Ghosts of Great Britain

 

2. Powis Castle

Haunted by the ghost of a woman in white and a ghostly figure riding a horse in the castle grounds.

 

Shropshire

 

1. Ludlow Castle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marion De La Bruyere’s lover betrayed her. He came to visit her as usual but one night he left the rope dangling behind him so that his men could get into the castle.

 

2. Moreton Corbet

Paul Holmyard’s friend betrayed him, when the Puritan movement started to grow, he threw him out. Left him to rot in the woods eating any scraps that I could find.

 

3. Shrewsbury Castle

The ghost of an orge who milled several women in the town haunts the castle.

4. Bomere Pool

The ghostly ringing of a sunken bell can be heard on Christmas Eve.

5. Longnor

Haunted by the White Lady who commited suicide by throwing herself into the steam.

6. Horsehay

The area near Jiggers Bank is haunted by the ghosts of a groom who, after being jilted by his girlfriend, threw himself into Horsehay Pool.

Staffordshire

 

1. Ipstones

The village is haunted by the ghosts of two black dogs, one at Indefont Well and the other near the lane leading to Hermitage Farm.

2. Milford

Weetman’s Bridge on the Rugeley road is haunted by the ghost of a cyclist.

3. Checkley

The Rectory and Memorial School are haunted by Mrs. HHutchinson, the vicar’s wife who died in 1895. She is occasionally accompanied by a small white dog.

4. Fradley

The industrial estate that was once RAF Lichfield is haunted by the headless ghost of a tail gunner who killed himself by walking into the moving propellers of a Lancaster plane.

5. Tamworth Castle

Is haunted by a ghostly White Lady who is believed to be the mistress of Sir Tarquin who was killed by Sir Lancelot on the jousting grounds.

 

Suffolk

1. Potsford Gibbet

Johan Snell executed a murder of a local miller called John Bullard and his son.

2. Rushbrooke

The hall is haunted by a re-enactment of a murder that took place in 1578-d ghostly figure is seen falling from a window and into the moat.

3. Bury St Edmunds

The abbey ruins are haunted by ghostly monk dressed in brown and a Grey Lady.

4. Gery Friars, nr Dunwich

The old Monastic ruins are haunted by ghostly Franciscan monks who can be heard chanting and seen walking in a precession.

5. Walberswick

A ghostly Victorian gentlemen haunts the church, it is thought he was a former warden.

 

Surrey

 

1. Clandon House

Lord Onslow’s wife dreamed about their future house where her husband and she could be happy together. But she died before the house was completed.

2. Betchworth Castle

 

Lord Hope attacked the man, the prisoner had escaped and he could see him running away. He caught up with him and ran him through with his sword. As he turned the body over he realized his mistake – he had killed his own son.

 

3. Polesden Lacey, nr Dorking

Is haunted by a ghostly, hooded figure in a brown cloak, seen near the bridge.

4. Send

Boughton Hall is haunted by the ghost of an old man smoking a pipe, who walks about upstairs.

5. Brooklands

The old motor-racing circuit is haunted by a ghostly racing driver in goggles and a helmet.

6. Albury

The ghost of a saxon maiden haunts The Silent Pool.

 

Tayside

 

1. Glamis Castle

 

 

 

Lady Janet GLamis was killed because King James V had always hated her family and seized the opportunity to make them suffer. He accused this woman of witchcraft and of using her powers to try and kill him. She was found guilty on the false evidence of my servants. In 1537, at Castle Hill, Edinburgh, she was burned at the stake.

 

2. Meggernie Castle

The Chief of the Clan Menzies, was a jealous man. His wife tried hard not to do anything that would anger him; but she failed. He flew into a jealous rage and killed her. He tried to conceal the fact by cutting her body in half.

She hopes, one day, to be a whole person. . If she touches you, you’ll be burned.

3. Carestone

The ghost of Jock Barefoot haunts the castle. His footsteps can be heard on the staircase.

4. Cortachy Castle

A ghostly drummer haunts the catle. Hearing the drummer is thought to be an omen.

The Highlands

1. Dunrobin Castle

 

Margaret loved Jamie Gunn, threir groom. Her father was so angry that he had Jamie banished from the estate and locked her in the chamber of the tower. Jamie found a way for us to be together. But as she was climbing down the rope she went of the rope and fell to her death.

2. Rait Castle

Haunted by a ghost in a bloodstained dress.

3. Loch AShie

A silent, ghostly army appears at dawn, on the 1^st May, on the shores of the Loch.

Tyne and Wear

1. Hylton Castle

Robert Skelton was a stable boy and one of his jobs was to get the master's horse ready. One day he fell asleep and when the master came to get his horse it wasn't ready. He threw a pitchfork at him and killed. He threw his naked body into the pond; it was cold even for a ghost.

2. Washington Old Hall

Is haunted by a ghost of a lady in a long grey dress who walks along the upstairs corridor.

3. St Nicholas Cathedral Church, Newcastle

A ghostly knight in full armour haunts the church.

4. The Marsden Grotto

The hotel is haunted by the ghost of an informer who told the authorities about his fellow smugglers and was later killed by them.

5. Souter Lighthouse

A ghostly former resident from the 1920s haunts the lighthouse, he can be heard walking about and the strong smell of tobacco accompanies his presence.

 

Warwickshire

1. Curdworth

The churchyard is haunted by a Green Lady and the graves of soldiers killed in the Civil War are watched over by a headless ghost.

2. Astley

The ghost of Lady Jane Grey haunts the castle along with the headless ghost of her father. This war their home.

3. Brailes

The ghost of the famous Quaker, George Fox, has been seen walking past the old Meeting House wearing a cape and tricorn hat.

4. St Denis’ Church, Little Compton

Is haunted by the ghost of the curate, Mr Drane, who killed himself after performing the marriage ceremony in which the woman he loved married someone else.

5. Napton-on-the-Hill

The ghosts of two Elizabethan women are sometimes seen kneeling in a front pew in St Lawrence’s Church.

West Midlands

1. Brooke End

Marion loved Ronald Travis. One night her father found them both. He forbade to see Ronald again. Life became unbearable; she climbed over the railway fence and started across the tracks. She heard a train coming, stumbled and fell, the train hit her, severing the head.

2. The White Swan

John Wentworth fell in love with one woman. One day while he was waiting for her there was a commotion outside. He went outside and saw a wagon had overturned after it lost control on the steep hill and there was his love crushed beneath it. There was nothing left for him in this life and he commited suicide.

 

3. Aston Hall

Sir Thomas’ daughter fell in love with someone her father did not approve of. They met in secret and made plans to run away and get married. Somehow her father found out and locked her in a room in the house. He kept her there for 16 years. Slowly, year by year, she went insane and eventually died.

4. Curdworth

St Nicholas Church is haunted by the ghost of a woman in a green dress who searches the graveyard.

5. Birmingham

The ghost of Wilfred Barwick, a butcher who was murdered in 1780, haunts Coleshill Road where he was killed.

6. Dudley Castle

The castle ruins are haunted by a ghostly couple who walk through the gatehouse arm in arm.

West Sussex

 

1. Brmaler Castle

 

Lady Maud’s husband had always been jealousand and she loved another man. He trapped her lover and walled him up alive. She found him as he was placing the last course of bricks that sealed Sir William's fate. That was her last day on this earth as well. She was found dead the next day.

2. The George

Mark Hueston was the night watchman. One night one of the residents had put poison in his wine because he had planned to steal some valuble things. That was the end of him. They found him in a little cubbyhole the next day.

3. Hiorne Tower

Francis Hiorne loved a man so much. But one day he told her it was over and she was devastated. People told me she would get over it and find someone else. But she knew her life was over. She went to the tower, climbed to the top and threw herself off.

4. Poling

Ghostly chanting has been heard at the St John’s Priory

5. Arundel

The castle is haunted by the ghost of a “blue man”  who reads the book in the library

 

6. South Harting

Uppark, once the home of Sir Matthew Fetherstonhaugh, is haunted by the ghost of his only son, Harry, who has been seen in the Red Room.

Wiltshire

1. Pythouse

Housemaid Molly didn't mean to do it. She would never have hurt her own child. She died after she scalded baby with some hot water and she was hanged for her crime. Some people thought that the father of her child was "one of the family" and that is why they kept her skeleton at the house.

2. The Red Lion Inn

Florrie's husband but he was away fighting in the Civil War and found love in the arms of another man because she wasn't sure if her husband would ever come home. But he did and caught me in the arms of her lover. He didn't give them a chance to explain. He shot her lover and then slit her throat.  When the husband saw what he had done he put her body down the well and put a huge boulder on top of it.

 

3. Wardour Castle

There were only twenty-five men and myself to defend the castle. They fought bravely for five days against hundreds of Roundheads. When it became clear that the Roundheads' weaponry was far better than theirs, they had no choice but to surrender. They agreed the terms of our surrender but these were not honored. Men and Lady Blanche Arundel were put to death by those despicable Roundheads.

4. Kilminaton

The churchyard is haunted by Lord Stourton who was hanged for the murder of his father’s steward.

5. Warminster

A ghostly figure dressed in grey has been seen jumping in front of cars and then disappearing.

 

6. Cholderton

Haunted by the ghost of a clergyman who died in the 1890s after falling down a well.

 

Worcestershire

1. Callow End

Prior's Court is haunted by the ghost of a Grey Lady. there is also the ghost of a Cavalier who was walled up alive.

 

2. Weobley

The ghost of "Old Gregg" haunts Dunwood Farm. He was poisoned by one of his own family, who served him stewed toad for his dinner.

 

3. Lenchwick

The road between here and Evesham is haunted by a spectral coach and horses. The ghost inside the coach is thought to be John Wybon, who was executed for murder in 1615.

 

4. Croft Castle

Haunted by the ghost of a giant dressed in leather and a man in Elizabethan clothes.

 

5. Broadway

A field by the Evesham Road is haunted by a skeletal scarecrow. It is thought to be the ghost of a boy bird-scarer who was accidentally shot dead by a farmer who thought he was a poacher.

 

Are ghosts dangerous?

 

The main problem of people is fear of things that we don’t understand. Ghosts are normally harmless for the most part and have no desire to bring harm to anyone. They are just like people; most of us are good in nature and paranormal phenomena as well. That’s why some people are sure that you are much more likely to hurt yourself by running away or fainting and hitting your head than anything they might do.

There may be a few more mischievous human spirits that will do these things to bother you and scare you on purpose. They may just be a prankster or maybe they want you to leave the old home or not to change something in the home.  These human spirits account for a majority of the hauntings we encounter and are relatively harmless. Yes, there are extreme cases and sometimes they can cause dangerous situations, but this is not the norm.

But on the other hand there are many stories about a spirit of any kind causing great damage to people. There are also claims of people who are living with poltergeist that say they have been attacked violently in some way. The most important thing to remember when hearing such claims is how much you trust the source. Because there are also such stories which don’t have evidences and it gives us a thought that these stories were fabricated.

But whether you wish to believe such reports about people who have been hurt by a ghost is up to you, but my opinion is that they are not dangerous. However the honest answer is that you can be physically harmed by contact with ghosts and other things that go bump in the night. 

The good news is that you are very unlikely to ever encounter an entity this evil so you probably don’t have to worry about it.

I’d like to share with you some stories about dangerous ghosts which you’d better not to meet:

1. Cambridgeshire, Upware. Area around Devil’s Ditch haunted by the Black Shuck, Odin’s Dog of War. Though The Black Shuck’s appearance may differ from one account to the next, some claiming that it’s eyes glow red, others yellow or green, some that it has only one eye like a Cyclops and others that The Black Shuck is a headless phantom floating upon mist instead of walking on the ground, all tales say the same thing… to meet him is a terrible omen of death.

 

2. Chesir, Bosley. One woman made drunk John Naden murder her husband, Robert Brough, his employer. She emptied his pockets to make it look like thieves had attacked him. If John hadn't got drunk he would have remembered to take the knife from under Robert’s body; but he didn't and that was his downfall. Policemen convicted him because of the knife and the fact he had no alibi. John was hanged on the gallows on Gun Hill. He still gets drunk and you'll find his ghost by the stiles that are made from the wood of the gallows. Be warned! He’s not the friendliest of ghosts who can attack people and you never know when he'll appear.

 

3. Cornwall, Pentyn. A ghostly coach, drawn by headless horses appears just before Christmas each year in Penryn. People must avert their eyes when it passes or they will be spirited away.

 

4. County Durham, Raby Castle. Gilbert’s marriage was a disappointment to Lady Barnard and her husband. They begged him not to marry the woman, because she was not suitable. He defied them and went ahead with the marriage away. His father was so angry that he tried to destroy the castle so that Gilbert wouldn’t enjoy his inheritance. He managed to kill all the deer in the park, strip lead from the roof and sell some of the furniture.

He had to stop after Gilbert sued him and he was told to pay for the repairs. Gilbert’s mother supported her husband in his actions and remained angry with her son for his defiance. Even in death she’s still angry and you can see her walking the halls, knitting furiously, so furiously that her needles glow white-hot. Lady Barnard was known as “Old Hell Cat” in life because of her bad temper and she hasn’t mellowed – so be careful if you see her. You never know what to expect from her.

5. County Durham, Durham Cathedral. A secret passage is said to lead from the cathedral to Finchale Abbey but it is so full of horrors that nobody can stand going into it.

 

6. Cumbria, Levens Hall. People turn away a starving woman because she was a gipsy. They didn’t want the likes of her in their precious house. With her dying breath she cursed them. No son would inherit until the year the River Kent didn’t flow and a white fawn was born in the park. They had a herd of Norweigian black fallow deer, white offspring were rare. It worked. No son inherited until 1896 when the river froze and a white fawn was born. She stall wanders around the grounds and outside in the road. If you see her, let her in otherwise she can curse you too.

 

7. Devon, Berry Pomeroy Castle. Sisters Pomeroy let a man come between them and ruin their sisterly love. They both loved the same man and Eleanor thought he would love Margaret over her. In a jealous rage, she locked her in the dungeon beneath the tower and left the sister to starve to death. The hours Margaret spent wishing the end would come but life dragged on. She suffered so much and yet her sister did nothing. She only hopes she thought it was worth it.

Margaret still walks the ruins and she knows that she leaves a lasting feeling of fear and hatred with those people who have seen her. Some even say that if you see her then you may die.

 

8. Kent, The Shipwright arms. The captain’s poor ship and all his lads were lost at sea. But he survived. He made it onto the mud flats and dragged his weary bones towards the only light on the horizon. He was so cold and wet right through. He made it to the weather-boarded building and banged on the floor. But the miserable wretch told him to go away. It was late and he was unwilling to open the door. The cold got to the captain and he died on the doorstep. The next morning the owner opened the door and found his body.

He’s a frequent visitor to this drinking place. He likes to frighten the customers. First the air turns cold, and then they smell tobacco, run and tar. Then he appears and glances at them. If you are weak enough you can have a heart attack because of such “joke”.

 

9. Lancashire, Black Abbey Road, Accrington. The site of the former Black Abbey is haunted by the ghost of a beautiful young girl whose piercing screams terrorize any witnesses. Be careful otherwise you can lose your hearing.

 

10. Leicestershire, Bosworth Hall. Sir Wolston Dixie’s daughter, Ann was in love with the gardener’s son. He visited Ann in her room late at night. But one day her father found out and didn’t approve their relations. She kept the meetings because she knew how he would react.

But her father set traps in the grounds of their house. They were meant for the gardener’s son, but on his particular night they arranged to meet in his hut and it was she who stepped into one of the traps. She suffered from terrible injuries but she dragged herself from the garden to her room. She lost too much blood and died.