Brampton<\/a> Old Church and organised by the Brampton Preservation Trust, explored the darker side of the town’s past through talks and guided walks.<\/p>\nThe afternoon featured talks by local historians (Image: Supplied)<\/p>\n
Dr Maks Loth-Hill spoke about the origins and customs of Halloween, while David Moorat recounted the story of Lizzie Baty, known as the Brampton Witch.<\/p>\n
Brittany Warren, a historian and genealogist from Solving Your Mysteries, led tours of the churchyard, sharing stories uncovered from historical records and old newspaper reports.<\/p>\n
Brampton Old Church hosted the event (Image: Supplied)<\/p>\n
Her tours revealed gruesome, unusual and tragic events connected to the church and its burial ground.<\/p>\n
The Brampton Preservation Trust, a charity formed in 1981, has cared for Brampton Old Church since 1988.<\/p>\n
Guided tours of the churchyard took place (Image: Supplied)<\/p>\n
Built on the site of a former Roman fort, the church is an important part of the area’s heritage.<\/p>\n
The event gave the Trust a chance to share that history differently and raise awareness of its work.<\/p>\n
Run by volunteers, the Trust relies on local support to preserve the church for future generations.<\/p>\n
More information about the Trust and its efforts can be found at www.bramptonpreservationtrust.co.uk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Churchyard tours have shed light on tales of witches, tragedy, and Halloween traditions. The event, held at Brampton…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":955285,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194339],"tags":[51759,49,48],"class_list":["post-955284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brampton","tag-brampton","tag-ca","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/955284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=955284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/955284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/955285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=955284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=955284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=955284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}