The Paranormal Database

Devil Hound

Location: Upper Hergest - Hergust Court, now a farmhouse
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Prior to death in family
Further Comments: This hound would appear to members of the Vaughan family before one of their number died. It is said that when Black Vaughan was beheaded in 1483, his faithful hound seized and ran off with the head. The creature is said to have inspired Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to write 'Hound of the Baskervilles'.

Devil Summoning

Location: Weobley - Churchyard
Type: Legend - Old Nick
Date / Time: Unknown - traditional
Further Comments: Anyone reciting the Lord's Prayer backwards whilst walking around the large cross in the churchyard will call upon the Devil.

Snuff Box

Location: Weobley - Unknown pond near Garnstone castle (demolished 1959, pond may no longer exist) and Field's End
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The ghost of a farmer who committed suicide would manifest in the form of a calf. During an exorcism, the entity was trapped within a snuff box - the container was thrown into a pond, where ghost and box remain.

Old Gregg

Location: Weobley Marsh - Dunwood Farm
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This man was poisoned by being given a roasted toad for his dinner - it is unclear whether his ghost is still active.

An old woodcut showing a large bird rising from flames.

Hideous Bird

Location: Weston Penyard - Penyard Castle
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Still present?
Further Comments: A cave hidden under the castle contains a vast collection of gold and gems. The wealth is protected by a large bird which never sleeps and attacks any who come too close to discovering the cave.

Concealed Treasure

Location: Whitchurch - King Arthur's Cave
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Still present
Further Comments: Arthur hid much of his loot in this cave, which Merlin then protected with a spell, ensuring the treasure would never be found.

Gold

Location: Wormelow Tump - Barrow
Type: Dragon
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A dragon was said to protect hidden gold in this barrow.

Amr's Resting Place

Location: Wormelow Tump - Tump (no longer present - destroyed in 1896)
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The Bowl Barrow or burial mound which once stood in the village was said to belong to Amr, King Arthur's son.

Woman in Silk

Location: Wormsley - Wormsley Grange
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Exact date unknown, but reputed to be around midnight
Further Comments: Two ghosts are said to haunt this building; a woman dressed in silk and a man in black.