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Juliana
Location: Bath (Somerset) - Popjoy's Restaurant
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth century?
Further Comments: Beau Nash's mistress Juliana is reported to haunt this restaurant, as is another ghostly woman wearing clothing from the 1960s. They say the latter figure looks perfectly solid until she vanishes...
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Floating Cat
Location: Battle (Sussex) - Gatehouse Restaurant
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century?
Further Comments: This small ghostly house cat floats along a corridor in the restaurant before vanishing through a wall.
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Dorothy Southworth
Location: Blackburn (Lancashire) - Samlesbury Hall (part of the building now a restaurant), and road outside
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 29 May 2006
Further Comments: This pale female spectre haunts an area of the garden where her lover was killed. It is said she is sometimes accompanied by a knight. A bus driver travelling on the road by the hall reported stopping to let a pale girl climb on board, only for her to vanish. In May 2006, the owner of a newly opened restaurant within the building reported a white figure which ran past him, cross the road, and vanished into nearby fields.
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Black Lady
Location: Bridgnorth (Shropshire) - Magpie House Restaurant
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This phantom's children were drowned in the cellar of Magpie House when the River Severn broke its banks. Her woman in black has been observed moving around the building and is sometimes heard crying.
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Woman in Crinolines
Location: Bristol (Somerset) - La Taverna Dell' Artista restaurant
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: It is unclear whether it is a single woman or several which have been seen drifting around this arty restaurant.
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Quaker
Location: Buckingham (Buckinghamshire) - 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.
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Pourer
Location: Carlisle (Cumbria) - Citadel Restaurant
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Mid - late twentieth century
Further Comments: A tall black shape was seen emerging through a wall, pouring itself onto the ground. An old woman wearing grey was also seen here.
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Jack
Location: Chester (Cheshire) - Old Fire Station Restaurant, Northdate Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1960s
Further Comments: Sporting a beard, this phantom fireman wearing a brass helmet was known only as Jack. A fireman who watched the figure sitting on a ladder was so shocked he rang the emergency bell to summon help. Even though the phantom had vanished by the time other people arrived on the scene, the witness quit his job soon after.
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Kitchen Hand
Location: Chilton Polden (Somerset) - Rumbling Tum restaurant (still present?), off the A39
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1970s
Further Comments: A tall, lean female form was reported in the kitchen of this roadside restaurant. A little old man has also been reported by guests
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Black Clad Figure
Location: Derby (Derbyshire) - MacDonald's restaurant
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: This entity, wearing a long black raincoat, reputedly emerges from a wall after first appearing in Miss Selfridge clothing store.
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Old Lady
Location: Fordingbridge (Dorset) - Hourglass Restaurant, formerly fourteenth century farmhouse
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This shade of an old lady warms herself by sitting by one of the original fireplaces.
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Emily
Location: Haworth (Yorkshire) - Haworth Parsonage, surrounding moor land, the path to Bronte waterfall, and former Weaver's Restaurant
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 19 December (reoccurring)
Further Comments: The famous abode of the Bronte Sisters, it is Emily who now haunts the grounds, her head bowed as in deep thought and meditation. She suddenly vanishes of anyone comes too close. The apparition may appear several days either side of the date given.
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Foundry Worker
Location: Inverness (Highland) - Eastgate Mall, Laura Ashley shop and Pizza Express restaurant
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2003
Further Comments: Blown light bulbs and fuses are all blamed on the shade of a former worker on the site, as are the movements of the doors when they open and close by themselves.
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Lady
Location: Kegworth (Leicestershire) - Cottage Restaurant
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A female ghost (or at least a presence) is said to haunt the ladies toilets.
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Grey Lady
Location: Lincoln (Lincolnshire) - Black Horse restaurant
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1980s onward
Further Comments: Wearing a long dress, this phantom woman caused one cleaner to run away terrified. The ghost has also been seen standing outside the building - the witness this time described the woman has having a blurry face. The pub is also reportedly plagued by general poltergeist behaviour.
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Humphrey
Location: Lincoln (Lincolnshire) - Browns Pie Shop - restaurant
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Staff have nicknamed this young phantom lad Humphrey. He occasionally puts in an appearance, running around the shop. A young girl is also said to haunt the building, as is the sound of money being counted.
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Footsteps
Location: Lincoln (Lincolnshire) - Jew's House - restaurant
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Reports from this establishment claim the phantom footsteps can be heard on the staircase, while the top floor and attic are said to be particularly haunted.
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Short Man
Location: Littlehampton (Sussex) - The Seahorse, floating restaurant in the marina
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1984
Further Comments: In the first year of opening, several spooky events occurred in the Seahorse, including the manifestation of a short gentleman near the staircase who disappeared when approached.
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Sabrina and Orwin
Location: Mountnugent (Leinster) - Ross Castle and Ross Restaurant
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1999
Further Comments: These two youngsters were killed as they tried to elope and escape family politics. En route, Orwin drowned and Sabrina died a few days later of a broken heart. Their ghosts haunt the area, and may manifest in the form of screams and unnatural cold winds.
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Footsteps
Location: Nottingham (Nottinghamshire) - Jesse's Restaurant
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1988
Further Comments: This building is reputed to be haunted by the sound of footfalls heard moving around in empty rooms.
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Luck of Eden
Location: Penrith (Cumbria) - Eden Hall Country Hotel and Restaurant
Type: Curse
Date / Time: Still present in the Hall
Further Comments: Stolen from fairies by a former butler, the fifteen centimetre tall cup is now locked away deep within the house - a curse placed by the little folk in retaliation for the theft states that if the beaker breaks, so does the building's luck.
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Victorian Lady
Location: Peterborough (Cambridgeshire) - Prezzo Italian restaurant (was O'Connell's public house)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The phantom woman dressed in Victorian era clothing is not alone here - the building is also home to a ghostly male figure dressed in eighteenth century garb.
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Old Woman with Grey Hair
Location: Ringwood (Hampshire) - Four Seasons restaurant (since renamed)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1973
Further Comments: Seen gently rocking on a chair, this old woman dressed in grey clothing vanished when approached by one witness. Former staff at the building also reported seeing the entity.
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Charlie
Location: Romsey (Hampshire) - Palmerston Restaurant
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth century
Further Comments: Seen by staff in the upper parts of the building, Charlie is described as an elderly man with bright white hair.
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Crypt Dweller
Location: SE9 (Greater London) - MacDonald's restaurant
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: Built on the site of an old United reformed church, this fast food establishment is said to have a haunted basement which was once a crypt. Some staff have reported encountering some kind of entity, though what it is has not been disclosed.
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