & Wonderful Dartmoor, Obelisk Pub. Exeter.

Barber, S. & C. 1990 Dark & Dastardly Dartmoor, Obelisk Pub. Exeter.

Barber, C. & Chard, J. 1990 Tales of the Teign, Obelisk Pub. Exeter.

Bennie, M. 1995 Walking the Stories & Legends of Dartmoor, Peninsula Press, Newton Abbot.

Bray, E. 1879 The Borders of Tamar & Tavy, Kent, London

Brown, T. 1973 Tales of a Dartmoor Village, Toucan Press, Guernsey.

Butler, S. 2000 A Dartmoor Christmas, Halsgrove Pub., Tiverton.

Crossing, W. 1997 Folklore and Legends of Dartmoor, Forest Pub. Liverton.

Crossing, W. 1987 Gems in a Granite Setting, Devon Books, Exeter

Crossing, W. 1906 From a Dartmoor Cot, Homeland Association, London.

Crossing, W. 1890 Tales of the Dartmoor Pixies, W. H. Hood, London.

Gant, T. H. & Copley, W. L. ???? Dartmoor Legends Retold, Baron Jay Pub. Plymouth.

Gant, T. H. & Copley, W. L. ???? More Dartmoor Legends & Customs, Baron Jay Pub. Plymouth.

Green, C. 1989 The Devil on Dartmoor, Ideford Pub. Moretonhampstead.

Green, C. 1989 The Mysterious Moor, Ideford Pub. Moretonhampstead.

James, T. 2004 Bodies on the Moor, Orchard Pub. Chudleigh.

Knowling, P. 2002 Dartmoor Follies, Orchard Publications, Newton Abbot.

Pegg, J. 1987 After Dark on Dartmoor, Pegg Pub. Tunbridge Wells.

Rogers, E. C. ???? The Magic Mist and other Dartmoor Legends, Andrew Melrose, London.

St. Ledger-Gordon, R. E. 1973 The Witchcraft and Folklore of Dartmoor, EP Pub. Wakefield.

Sandles, T. 1997 A Pilgrimage to Dartmoor's Crosses, Forest Publishing, Liverton.

Sayer, S. 1987 The Outline of Dartmoor Story, Devon Books, Exeter.

Skinner, A. G. 1947 Tales of the Tors, Epworth Press, London.

Theatre of Public Works, ???? Once Moor, Dear Friends, Goodbye Press, Newton Abbot.

Toogood, G. H. ???? Dartmoor, Tooprint Projects, Torquay.

Wensley White, M. 1995 Poetic Legend & Lore of the South Hams & Dartmoor, Orchard Publications. Newton Abbot.

Williams, M. 2003 Supernatural Dartmoor, Bossiney Books, Launceston.

 

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Transactions of the Devonshire Association .

Doidge's Western Counties Illustrated Annual - Western Morning News, Plymouth

The Dartmoor News - The Old Dartmoor Company, Okehampton.

The Dartmoor Magazine - Quay Publications, Brixham.

 

 

 

Barber, C. 2005 Devon's Wild and Wicked Weather, Obelisk Pub., Exeter.

Barber, S. & C. 2004 Haunted Pubs in Devon, Obelisk Pub., Exeter.

Barber, S. & C. 2000 Ghastly and Ghostly Devon, Obelisk Pub., Exeter.

Baring Gould, S. 1999 Bideford Witches & Tales of Devonshire Witches, Oakmagic Pub., Penzance.

Baring Gould, S. 1993 A Book of Folklore, Praxis Books, Pulborough.

Baring Gould, S. 1983 Devon, Anthony Mott Ltd, London.

Baring Gould, S. 1907 Devon, Methuen, London.

Beer, T. 2006 Country Folklore & Legend, Halsgrove Pub., Tiverton.

Brain, P. & R. 1986 Disappearing Devon, Roundabout Devon Books, Instow.

Bray, A. E. 1879 The Borders of Tamar & Tavy, W. Kent, London.

Bray, A. E. 1854 A Peep at the Pixies, Grant & Griffith, London.

Brown, T. 1982, Devon Ghosts, Jarrold, Norwich.

Burton, S. H. 1975 A Devon Anthology, Hale London.

Chard, J. 2001 Devon Tales of Mystery and Murder, Countryside Books, Newbury.

Chard, J. 1991 Haunted Happening in Devon, Obelisk Pub. Exeter.

Chard, J. 1991 Tales of Unexplained Devon, Obelisk Pub. Exeter.

Chard, J. 1979 My Devon Life, Devon Life Publication, Exeter.

Chard, J. 1984 Devon Mysteries, Bossiney Books, St. Teath.

Cockerton, F. 2004 The Pixy Book, Tor Mark Press, Redruth.

Collman, M. 1975 Devon Long Ago, Pike Ltd, St. Ives.

Coxhead, J. R. W. 1967 The Devil in Devon, West Country Handbooks, Bracknell.

Coxhead, J. R. W. 1959 Devon Traditions & Fairy Tales, Raleigh Press, Exmouth.

Coxhead, J. R. W. 1957 Old Devon Customs, Raleigh Press, Exmouth.

Coxhead, J. R. W. 1954 Legends of Devon, Westward Press, Westward Ho!

Day Sharman, V. 1952 Folk Tales of Devon, Nelson & Sons, London.

Delderfield, E. R. 1951 Cradle of the Sea Dogs, W. J. Delderfield, Exmouth.

Devon Folklife Register. 1980 Folk Festivals & Traditions of Devon, City Museums Service, Exeter.

Devon Folklife Register. 1978 Shades and Spectres, City Museums Service, Exeter.

Evans, R. 1846 Home Scenes: or Tavistock and its Vicinity, Simpkin & Marshall, London.

Everitt, W. Rev. 1884 Devonshire Scenery, William Pollard, Exeter.

Farquharson-Coe, A. 1976 Mostly Ghostly, Baron Jay Ltd., Plymouth.

Farquharson-Coe, A. 1975 Devon's Witchcraft, Pike Ltd, St. Ives.

Farquharson-Coe, A. 1974 Devon's Legends & Folklore, Pike Ltd, St. Ives.

Farquharson-Coe, A. 1974 Devon's Ghosts, Pike Ltd, St. Ives.

Gray, T. 2000 Christmas in Devon, The Mint Press, Exeter.

Green, C. 1995 Devon Yarns, Countryside Press, Newbury.

Harris, J. H. 1907 My Devonshire Book, Western Morning News Co., Plymouth.

Harris, E., Harris, J. & James, N. 2003 Oak - A British History, Windgather Press, Macclesfield

Hewett, S. 1892 The Peasant Speech of Devon, Elliot Stock, London.

Hewett, S. 1976 Mummits & Crummits, E. P. Pub, Wakefield.

James, A. 2003 Murders & Mysteries in Devon, Obelisk Pub., Exeter

Keble Martin, W. 1968 Over the Hills, Michael Joseph, London

Knight, F. A. 1896 In the West Country, Crofton Hemming, Bristol.

Lakeman, J. 1987 Them Days, Tabb House, Padstow.

Lamplugh, L. 1999 Four Centuries of Devon Dialect, West Somerset Free Press, Williton.

Lauder, R. & Willimas, M. 1984 Unknown Devon, Bossiney Books, St. Teath.

Lauder, R. & Willimas, M. 1982 Strange Stories From Devon, Bossiney Books, St. Teath.

Martin, W. K. 1968 Over the Hills, Michael Joseph, London.

Marten, C. 2002 Flibberts and Skriddicks, Peninsula Press, Newton Abbot.

Matthews, R. 2004 Haunted Places of Devon, Countryside Books, Newbury.

Mee, A. 1949 The King's England - Devon. Hodder & Stoughton, London.

Mullis, D. 2005 Westcountry Faerie, Bossiney Books, Launceston.

Norris, G. 1986 West Country Rogues and Outlaws, Devon Books, Exeter.

Northcote, Lady R. 1930 Devon, Its Moorlands ..., J. Commin, Exeter.

O'Neil, H. C. 1927 Devonshire Idyls, Melrose Ltd., London.

Perry Keen, C .J. 1910 Songs of the Dean Bourn, Bowring & Co, Plymouth.

Phillpotts, E. 2001 My Devon Year, Halsgrove, Tiverton.

Phillpotts, E. 1928 A West Country Sketch Book, Hutchinson & Co., London.

Phillpotts, E. 1911 Wild Fruit, John Lane, London

Polwhele, R. 1977 A History of Devonshire, Kohler & Coombes, Dorking.

Radford, R. & U. 1998 West Country Folklore, Peninsula Press, Newton Abbot.

Radford, R. & U. 1998 West Country Witchcraft, Peninsula Press, Newton Abbot.

Rutley, C. M. ???? Legends & Folklore of Devonshire, Collins, London.

Smith, C. 1989 A Westcountry Christmas, Sutton Pub., Gloucester.

Snowdon, H. N. 2001 Keep faith with the Soil, Orchard Pub. Newton Abbot.

St. Leger - Gordon, D. 1950 Devonshire, Hale, London.

Strong, L. A. G. 1931 Selected Poems, Hamish Hamilton.

Strong, L. A. G. 1923 The Lowery Road, Blackwell, Oxford.

Stuart, E. 1989 Devon Curiosities, Dovecote Press, Wimbourne.

Underwood, P. 2003 Ghosts of Devon, Bossiney Books, Launceston.

Whinray, J. 1996 Devon Customs & Superstitions, Tor Mark Press, Penryn.

Whinray, J. 1996 Devonshire Jokes & Stories, Tor Mark Press, Penryn.

Whitcombe, H. P. 1997 Devonshire Legends, Oakmagic Pub. Penzance

Whitlock, R. 1977 The Folklore of Devon, Batsford, London.

Whitworth, B. 1993 Gothick Devon, Shire Publications, Princes Risborough.

Williams, M. 1982 Superstition and Folklore, Bossiney Books, Callington.

Williams, M. 1979 Occult in the West, Bossiney Books, St. Teath.

Wills, S. 1895 Musings in Moorlands and Marsh, Arrill, Ruddock & Keyworth, Lincoln.

Wreford, H. & Williams, M. 1985 Mysteries in the Devon Landscape, Bossiney Books, St. Teath.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

08/12/2007