01 January (or a couple of days either side) (reoccurring)

Andrew Mills

Location: Ferryhill (Parish of Merrington) (Durham) - Brass Farm, now known as High Hill House farm
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Further Comments: Andrew went on a killing spree at the farm in 1863; he claimed he was talked into it by a devil. The wild cries of Andrew Mills can be still heard near the locality of the farmhouse.

01 January (reoccurring)

Jamaican Woman

Location: Ireby (Cumbria) - Overwater Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Further Comments: Formerly Overwater Hall, the building was purchased in 1814 by Joseph Gillbanks. Legend has it that Gillbanks had an affair with a Jamaican girl who he tried to drown at Overwater Tarn when she told him she was pregnant. As she struggled to pull herself out of the water, he chopped her arms off. Her armless apparition is now said to appear here once a year.

01 January (reoccurring)

Sounds of Partying

Location: Knighton (Isle of Wight) - Knighton Gorges manor house (no longer standing)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Further Comments: Though demolished in 1820, the phantom sounds of partying and enjoyment are sometimes reported from the area of the manor house grounds.

05 January (reoccurring)

Squire Surtees

Location: Kingston St Mary (Somerset) - Tainfield House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Further Comments: Riding a mottled grey horse, the squire rides circles on the driveway, rattling a handful of chains.

14 January, 01:00h (reoccurring)

Crying Lady

Location: West Deeping (Lincolnshire) - Church
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Further Comments: The date of this woman's death is marked by her phantom sobs heard emanating from the church. Her husband was so distressed by the death that he took his own life the following day (see Tallington, Lincolnshire).

15 January, 17:50h (reoccurring)

Upset Husband

Location: Tallington (Lincolnshire) - Footbridge over the railway line
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Further Comments: After the death of his wife (see West Deeping, Lincolnshire) this grief-stricken individual jumped from the footbridge over the railway track and was hit by the train from London, which killed him instantly. The incident is reenacted once a year.

19 January (reoccurring)

Horses

Location: Lostwithiel (Cornwall) - Braddock Down
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Further Comments: The site of a Cromwellian defeat, the anniversary of which is marked by phantom hoof falls.

19 January (spitfire) (reoccurring)

Spitfire

Location: Biggin Hill (Kent) - Biggin Hill Airport & village
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Further Comments: Observed flying overhead, and sometimes heard, a phantom Spitfire haunts the skies of Biggin Hill - January would appear to have become its favourite haunting month. Airmen dressed in trench coats have been reported in the village; they stop people and ask directions before disappearing.

20 January (reoccurring) but last seen 21 January 2003

Lady Mohun

Location: Redditch (Hereford & Worcester) - Moon's Moat
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Further Comments: This small, moated island is reportedly haunted by this woman, who is reported to appear every St Agnes Eve

25 January (reoccurring)

Smith on Horseback

Location: Nether Lypiatt (estate) (Gloucestershire) - Nether Lypiatt Manor
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Further Comments: An owner of the horse once hanged a blacksmith for failing to complete a piece of work within a tight time limit - the date of the death is marked by the appearance of a large white horse carrying the dead smith. Another spirit in the house, that of a grey lady, has been seen several times, and there are unsubstantiated reports that it has been exorcised.

25 January (reoccurring)

Opening Gates

Location: Stroud (Gloucestershire) - Manor House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Further Comments: After a local blacksmith was found guilty of a crime and sentenced to hang, the judge offered him a reprieve if he made the gates to the lawman's house. The blacksmith did so, but was executed anyway. Once a year, the blacksmith's ghost returns and opens the gates.

Date dependent: the walking stone legend said to occur 01 January

Giant Arthur

Location: Reynoldston (Wales) - Arthur's Stone
Type: Legend
Further Comments: One story associated with this Neolithic tomb has King Arthur finding a stone in his boot. The king picked the pebble out and threw it to one side, thus placing the stone where it now stands. Another legend says the stone walks down to the sea once a year for a quick drink. Finally, another story says the stone was split by a miller who was after a millstone - unable to lift it, the split stone has remained laying there since.

Normally around January (reoccurring). Seen last in 1971

Rushing Horseman

Location: East Malling (Kent) - Barming Woods
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Further Comments: This figure has been both seen and heard as he darts around trees and over roads. One witness said the entity charged towards their car, disappearing on impact.

Varies: 24 December and 01 January the pack hunt, date of coach unknown

Night Coach

Location: Ilmington (Warwickshire) - Roads of village, particularly Pig Lane
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Further Comments: This spectral vehicle runs along the roads, before suddenly veering off and vanishing across local fields. This may be related to the ghostly hunt pack seen in the area, led by a man who was killed by his hounds.

Varies: between 25 December - 6 January (reoccurring)

Phantom Runner

Location: Bolton (Lancashire) - Hall i' th' Wood Manor House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Further Comments: Always heard but never seen, this spook frequents the old staircase, the footsteps always rushing. Other ghosts reported here include an old woman seen in the kitchen and two men, one dressed in black and the other green.