St Ninian’s Well, Brisco
‘Miss Losh*, who will be long remembered in this county for her works of piety and love, extended her protecting care to St. Ninian’s Well at Brisco, erecting over it a semicircular arch, and...
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The Church of St Mary The Virgin, Clophill
The Grade II listed ruined church of St Mary’s and the churchyard was the scene of a particularly grisly black magic ritual during the 1960’s. The sixties were a time of occult revival in...
Private Residential Property, Barnards Green
‘Ordinary homes can be haunted too, apparently. In 2005, Dawn and Andy Bradshaw and their children moved into their house in Barnards Green, Malvern, and sensed “something odd about the place”. The family heard...
Priory House, Droitwich
Prory House is a timber framed building found on Friar Street. It is said to date from the mid 17th century, though the solar wing is thought to be older. According to Gary Bills-Geddes...
St Mary’s Church, Broadwater
‘Be careful if you have any plans to go for your evening jog around the churchyard in Broadwater – legend says that if you run around the oldest tomb in the yard, the devil...
Credible Witness – Paranormal Police Stories by Andy Gilbert
When Andy first got in touch regarding his new book I was intrigued by the concept of a paranormal book which contained a collection of stories from what I consider to be one of the most reliable forms of evidence – Police Statements.
St Peter’s, Rushton
Elliott O’Donnell in his ‘Haunted Churches’ (1939) refers to the following story associated with St Peters Church, Rushton. ‘A church, no longer in existence*, that, according to tradition, was once haunted by at least two ghosts, was St.
St Mary’s Church, Prestbury
The church of St Mary in Prestbury may be as old as the 12th century, though it was largely rebuilt in the 14th century and then went through a period of thorough restoration in the 1860’s. The church is associated with one of Prestbury’s ghosts, the Black Abbot.
The Kings Arms Inn, Prestbury
Champion jockey Fred Archer grew up at The Kings Arms as his father was the landlord there between 1861 and 1873. Prior to this his mother’s father was the landlord. Archer is associated with haunting Newmarket Racecourse and possibly around The Kings Arms which is now a carvery.
Radiant Boy
‘There is the popular legend of the ‘Radiant Boy’ — a strange boy with a shining face, who has been seen in certain Lincolnshire houses and elsewhere. This ghost was described to Mr. Baring-Gould by a Yorkshire farmer, who, as he was riding one night to Thirsk, suddenly saw pass by him a ‘radiant boy’ on a white horse.
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