Lancashire folklore delights us with the following tale … on the 12th August 1560, Dr John Dee, minister at Manchester and later astrologer to Queen Elizabeth I, attempted to raise the dead near Preston. Along with convicted fraudster Edward Kelley, the two entered the churchyard of St Leonard’s Church, Walton le Dale, to perform the deed.
Another version of the story, perhaps more believable (& certainly more historically accurate) tells us that Kelley, having heard a story of a wealthy local resident dying without disclosing the whereabouts of his fortune, believed he could make contact beyond the grave and discover where the money was hidden. Kelley and his associate Paul Waring entered the churchyard at midnight one Christmas Eve.
The culmination of both chronicles remain the same, for the corpse rose from the grave and approached the two necromancers, divulging where the fortune could be found.
Lancashire folklore delights is with this following tale … on the 12th August 1560, Dr John Dee, minister at Manchester and later astrologer to Queen Elizabeth I, attempted to raise the dead near Preston. Along with convicted fraudster Edward Kelley, the two entered the churchyard of St Leonard’s Church, Walton le Dale, to perform the deed.
The oldest grave in this churchyard dates back to 1600’s 🪦!!
Beyond The Black Pool 