03 September (reoccurring)

Devil

Location: Brampton (Hereford & Worcester) - Brampton Bryan Park
Type: Legend - Old Nick
Further Comments: Local legend says that on the day Cromwell died, the park was laid to waste as the Devil passed though it to collect the soul due to him. Now, once a year, Old Nick rides out and returns to the park to ravage it once more.

08 September (reoccurring)

John and Amy

Location: Flordon Tasburgh (Norfolk) - Rainthrorpe Hall
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Further Comments: Early evening of 8 September, a ghostly pair meet in the gardens of the hall. Amy Robsart and John Appleyard were once happily married, though Amy died under mysterious circumstances after her husband grew close to Elizabeth I.

12 September (reoccurring)

Janet Dalrymple

Location: Bladnoch (Dumfries and Galloway) - Baldoon Castle ruins
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Further Comments: On her wedding night, Janet went insane; she stabbed her husband several times, and had to be dragged away by servants. Janet's husband survived, though she died shortly after - the date on which her shade returns to the scene of her outburst.

13 September (reoccurring)

Murdered Women

Location: Selkirk (Borders) - Newark Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Further Comments: The castle is said to contain the souls of the women and children murdered by brutal soldiers at the site, who are heard once a year.

21 September (reoccurring)

Edward II Screams

Location: Berkeley (Gloucestershire) - Berkeley Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Further Comments: Murdered on orders of his wife Queen Isabella (her fate is documented elsewhere in this database), the anniversary of the King's death is marked by his screams echoing around the castle.

28 September, St Michael's Eve (reoccurring)

Sir Walter

Location: Sherborne (Dorset) - Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Further Comments: Sir Walter Raleigh is said to appear here once a year, near a tree that was named after him. Other ghosts claimed to haunt the castle include horses and a ghostly child. At one time, it was thought the castle was cursed, as ill fortune befell several of the owners.

Autumn (reoccurring)

Female in Old Attire

Location: Macclesfield (Cheshire) - Gawsworth Hall and general area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Further Comments: This female form is reported to drift around the courtyard of this hall, and has also been reported patrolling nearby lanes and in the churchyard. Some have named her as Mary Fitton, a lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth I.

Autumn (reoccurring)

Mary Gosselin

Location: Goyt Valley (Derbyshire) - Errwood Hall ruins
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Further Comments: Mary has been watched walking around the garden, even though she died in 1930. The ruined hall is also home to a ghostly school governess who wears a long dress, wide hat and smiles at visitors, and a former maid.

Autumn (reoccurring)

Drifting Nun

Location: Fawkham Green (Kent) - Pennis Lane
Type: Curse
Further Comments: Appearing at dusk, the figure of a nun has been reported floating down this lane. Her skull is housed at Pennis Farm and it is said if the object is ever removed a great curse will befall the valley.

Autumn (reoccurring)

Sarah Preston

Location: Boston (Lincolnshire) - Boston Stump (tower of St Botolph's parish church)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Further Comments: Holding a young child, Sarah is seen to leap from the tower of the church, vanishing just before hitting the ground.

Autumn evenings (reoccurring)

Poacher with Bag

Location: Wadhurst (Sussex) - Beggars Bush, Bestbeech Hill Crossroads area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Further Comments: This thieving ghost in a tan coloured coat is seen struggling along the road, his brown sack bulging with stolen food.

Autumn months, 2am (reoccurring)

Coach Arriving

Location: Dartmouth (Devon) - The Royal Castle Hotel, The Quay
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Further Comments: Early morning, during the time of golden leaves, the sound of a horse and coach can be heard coming to a stop outside the hotel. There are sounds of someone jumping on board, before the hooves can be heard pulling away. One of the bedrooms may be haunted by a robed figure, and the sounds of two people fighting can be heard in the courtyard.

Autumn nights (reoccurring)

Fighting and Singing

Location: Nether Stowey (Somerset) - Dowsborough (aka Danesborough or Dawesbury) Camp
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Further Comments: The sounds of a young child singing have been reported here in the past, as have the sounds of soldiers crooning and chanting before starting to fight.

September

Lady in Black

Location: Pembroke (Wales) - Manorbier Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Further Comments: This feminine figure dressed in black seems to appear near the gatehouse.

September (reoccurring)

Peg Sneddle

Location: Crackenthorpe (Cumbria) - General area
Type: Crisis Manifestation
Further Comments: Peg Sneddle, or Elizabeth Sleddall as she was known in life, would manifest prior to a death in the Machell family (she was married to a Machell, but used her maiden name after his premature death). This ceased when her body was hidden under a large rock in the nearby river, though it would reappear every year in September. A phantom coach and four also haunts the same area.

September (reoccurring)

Grenadier Climbing Stairs

Location: SW1 (Greater London) - The Grenadier public house, Wilton Row
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Further Comments: This young trooper was killed after it was discovered he cheated in a card game in the public house - he only appears in the month of September, as he walks around the building, looking into rooms and pacing along corridors.

September (reoccurring)

Princess Alice

Location: Thamesmead (Kent) - Thames River
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Further Comments: When a collier rammed a pleasure boat (the Princess Alice) here in 1878, over 600 people died - many of them being poisoned by the outflow of London's sewage which emerged from a pipe by the accident site. Their pitiful cries for help can sometimes be heard around the time of the accident.

September (reoccurring)

Monk

Location: Minster (Kent) - Old Oake Cottage
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Further Comments: This strange looking figure of a monk always appears as if silhouetted behind an intense light. He is always heard before appearing, shuffling feet marking his appearance.

Varies: 11 July, 14 September (reoccurring)

Fighting Galleons

Location: Breydon Water (Norfolk) - Breydon Water
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Further Comments: The first set of ships to haunt this area is said to be a fleet of galleons heading towards Burgh Castle. The second is a battle between a pirate ship and two smaller vessels.

Varies: 24 June & 18 September (Reoccurring)

Bishop of Brundall on Barge

Location: Brundall (Norfolk) - River
Type: Legend
Further Comments: Sailing up the river, the Bishop's barge is covered with fine cloth and silk, and contains 28 rowers. He is said to bless any ill people that he sails by.

Varies: August & September (reoccurring), last seen mid 1970s

Victorian Woman

Location: Sudeley (Gloucestershire) - Sudeley Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Further Comments: It is always around these two months that a ghostly housemaid is seen cleaning and dusting, dressed in Victorian working garb.

Weather Dependent: Stormy autumn nights

Crying Child

Location: Baldock (Hertfordshire) - Hinxworth Place
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Further Comments: Thought to relate to a particularly ironic incident when a maid accidentally killed a child who had dressed up as a ghost to scare her, the infant's screams can now be heard echoing down through the ages.