New Forest Folklore with Vikki Bramshaw

The Salisbury Museumtells the story of Salisbury and its surrounding areas - a unique landscape which has been a cradle of continuous human achievement for over half a million years.The museum uses the extraordinary breadth of its collections, exhibitions and events - including prehistoric material from Stonehenge and South Wiltshire; the Pitt Rivers’ Wessex collection; and a fine medieval collection with finds from Old Sarum, Clarendon Palace and the city itself - to bring to life the narrative of this landscape, and of the people who shaped it and have been inspired by it for over 500,000 years.Based in the King’s House, a grade I listed building located opposite Salisbury Cathedral, the museum building formerly housed a teacher training college and was the inspiration for an episode in Thomas Hardy’s novel Jude the Obscure.

The Salisbury Museum

New Forest folklorist Vikki Bramshaw joins us in the context of our 2026 exhibition Un/Common People: Folk Culture in Wessex

New Forest folklorist Vikki Bramshaw takes us through some of the legends, superstitions and magic of the New Forest and Hampshire and its neighbouring counties. From black dog folklore to curses and cures, we explore the facinating beliefs of our local ancestors and the land they lived in. Vikki Bramshaw is the author of New Forest Folklore, Traditions and Charms and other titles.

New Forest Folklore with Vikki Bramshaw

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The Salisbury Museum

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