Mysterious Britain & Ireland

Category: Civil War Hauntings

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Apparitions / Civil War Hauntings / Hauntings

The Commandery, Worcester

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:...

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Apparitions / Civil War Hauntings / Hauntings / Road Ghosts

Retford Cavalier

An account was recently submitted to Mysterious Britain regarding a Cavalier road ghost near Retford that was recounted in the 1980’s but happened several years previously. The witness was an ambulance driver and was...

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Civil War Hauntings / Hauntings

Broughton Hall

The following article by Chris Riches and entitled ‘My £10m mansion is haunted by ghost of boy killed more than 300 years ago’ was published in the Express on 27 April 2015. Phones4U founder...

Apparitions / Civil War Hauntings / Haunted Pubs / Hauntings / Photographed Ghosts

Ye Olde White Harte, Hull

Ye Olde White Harte on Silver Street is a Grade II listed building with strong links to the English Civil War and a reputation of being haunted. Built around 1550, the building became a public house in the late 18th century. However, it was in this building, in the "plotting parlour" above the back bar, that on 23 April 1642, a fateful decision was made.

Apparitions / Civil War Hauntings / Hauntings

Sir Henry Vane the Younger, Shipbourne

Sir Henry Vane (Baptised 26 March 1613 – Died 14 June 1662) was an English politician and one time Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in North America. A Puritan, he had gone to New England in 1635. Returning from America in 1637, he became the Treasurer of the Royal Navy (1639) and was eventually knighted by King Charles I in 1640.

Civil War Hauntings / Haunted Pubs / Hauntings

The Chequers Inn, Haversham

The 16th century Chequers Inn is a village pub reputedly haunted by a Roundhead from the English Civil War (1642–1651). The following description of the haunting is extracted from an article in the Kent and Sussex Courier entitled ‘The ghastly ghouls rumoured to haunt our sleepy district’ dating from 31 October 2008.

Apparitions / Civil War Hauntings / Haunted Pubs / Hauntings

The Rake Inn, Littleborough

The old Grade II listed coaching house which has been known as The Rake Inn, Hayrake and now The Rake Mediterranean Tapas Restaurant, dates from the very late 17th century and has been a public house since at least 1734, when Abraham Whitehead was the landlord.