Beyond the Roman ruins and great country houses, the county of Cheshire is home to a remarkably rich heritage that has seen many of its towns and villages play witness to events connected with some of the most famous periods of broader English history. As a result, a fascinating patchwork of stories are left to us, many of which have since come to reside somewhere between the realms of fact and folk-tale fiction. A Cestrian Song brings together a selection of explorations into the most intriguing of those stories, with country mystics, vanished castles, and murderous medieval rebellions being just some of the topics brought to life in its pages.

A unique work from local history writer, podcaster and founder of The Local Mythstorian project Eli Lewis-Lycett, bringing together a series of explorations regarding the historical provenance of legend and folklore inherent across East Cheshire, Peak District Derbyshire and the Staffordshire Moorlands. From headless horsemen and teleporting witches to ancient priesthoods and Civil War brutalities, through fresh research Mythstoric Origins presents the reader with a new vision of their most curious local histories.