Feb 1, 2021 · Martin Mere in Lancashire is a wetland steeped in forklore, including tales of mermaids, says guest writer DEBORAH CONTESSA. Mermaid tales in folklore run as deep as the waters they swim in, they have been both feared and revered, celebrated and abominated.

Oct 9, 2023 · The mermaid was a queen of the sea, who tried in vein to save a Belgian boy called Pierre who had been involved in a shipwreck off the Rossall coast. The first creature appeared as a dreaded sea serpent or dragon which had been hidden in …

Nov 26, 2024 · The Mermaid Of Martin Mere is one of Lancashire's most intriguing legends.According to local folk law, a mysterious mermaid was said to have lived in the wat...

Oct 19, 2021 · #31daysofhalloween Day 19 - The Mermaid & the Sea Serpent of Marton Mere I came across a very curious article published by the Fleetwood Chronicle on Friday 20th January 1933. This article...

Martin Mere is a mere near Burscough, in Lancashire, England, on the West Lancashire Coastal Plain. The mere is a vast marsh , around grid reference SD 41 15 that was, until it was drained, the largest body of fresh water in England.

Apr 5, 2015 · At least two swans have been hurt by the underwater creature nicknamed the Monster of Martin Mere which hides in a lake in West Lancashire. Now a four-man team says it has located the attacker which they think could be a Wels Catfish from eastern Europe.

Apr 8, 2019 · In the reign of Charles II, a child-stealing mermaid is said to have lived at Martin Mere, Burscough. In The Mermaid of Martin Meer, John Roby narrates how she stole a child and allowed it to be fostered by a Captain Harrington. He was captured by the child’s real father but the woman from the mere leapt in front of a bullet to save him. Cartmel

Nov 19, 2015 · Rostherne Mere which sits to the north of Tatton Park has a Mermaid story attached to it. In ‘The Story of My Life, volumes 4-6 (1900)’, Augustus J. C. In 2002 there were reports of a large underwater predator, probably a huge catfish living in the lake and eating the local swans. The following BBC report dates from 27 July 2002.

Martin Mere is a historically significant site in Lancashire, England. It was originally a large lake, but was drained and it is managed as a wetland habitat and bird sanctuary. According to one local legend, Lancelot was raised or cared for by a mermaid living in Martin Mere.

Feb 8, 2016 · Two miles east of Blackpool lies a lake called Marton Mere which was born when the Ice Age reshaped the land leaving a glacial boulder, a huge ball of ice thousands of years old. This melted a kettle hole and in the melt water a dragon formed serpentine, curious, luxuriating in her freedom to swim…