Haunted Hills and Hellish Places: Derbyshire and the Peak District in Gothic Imagination

What horrors haunt Derbyshire and the Peak District? This talk explores how the county’s terrain, folklore, and literature converge. Drawing on church records, funerary customs, and folktales, the research examines how Gothic writers have reimagined Derbyshire’s manors and moorlands, crafting settings of dread and revelation that continue to manifest in the Gothic imagination.

Victoria Langford is a PhD researcher at the University of Nottingham. Combining academic enquiry with photography and creative writing, she explores Derbyshire and the Peak District through the lens of the Gothic.

Free Entry.