Category: Haunted England

In a letter written on 12 December 1874 while he was staying at Ripley Castle, Augustus Hare recorded the story of a moment-of-death apparition which…

Southery ‘The Legend of the Southery Wolf-Hound’, told by W. H. Barrett in Tales from the Fens (1963), says that, when Southery was an island,…

The house still known as Chicksands Priory was originally a foundation of the comparatively rare Gilbertine Order. Dissolved with other religious houses in the reign…

The grounds of Battlesden House, since demolished, are said to be haunted by the restless ghost of a dishonest steward. He is heard rattling milk…

A house called ‘Woodfield’ in Weathercock Lane must be one of the few houses in Britain to be the subject of a rates appeal on…

The Smithfield Market Ghost was a Ghost that allegedly haunted the Smithfield meat market in London in the middle of the seventeenth century. In 1654…

The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, is the oldest theatre site in London (save the rebuilt Globe), the original theatre having been built in 1663. It…

Shrieking Pits are Circular pits at Aylmerton in Norfolk, England, said to be haunted by a figure in white that emits shrieks and agonized cries.…

Dozmary Pool is a small lake in the Bodmin Moor in Cornwall, England, associated with the Devil. According to lore, the Devil sentenced JAN TREGEAGLE…

Roche Rock is a three-pointed outcropping of rock in the Bodmin Moor in Cornwall, England, said to be haunted by Demonic spirits. Roche Rock, several…