Althorp
Built by Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland (Born 5 September 1641 – Died 28 September 1702) in 1688, the Grade I listed Althorp House and estate is the ancestral home of the Spencer family.
Mysterious Britain & Ireland
The Priest & The Prophetess: Joanna Southcott in the West Midlands
Joanna Southcott was born in April 1750 in Taleford, and raised in the village of Gittisham in Devon, England.
Radical Spirits: Spiritualism and Socialism in the Midlands
In 1881 Frank Podmore met Edward Pease, a young stockbroker, at a Spiritualist meeting in London. They discovered a mutual interest in socialism, and joined the Progressive Association, founded in November 1882. They took a keen interest in the utopian philosophy of Thomas Davidson, and with a few others formed a society, the Fellowship of the New Life.
Royal Derby Hospital
On 30 January 2009 The Telegraph published the following story by Chris Irvine entitled ‘Hospital calls in exorcist after ghost spotted’
A hospital has called in an exorcist after staff claimed they were being haunted by a ghost.
Stobhill Hospital, Glasgow
The New Stobhill Hospital opened in 2009 replacing the pre existing Stobhill Hospital. This older hospital dated back to 15 September 1904, when it was officially opened as a Poor Law Hospital.
University College Hospital, London
The current University College Hospital on Euston Road opened in 2005 at a cost of £422 million. However, the haunting this article refers to must have occurred in an older building, which I assume may be the cruciform building which opened in 1906 and is just behind the new hospital. This building is now part of University College London.
Glasgow Royal Infirmary
The Glasgow Royal Infirmary is a large teaching hospital who’s site covers 20 acres.
Scunthorpe General Hospital
Opening on 5 December 1929, Scunthorpe General Hospital was originally named The Scunthorpe and District War Memorial Hospital.
Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre
Officially opened by HRH Prince Andrew on 28th June 1996, the new and renamed Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre on the City Hospital site, replaced the old Birmingham & Midland Eye Hospital, which had been on Church Street since 1884.
City Hospital, Birmingham
The City Hospital originally opened in 1889 as an extension to the Western Road workhouse and has been known by several names including Birmingham Union Infirmary, Dudley Road Infirmary and Dudley Road Hospital.
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