The Museum of Witchcraft was the creation of Cecil Williamson, whose interest in witchcraft and magic began in childhood. Cecil initially founded a Museum of Witchcraft in Stratford-upon-Avon but after local opposition, moved to the Isle of Man and in 1951 opened The Folklore Centre of Superstition and Witchcraft. Gerald Gardner, the founder of modern [...]
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No Comments CherryPie on Sep 19th 2026
St Petroc himself brought Christianity and established a Church here around AD 518. Petroc was a Welsh nobleman educated in Ireland. He set out with his followers in boats, or coracles, and the winds and tides brought him to the river Camel estuary. Here he built a Monastery, with a School, Farm, and Church to [...]
No Comments CherryPie on Sep 19th 2026
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Prideaux Place
Prideaux Place (Cornish: Plas Prideaux)[2] is a grade I listed[3] Elizabethan country house in the parish of Padstow, Cornwall, England. It has been the home of the Prideaux family for over 400 years. The house was built in 1592 by Sir Nicholas Prideaux (1550–1627), a distinguished lawyer,[4] and was enlarged and modified by successive generations, [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Sep 17th 2026
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Land’s End
Land’s End is the most westerly point of mainland England, a dramatic clifftop headland near the village of Sennen where the Atlantic Ocean stretches unbroken towards the horizon.
2 Comments CherryPie on Sep 16th 2026
No, I would not want to live in a world without dragons, as I would not want to live in a world without magic, for that is a world without mystery, and that is a world without faith.
R.A. Salvatore
No Comments CherryPie on Aug 24th 2026
A pine needle fell in the forest…
The deer heard it…
Edith Pattou
4 Comments CherryPie on Jul 26th 2026
