Category: Apparitions

Apparitions / Featured Sites / Hauntings

The Tower of London

The first structure on the site was a motte-and-bailey castle, which was started not long after William the Conqueror became king in 1066, the castle was built on the old Roman walls, which once formed the corner of Londinium. The first stone building on the site was the White Tower, which was commissioned by William the Conqueror in 1078 and completed in 1097.

Apparitions / Hauntings

Sawston Hall

This Tudor mansion was in the hands of the Huddleston Family from the 16th century right up until the 1970’s.

Anniversary Ghosts / Apparitions / Hauntings

Madingley Hall

This Tudor mansion was built by John Hynde in 1543 and is said to have numerous secret passages. Many houses from this period have passages and secret priest holes especially if they were owned by Catholic families when England was ruled by Protestants.

The hall is said to be haunted by the ghost of Lady Ursula Hynde, who was the wife of John, the builder of the house.

Apparitions / Civil War Hauntings / Hauntings

Claydon House

The spirit of Sir Edmund Verney, standard bearer to Charles I, is said to appear at the house in times of national crisis.

Sir Edmund was killed at the battle of Edgehill, and is reputed to have sworn that no man would take the standard that he bore without cutting his hand from his body.

Apparitions / Hauntings

Penn

A ghostly horseman is said to gallop through the lanes of Penn in the night shrieking with laughter, he disappears as fast as he appears.

The spirit is identified as that of an 18th century farm labourer.

Directions: Penn lies to the East of High Wycombe on the B474.

Apparitions / Hauntings / Road Ghosts

Haddenham

The junction and the lane off the A418, is said to be haunted by the ghost of a man called Noble Eddon, who appears clutching a bleeding wound in his chest.

The story goes that in 1828 Noble Eddon, who lived in the village, witnessed sheep being stolen by local men called Tylor and Sewell. He is said to have goaded them with his knowledge while in town.

Apparitions / Hauntings / Road Ghosts

Wheeler End Common

A ghostly woman attired in a red dress has been seen crossing the road near here. She is allegedly the ghost of a young woman who died 2 weeks before her wedding day in 1776. She was last seen in 1943.

Directions: To the North of Lane End off the B482.