Sanvey Gate, Leicester
According to Elliott O’Donnell in his Haunted Churches (1939), a ‘ghost used to haunt a house in Sanvey Gate and also the immediate vicinity of St. Margaret’s church, but of this I have no...
Country and County: Leicestershire
Friar Lane, Leicester
‘A house at the end of Friar Lane was haunted by an invisible ghost that used to be heard walking about the building and rattling door-handles, and an old man told me that, when...
St Martins’s Churchyard, Leicester
Two houses in St. Martin’s churchyard were once very much haunted. I have not been able to get any details regarding one, but, regarding the other, all the bells used to ring without visible...
The Narborough Arms, Leicester
It has been suggested that the 17th century Narborough Arms is haunted by a ghost in a shroud who walks through walls.
Talbot Inn, Leicester
According to a BBC article entitled ‘Leicestershire’s Most Haunted’ (31/10/2006), ‘The Talbot Inn in Belgrave was believed to have served criminals on the way to being hung their last meal (or rather ale!).
Grace Dieu Priory
The ruins of Grace Dieu Priory have a reputation of being haunted. The Priory was founded between 1235 and 1241 for Augustinian nuns by Rose de Verdon and was closed during the Dissolution in October 1538.
Bradgate Park
Acording to an article entitled ‘Leicestershire’s Most Haunted’ which was published on the BBC website on 31 October 2006. ‘Any true Leicestershire man or woman worth their salt will know about the legend of Lady Jane Grey. But did you know, some people still believe she’s still around in the county?
Holwell Mouth Wood
A Phantom Black Dog known as Black Shug is said to haunt Holwell Mouth wood at either dusk or dawn.
Holwell Mouth Holy Well
The well at Holwell Mouth is the source of the River Smite and described as being a chalybeate spring. It is said that the well was visited for its medicinal waters and there used to be a stone table and seats for the visitors to use. In 1403 the vicarage was granted land called Well Dole and there are records of a Dole building receiving 10 shillings a year in 1790 for its upkeep.
Belvoir Castle
Belvoir Castle is home to David Manners, 11th Duke of Rutland, Marquess of Granby. It has been the seat of the Dukes of Rutland for three hundred years and the home of the Manners family over for over five hundred. In ‘The Story of My Life, volumes 4-6’ (1900), Augustus J. C. Hare gives the following story of a haunt like experience at Belvoir.
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