Anniversary Ghosts / Apparitions / Black Dogs / Civil War Hauntings / Haunted Hotels / Haunted Pubs / Hauntings / Poltergiests / Road Ghosts
by Ian · Published April 21, 2013 · Last modified October 13, 2018
Growing up around the Lancashire/Yorkshire border I was never too far away from Huddersfield and the Holme Valley so I was particularly keen to read this book in the Haunted series, on Huddersfield and the local area.
Mike Hallowell recounted the following story of a Leeds ghost in his article entitled ‘The strange case of the cellar dweller’ which was published in the Shields Gazette on Wednesday 10 October 2007.
Apparitions / Haunted Hotels / Haunted Pubs / Hauntings
by Ian · Published April 20, 2013 · Last modified November 26, 2018
Originally a merchants house built in 1741, The Palace had become a registered Inn by 1841, possibly due to the Beerhouse Act of 1830 which enticed private residences to be become public houses.
Apparitions / Green Ladies / Haunted Pubs / Hauntings
by Ian · Published April 19, 2013 · Last modified December 9, 2018
The following article by Mike Ollier entitled ‘Haunted pub’s ‘resident ghosts’ appeared on the BBC Wear website on 26 October 2009. ‘Walk into the Jolly Sailor in Whitburn and you’ll receive a warm welcome from mine host, the ever-smiling Vic Hanson.
Apparitions / Civil War Hauntings / Haunted Pubs / Hauntings
by Ian · Published April 19, 2013 · Last modified December 14, 2018
Formerly known as The Britannia, this old coaching inn dates from the 17th century and has a reputation for being haunted.
Apparitions / Haunted Pubs / Hauntings
by Ian · Published April 16, 2013 · Last modified December 14, 2018
The following reference to the a haunting at The Black Bull, 98 Front Street, East Boldon was made in an article promoting ‘Ghost Taverns of the North East’ by Mike Hallowell and Darren Ritson, that appeared in the
HM Prison Leeds, also known as Armley Gaol, is a Category B men’s prison dating from 1847. It was also a site of execution, with its last hanging taking place on 29 June 1961. Raby Castle, which currently sits in a 200 acre deerpark, was built in the mid 14th century by John Neville, 3rd Baron Neville de Raby, (Born circa.1337 – Died 17 October 1388) a Knight of the Garter who had served as Admiral of the North and Steward to the Kings Household. In the 1960’s the vicarage in Deddington was reported to be haunted by the ghost of its former resident, Revd Maurice Frost. Built in 1970, the Town Hall now stands on the site of the old Bishop’s Palace in Darlington and there is a story associated with this older building concerning the English Civil War, the murder of a local Lady and her subsequent ghost.
HM Prison Leeds, Armley
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