Worcester Cathedral which dates from 1084 has a peculiar legend associated with an incident that reputedly occurred during the English Civil War. Royalist Worcester was the scene of the last battle of the war,...
On 13th June 2018 the Derby Telegraph published the following witness account of a possible ghost sighting in Swadlincote. The story is by Paige Oldfield. ‘A grandma has been left spooked after spotting a...
Apparitions / Haunted Pubs / Hauntings / Occult Traditions / Witchcraft
by Ian · Published June 17, 2020
The Fleece Inn dates from the 15th century and up until 1977 remained in the original builder’s family. The builder was a farmer called Byrd and in 1977, Lola Taplin a direct descendent of...
The Grade I listed Commandery in Worcester apparently has a reputation for haunt like experiences. According to a Birmingham Mail article by Helen Harper (19 May 2020) entitled ‘The most haunted places in Worcestershire:...
Dating back to the 14th century, the Cardinals Hat is thought to e Worcesters oldest public house. It is also said to be haunted. ‘At the Cardinal’s Hat in Worcester, the ghost of a...
The Stone House at Custer’s battlefield dates from 1894 and it is reputed to be a site where people have had strange haunt like experiences. The Battle of The Little Big Horn was fought...
The Stadium Of Light is the 49,000 spectator capacity home ground for the Sunderland Association Football Club. It is built on the site of the old Wearmouth Colliery which opened in 1835 and closed...
According to ‘Some West Sussex Superstitions Lingering in 1868’ by Mrs Latham, “We have amongst us ghosts even of the brute creation; a headless horse tears madly up and down a lane in Tillington,...
Apparitions / Folklore / Hauntings / Jacobite Ghosts
by Ian · Published February 19, 2020 · Last modified February 19, 2021
At the battle of Killiecrankie on 27th July 1689 the Jacobites of ‘Bonny Dundee’ (John Graham of Claverhouse, 1st Viscount Dundee (who died in the battle), defeated the government’s army. Among the thousands that...
Reputedly the ghost of a highway man named Thomas Pocock haunts the A39 around Ashcott. According to Laura Linham in her article published in Somerset Live [6 October 2017]. ‘If you live in Ashcott,...
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