Something in the Cellar

Location: Amersham - Boot and Slipper public house, Rickmansworth Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2001
Further Comments: Staff here were said to be too afraid to go down into the cellar after they felt someone walk passed them, while one male worker felt a phantom hand grasp his shoulder.

Limping Priest

Location: Amersham - Chenies Manor House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1950s onwards
Further Comments: This phantom figure was seen dragging one of its feet while traversing the floor, though it was more frequently heard than seen. Some have named the figure as Henry VIII, rather than a priest, who stayed here with Anne Boleyn and, several years later, Catherine Howard.

Auden

Location: Amersham - Chequers public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2001
Further Comments: Named Auden by a passing medium, this figure dressed in white is thought to be older than the public house itself. A hooded figure was also reported in an upstairs bedroom, thought to be one of seven people held here before being executed for their religious beliefs, while a ghost of a chimney sweep also haunts the building.

Maid

Location: Amersham - Crown Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Dressed in an old fashioned uniform, this grey ghost is thought to be a former maid. She has been known to pack guest's suitcases for them!

Lesbian in Black

Location: Amersham - Elephant and Castle public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2001
Further Comments: The landlady of this public house reported members of her family had seen a ghostly woman dressed all in black walking through walls near the kitchen. The same ghost is blamed for pinching barmaids' bottoms, convincing them that the ghostly girl was gay.

Lady Helena Stanhope

Location: Amersham - Woodrow High House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s?
Further Comments: After her lover, Sir Peter Bostock, was executed for treason, Lady Stanhope committed suicide in the grounds of her house. Her green ghost is now reported to walk the building, creating mild poltergeist activity.

Electric presence

Location: Amersham Common - Bendrose House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: A bedroom in this farmhouse is haunted by an entity that is said to wake people staying in it with a brief electric shock. The shade of Cromwell has been named as a possible explanation, as has nylon bed covers...

Figure in Brown

Location: Aston Clinton - Akerman Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Wearing an old fashioned brown coat, this phantom would drift from Vatche's Farm and travel down the old Roman road.

Crying Child

Location: Aston Clinton - Partridge Arms public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000
Further Comments: A crying child and a female organ player are reportedly two of several ghosts that have remained on earth to haunt these premises.

Former Vicar

Location: Aston Sandford - Church
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1970s?
Further Comments: Thought to be a nineteenth century vicar, this ghostly apparition manifests by the pulpit just before evening prayer. There he remains for a few minutes before fading from view.

Rosamund Clifford

Location: Aylesbury - Creslow Manor
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1850
Further Comments: This feminine ghost could be heard lightly running down corridors, her silk dress rustling as she went. The silken sound was heard again later in the evening, but this time moving quite violently.

John Lee

Location: Aylesbury - Hartwell House Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A former owner of the establishment, Lee is still reported in the library and garden.

Cromwell

Location: Aylesbury - King's Head public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The Lord Protector of England is said to return to the room in this pub which bears his name.

George

Location: Aylesbury - Saracen's Head public house
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 1991 - 2005
Further Comments: George is thought to have been a local man; the haunting of this pub started shortly after his death. Tables and chairs are moved around by invisible hands at night, and unidentifiable banging has been heard.

Vanishing Hound

Location: Aylesbury - Unnamed field in a village close to the area
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Pre twentieth century
Further Comments: For several nights, a man walking to milk his cows in the early hours of the morning encountered a large black dog which blocked his path. He finally grew tired of having to walk around the hound and, while walking with a friend, struck the creature - the dog vanished but the man fell down paralysed, never to be able to move or speak again.

The Thin Man

Location: Beaconsfield - Chiltern Cinema (no longer operational)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1980s
Further Comments: The thin, grey haired wraith reported here was named as a former manager. The entity was said to be annoying rather than frightening, and was frequently seen on stage by staff after all members of the public had left.

Coach Wheels

Location: Beaconsfield - Road towards Beaconsfield from Gerrards Cross
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1920s
Further Comments: Several times during the 1920s, the sound of coach wheels were heard travelling along the road, though nothing was ever seen. It is thought they are related to an accident involving a coach and horses occurring in the early nineteenth century.

Drummer

Location: Beaconsfield - Royal Standard of England public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The drummer boy was one of twelve Cavaliers executed outside the pub, and is the only one who remained earthbound. He is not completely alone however, as the building is also said to be haunted by a woman who loiters in the lady's restroom.

Black Figure

Location: Bedgrove - The Duck public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2004
Further Comments: The owners of this pub reported seeing a figure in black standing by the bar after closing hours. The entity also moves heavy items around the cellar at night, and the sound of screaming has also been heard.

Coach

Location: Bennett End - Road between village and Radnage Bottom
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Local legend says that a phantom coach with horses sometimes travels down this road at night.

Trolley Lady

Location: Bletchley - RAF Bletchley
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1950s
Further Comments: Throughout the 1950s, patients would report a ghostly woman in a green apron pushing a trolley through the sick quarters, disappearing through a door.

Lady in Red

Location: Bolter End - Areas around Park Lane, Hanover Hill and Wheelerend Common
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: December 1973
Further Comments: Wearing a red coat, this phantom is thought to be a local girl named Anna, who died ten days before her wedding day in 1766. Her ghost was said to be quite common during the mid nineteenth century, though sightings died down until she was seen again during the 1950s and 1960s.

Priest

Location: Buckingham - Castle House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: The body of the priest was found in a concealed priest hole early in the twentieth century - it was thought to be around four hundred years old. Since then, the phantom image of a holy man has been seen walking the building.

Quaker

Location: Buckingham - Old Market House, High Street (currently a restaurant)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1990s
Further Comments: This building is haunted by a tall female Quaker wearing a black dress with high collar. She is more likely to be encountered in the upper parts of the building, though has been known to tap men on the shoulder while they stand in the men's toilets.

Silent Stagecoach

Location: Chalfont St Peter - Amersham Road and Greyhound Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Weather Dependent: Misty nights
Further Comments: An old fashioned stagecoach pulled by a team of ghostly horses passes along this road and vanishes as it pulls up at the Greyhound Inn.