Mysterious Britain & Ireland

Category: Civil War Hauntings

Apparitions / Black Dogs / Civil War Hauntings / Hauntings / Road Ghosts

The Old Black Dog, Uplyme

The Old Black Dog Inn has a curious story as to how it acquired its name. A local man who lived in a farm house that once formed part of a mansion destroyed in the civil war, found his house haunted by a black dog. The dog manifested by the hearth almost every night. Consider the article, The Lyme Regis Black Dog.

Apparitions / Civil War Hauntings / Hauntings

West Walls, Carlisle

The ghost of a Cavalier has been seen close to the West Walls early some mornings, though I am unaware of anyone seeing him recently. The West Walls are the last remaining example of Carlisle’s defensive wall that encircled the early city. They served the city well especially during the Civil War when Carlisle was besieged by Cromwell’s soldiers during 1644 and 1645.

Civil War Hauntings / Hauntings

Woodcroft Castle

The castle is haunted by the clash of steel and cries for mercy, said to originate from a civil war skirmish.

During the English civil war the castle provided a guerrilla base for Dr Michael Hudson, who organised a band of men to cause havoc with Cromwell’s troops in the area. Eventually Cromwell’s troops caught up with him and all his men were killed in a vicious battle.

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.