Ghosts of Great Britain

There is a permanent reminder on the downstairs celling where her blood soaked though from the floor of her room. She still walks the floors of that house looking for love… or revenge. If you visit this place you’d better not to meet the Grey Lady. She can try to take you love as her father took hers.

 

11. Northumberland, Bellister Castle. Lord Blenkinsopp’s minstrel was very poor and he traded entertainment for a roof over his head. The evening was going well, the Lord and his family were enjoying his music and stories. Then he noticed that Lord Blenkinsopp seemed to grow uneasy. He didn’t trust people and watched him closely. The minstrel didn’t blame him as there were problems with Scottish raiding parties and he must have thought he was a spy.

Once he decided it would be better to leave and not upset his lordship. He was walking along the bank of the River Tyne when he heard a pack of dogs, howling and barking. They tore him to shreds.

He still visits the castle looking for shelter, but he’s not a pretty sight. Take care of your mind because his appearance can drive you mad.

 

12. Oxfordshire, Witney. A strange black cloud haunts the road from Witney to Burford. Anyone driving thought it experiences a feeling of terror which can be a reason for a car crash.

 

13. Powys, St. Nicholas Church. John Davies was only trying to help the widow Morris and her daughter, Jane, run their farm. His hard work impressed Jane and they became friends, then the friendship blossomed and she abandoned her fiancé in favor of me.

But their happiness made two others miserable. Robert Parker, Jane’s ex-fiancé was furious and teamed with friend, Thomas Pearce. They carried out a violent robbery and left evidence implicating him. He was found guilty and sentenced to death.

At his execution he shouted that “if I was innocent, the grass, for one generation at least, will not cover my grave”. As the trap fell he cursed the two men whose wickedness brought him there. Parker died soon afterwards in a blasting accident and Pearce just washed away.

No grass grew on his grave for many years and even now bare patches can be seen. If you visit don’t tend his grave as it is thought that harm will befall anyone who does.

 

14. Suffolk, Potsford Gibbet. Johan Snell murdered a local miller called John Bullard and his son. Whether it is day or night you will find him in haunted woods. At night people are drawn in from the road by twinkling lights and see his ghost standing by the rotting remains of the gibbet. By day he has frightened many ramblers who stopped to look at the curios remnants. They turn round and see a hollow-eyed ghostly skull staring at them from beneath a hooded cloak. Some of them died at once. Don’t tempt your fate.

 

15. Tayside, 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. He hid the lower part in the churchyard and the upper part under the floor in the north tower.

Some say he was going to bury the top half in the churchyard as well, but died before he could do it. His poor wife hopes, one day, to be a whole person. Until that time you will see her upper half on the top floor and her lower part on the ground floor or in the avenue leading up to the castle. If she touches you, you can be burned.

 

16. Tayside, Cortachy Castle. A ghostly drummer haunts the castle. Hearing the drummer is thought to be an omen of death. Don’t try to find him.

 

 

My research work

 

I found 246 ghosts of Great Britain and classified them by gender. The result is 112 male and 99 female ghosts. But there were some exceptions when I couldn’t classify the ghosts. So I distributed 35 ghosts to 5 groups. They are:

- ghostly figures when eyewitnesses couldn’t define the ghost’s gender (5);

- ghostly sounds as screams, sounds of a horse and trap, wet feet walking, wings, ringing of a sunken bell, ghostly chanting (6);

- a big number of ghosts which can’t be counted (10);

- ghostly animals as dogs, Kergrim, hounds, horses (especially headless), werewolves (11);

- and ghostly things as ghost boat, black clouds and a secret passage which nobody could ever cross (3).

I also classified the ghosts by danger to the society. The most dangerous of them who can hurt people were found in number 16 in 14 counties (Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Cornwall, County Durham, Cumbria, Devon, Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Northumberland, Oxfordshire, Powys, Suffolk, Tayside).

 

 

 

The central moment of activity of regional studies — „focusing”  of every possible knowledge. Efficiency of study of local lore considerably increases at an organic combination of knowledge, feelings, belief and emotions — they inseparably linked with a science, art, religion and so on.

As a result the study of local lore „helps” history as science to approach closer to the historical facts. As the history in itself not in a condition will get rid from regional „white stains”. And the study of local lore expands narrow borders of history and considers local event from the different parties. That gives the chance to restore the past with the maximum reliability. And it is possible thanks to a method of integration of every possible knowledge of regional studies.

That’s why it’s important not to lose any kind of information about a region even if it seems to you fantastic and improbable.

In addition learning different facts about some place you can find something which will be able to have a practical usage in future. For example several years ago different organizations started offering people their service in "ghost tours" around England. With their teams of experienced paranormal investigators across the UK, they will guide you through night vigils , paranormal experiments, and allow you to use ghost equipment whilst on our quest through some of the UK's best haunted locations , to try and obtain the 100% proof that

ghosts really do exist.

 

 

Sources

 

1. http://www.hauntedplaces.co.uk/

2. http://www.paranormaldatabase.com/hotspots/

3. http://www.ghost-story.co.uk/

4. http://www.haunted-britain.com/

5. http://www.hauntedhappenings.co.uk/

6. http://www.real-british-ghosts.com/

7. http://hauntedplacesinengland.com/

8. http://www.hauntedrooms.co.uk/

9. http://www.hiddenea.com/

10. http://hauntedlocations.net/uk/

11. http://czasopis.pl/villa-sokrates/annus-albaruthenicus-2011/art-7