Howlet’s Close
Between Prestonmill and Kirkbean—midway between the two villages—there is a small plantation, with, on the other side of the road, a larger wood. The road itself at this particular part forms a hollow. This...
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A710 Derry’s How
‘Between Mainsriddel and Prestonmill there is a sequestered part of the road known as “Derry’s How,” once reputed to be haunted by an evil spirit in the form of a black four-footed beast. [Another]...
Dalbeattie Boulder
‘Until some years ago a huge boulder lay at the roadside on the way from Dalbeattie to Colvend, not far from the cottage known as the “Wood Forester’s.” The story was, that this was...
Cobden Road, Worthing (1931)
‘One family, who had recently moved into their new home in Worthing’s Cobden Road in 1931, were terrified by figures of monks, slamming doors and heavy footsteps. Evidence seemed to suggest that the house...
Isle Of Man Time’s Office, Douglas (1958)
On 24 December 1958, the Isle of Man Times published the following article entitled ‘The Times Ghost Story’. This centred around the experiences of the staff at the Times’s office in Douglas. The first...
Sea Road, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
In 2004 the Sunderland Echo posted the following story concerning haunt like events taking place at a Greggs bakery in Fulwell. The article published on 29 June was entitled ‘The Greggs-orcist’. ‘SPOOKED staff have...
St Kentigern’s Well, Castle Sowerby
Robert Charles Hope gives the following description of St Kentigern’s Well in The Legendary Lore of the Holy Wells (1893). ‘There was an ancient well in the vicarage garden at Castle-Sowerby, which probably once...
Irthington Holy Well
According to The Legendary Lore of the Holy Wells of England by Robert Charles Hope (1893), ‘At Irthington, rising in the churchyard boundary, was the well called “How,” or “Ha,” evidently a corruption of...
Park Mound (Park Mount)
‘There is a tradition in the parish of Pulborough of a fairy’s funeral, and the very place of burial is pointed out to you. It is at the top of a green mound, known...
Kelgate, Cottingham
According to The Legendary Lore of the Holy Wells of England by Robert Charles Hope (1893),‘Keld is the old Saxon name for a spring or a well. In Cottingham are some intermittent springs bearing...
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