Any in our region, i.e Sheffield, Chesterfield areas?

Sorry to appear thick........but what is a "ley line"??

Is this (http://www.megalithic.co.uk/asb_mapsquare.php?op=map&sq=SK&condition=0&ambience=0&access=0&sitetype=0&order=) related to what you're looking for?

There was a paperback published in '87 -

Title: “Strange Sheffield”

Author(s): David Clarke and Rob Wilson

Year of Publication: 1987

It features ley lines in Sheffield, I can only remember possible ones from the 'Cholera monument' at Norfolk Park, one at Fullwood near Green Lane, one from the Oxstones past Ringinglow going towards stannington.
There are others.

You should be able to get hold of a copy at the reference library on Sussex St,
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Look for place names ending in -ley or -ly.

The only one around here that springs to mind (that I think I have seen in connection with ley lines) is Loxley.

There are leylines which cross in the old cemetary off Cemetary Avenue/Stalker Lees Road Ecclesall allegedly. Is it true that Churches are built on them?

Originally posted by Henrietta
There are leylines which cross in the old cemetary off Cemetary Avenue/Stalker Lees Road Ecclesall allegedly. Is it true that Churches are built on them?

Old churches are generally built on any high feature in, or close to, the village or town they serve. This means that the church towers can be seen for miles, that it doesn't flood and that it can be defended more easily. In many cases the same small hills or outcrops that old churches were on would also have had things on them before as they are obvious positions to settle on or defend. Some nutters then tend to join up various old forts, ancient rocks etc and call them Ley Lines which then means they may also go through churches.

Originally posted by cgksheff
Look for place names ending in -ley or -ly.

The only one around here that springs to mind (that I think I have seen in connection with ley lines) is Loxley.

The 'ley' in most place names is usually an Old English reference to a clearing.

ie, Longley = Long clearing

I found this on a Google search:

Philip Heselton the author of books such as “Earth Mysteries”, “Leylines: A Beginner's Guide”, “Secret Places of the Goddess”, "The Elements of Earth Mysteries", “Magical Guardians” and "Wiccan Roots" will be speaking next Tuesday (29th June ) at Airy Fairy 239 London Road Sheffield

Obviously the date has been and gone but the shop may stock his books.

According to the experts, Arbor Low in the Peak District has more ley lines passing through it than any other place in the UK.

The idea was originally raised by Alfred Watkins. His original theory was that the country was criss-crossed by straight trackways laid down in pre-history, and these could be traced passing through ancient sites, and that later, churches were built on sites along these lines, since very early churches were very often built on sites previously used for pagan worship etc.. His book was called 'The old straight track'. Since then it's been taken over by New Age and similar groups to be a network of lines of ancient power etc.

Originally posted by rothschild
what is a "ley line"
I found this, on t'internet:

The ley-line system exists as an independent circuitry with the capacity to affect consciousness. Ley lines are part of the Earth's energy system. Monuments serve to reveal or mark the network, making the sites more special by connecting and networking them together.

Ley lines and light are very closely related. Ley lines are cosmic forces originating outside of the Earth. They penetrate and leave the Earth vertically at nodes. The penetrating nodes are called power centers. As illustrated above, when entering, ley lines continue to a point 265 feet below the surface of the Earth. At this point, it makes a 90 degree right-angle turn and travels in a perfectly straight line as seen from a "birds-eye view" and in an undulating motion as seen from the side, but always maintaining a depth of 265 feet, relative to the surface of the Earth.

The average length of a ley line is twenty to thirty miles, although the length can vary from only a few feet to thousands of miles. The width of the line varies, but the average is 5-1/2 feet, the width of the Roman road. The horizontally traveling ley line exits the Earth by again turning 90 degrees and passing straight through the center of the Earth and coming out the other side

Originally posted by Henrietta
I found this, on t'internet:
Can you put a link to the source of the info? (Generally the accepted way)
Then folks can check it out for themselves :thumbsup: :)

Thanks though for posting that Henrietta!
It made interesting reading for me.

Not having a go or anything about people on the forum, but can we have some manners coming into play on here, Henrietta has looked up the info for us and should be thanked for that!


:)

Originally posted by ANGELUS Thanks though for posting that Henrietta! My pleasure, Angelus. :)

Thought this was quite informative too A Ley Line seems to be some form of change in the earth's magnetic field... Whatever a Ley Line consists of, I think that birds, fish and animals use them as direction finders. I think the human race used them in a similar way in early evolution.
In a New Scientist article, T. Williamson points out that species as diverse as pigeons, whales, honeybees and bacteria can navigate using the earth's magnetic field. The physiological feature which enables them to do this is a tissue with a substance called magnetite in it. Magnetite enables them to sense magnetic changes and has been found in human tissue associated with the Ethmoid bone in front of the vertebrate skull

That complete article can be found Here, (http://www.connexions.co.uk/harrysafari/leylines.htm) with the previous one being found Here. (http://www.geo.org/dowse1.htm)

As a friend of Rob Wilson, co-author of the afore-mentioned Strange Sheffield, we often had the long ruler out looking for alignments on maps of Sheffield. As I recall the churchs in the General Cemetry appeared on a lot of alignments, as did Beauchef Abbey, the Headstone near Wyming Brook & Norton Church.

There was a mound in Graves Park between the tennis courts and the bottom duck pond that was on a lay line according to Rob, we used to go there and sprinkle water from Glastonbury's White Spring there and play music in the middle of the night.

Anybody who knew Rob Wilson (Cider Rob), might like to know he's happily living in Nottingham these days. Wassail!

Originally posted by ANGELUS

Not having a go or anything about people on the forum, but can we have some manners coming into play on here, Henrietta has looked up the info for us and should be thanked for that!

:)

The use of :thumbsup: and :) indicated friendliness on my part....

And of course I also looked up and posted info for this topic, but I don't expect to be thanked for it....... :roll:

Oh, and I didn't link to the stuff I posted - the ley line stuff came from memory of reading the book, and I googled the title to get the authors name and date of publication, no further information to link to.....;)

Of couse you should be thanked Draggletail!
You have put the effort into this topic as well..

Thankyou as well!!

:)

No worries, ANGELUS - thanks :) :thumbsup: