The English Midlands (Derbyshire, Huntingondshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Rutland, Staffordshire and Warwickshire) are an intermediate area between the southern lowlands the the hillier regions to the north and west. Not surprisingly then the fairy folk of the region are also a hybrid. There are references to ‘sweeter’ fairies, which are reminiscent of those found in the South East. But there are also more dangerous northern-style fairies: not least the boggarts of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire.
Midland Fairy Beliefs
Cleaning the House for Fairies in Northamptonshire
Fairy Circles in Staffordshire
Milk and Fairies in Northamptonshire
Redman and Redcap in Northamptonshire
Soccer with the Fairies in Northamptonshire
The House Bogie in Northamptonshire
Midland Fairy Tales
Bogie and the Farmer: A Northamptonshire Story
Bogie and the Red Sea in Northamptonshire
Fairy Gifts in Northamptonshire
John Clare on Fairies and Witches (Poem)
Midland Fairy Places
Brington Fairy Pool (Northamptonshire)
Fairy King’s Throne (Kenchester)
Midland Fairy Sightings
Fairies and Flowers in Warwickshire
Gabriels Hounds (Staffs)
Marjorie Remembers (Nottinghamshire)
Midland Fairy Books
Codd, Daniel Mysterious Northamptonshire (DB Publishing 1992)
Sternberg, Thomas The Dialect and Folklore of Northamptonshire (London: John Russell Smith, 1851)