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Nottinghamshire Ghosts, Folklore and Forteana

Rearrangement

Location: Kirkby in Ashfield - Duke of Wellington public house
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 1980s
Further Comments: Various landlords at the pub are said to have come down in the morning to find the furniture rearranged or thrown around, even though they heard nothing during the night.

Fight

Location: Kirkby in Ashfield - Kirkby Castle (foundations remain west of church) and woodland
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: November 1989
Further Comments: Two people walking through this area heard a fight between a large group of men, though nothing could be seen.

RAF Guard

Location: Langar - Former RAF base
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1973 and 1983
Further Comments: In 1978 one witness watched a man in a uniform walk down a set of steps. The figure smiled at the witness before walking through a wall. While driving away from the site in 1983, a director of a business operating from the former base thought he had hit a uniformed man that had appeared in front of his car. He stopped and looked for what he assumed was an injured person but could find nothing. The same thing happened to him again a few weeks later.

Peggy Whooper

Location: Laxton - Bridge near Bolembeck Lane
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Said to have been a woman murdered along the lane, Peggy has since taken great delight in upsetting passing horses, causing them to bolt and throw their riders.

Footsteps

Location: Laxton - Church
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Strange sounds were once heard coming from this church, including footsteps and loud bangs. A ghostly figure was observed by one parson.

Man with Goatee

Location: Lenton - Church of St Anthony
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Mid-to-late-twentieth century
Further Comments: This church was said to be home to a phantom man with a goatee. An exorcism performed on the site was said to have been unsuccessful.

George

Location: Lenton - Lenton Hall (aka Lenton Firs Farm)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Circa 1940s
Further Comments: The phantom here was given the nickname George by the family. George could be heard walking across the ceiling in a particular room that the previous owner had warned was haunted.

Jailer

Location: Lenton - White Hart public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: This building was once part of a prison, with the resident ghost believed to be a jailer that manifests as a dark shadow. Ghostly childlike singing has also been heard on site.


An old postcard showing Newstead Abbey.

Lord Byron

Location: Linby - Newstead Abbey
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The story goes Lord Byron once met the ghostly black friar that haunted this building for close to 500 years, though contemporary legends state Bryon himself now sits in the corridor, near his own picture. Also reported in the area is a white lady who smells of rose petals, Bryon's pet dog Boatswain, and a woman in black who is considered unlucky.


A ghostly white woman.

Woman in White

Location: Mansfield - A60 and area around Hall Place (no longer standing)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1950s onwards
Further Comments: This phantom woman in a white dress is thought to have once haunted Hall Place before it burnt down - her ghost has now migrated to the nearby road.

Tall Figure

Location: Mansfield - B684 (Lime Lane)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 13 December 2020, 06:55h
Further Comments: A tall, thin, black figure stepped into the road ahead of a driver, illuminated by headlights on full beam. The figure moved backwards and vanished into a hedge. As the driver passed the spot, no one could be seen.

Mansfield Miner

Location: Mansfield - Clipstone Colliery
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1984
Further Comments: Two miners encountered a spectral miner wearing clothing from the 1930s. The entity placed its hand on the shoulder of one of the miners, and both men ran.

Yellow Boots

Location: Mansfield - Mansfield Palace Theatre
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A young female witness reported seeing a pair of yellow boots walking themselves across the stage, stopping when the witness tried to draw attention to them.

Walking

Location: Mansfield - New Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The sound of someone walking around the upper floor has been heard when the area should have been empty. A loud crash has also been heard, as if part of the roof had collapsed, though no damage could be found.

Timothy

Location: Mansfield - Oak Tree public house and Southwell Road West
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Timothy was hanged for a crime he did not commit at gallows which once stood nearby - his shade still lurks along the roadside and in the pub, protesting his innocence to any who will listen.

The Supervisor

Location: Mansfield - Pleasley Vale Mills
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The 'Supervisor' is the most spoken about ghost that haunts this site. He is said to have been mistaken for a 'real' person by several people who only realise their mistake when he vanishes in front of them. Two other entities are reputed to haunt the mills; a woman who is thought to have been raped and murdered on site, and a pair of legs seen to walk around without a torso.

Light Switcher

Location: Mansfield - Private house, Ruskin Road
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: A family moved from this property after they were joined by a spirit that broke crockery and enjoyed causing the lights to flicker.


The likely non-ghost of the hospital.

Victorian Nurse

Location: Mansfield - Ransom Hospital
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Said to haunt the building, this Victorian nurse reputedly took her life after her love was rejected by a doctor. Unfortunately, the hospital was not constructed until circa 1948, so little credence should be given to this story.

Dame Flogan

Location: Mansfield - White Hart Inn, White Hart Street, and Dame Flogan Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Flogan was killed in an accident near the inn, her body dragged a short distance by a horse. The ghost is said to haunt the roads and the inn itself.

Monk

Location: Mansfield - Ye Olde Ramme public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A monk that haunts this building may have some connection to the nearby church - a secret tunnel is said to link the two buildings.

Female Form

Location: Mansfield Woodhouse - Angel public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The ghostly form of a woman has been reported by locals as haunting this pub, normally seen at the top of the staircase.

Elderly Lady

Location: Mansfield Woodhouse - Library
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: An elderly woman is reported to haunt this building, as is (unless it is the same entity) a faceless monk that walks through walls and closed doors as if they were not there.

Red Head

Location: Mansfield Woodhouse - Manor House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Early twentieth century
Further Comments: Over the years, several people reported encountering a woman in the building with vivid red hair.


The lady walks through a wall.

Little Old Lady

Location: Mansfield Woodhouse - Parliament Oak public house (no longer operational)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Sighting unknown, voices heard in 1996
Further Comments: A customer in the pub reportedly watched an elderly woman walk through a wall and cross the corridor, before disappearing into another wall. Disembodied breathing and voices were also reported in the toilets.

George

Location: Mansfield Woodhouse - Portland Arms public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A former doorman and jack-of-all-trades, George may have been seen standing by the fireplace, even though he has been dead for decades. George is also blamed when small items disappear, and pumps are toyed with in the cellar.

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