Henry Watts

Location: A4 - Memorial between Marlborough and Hungerford (now relocated)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: October 1956
Further Comments: Henry Watts erected a memorial along this road to his son Alfie after the boy was killed in a cart accident in 1879. Four people spotted a tall man in a long coat standing by the memorial one evening as they all travelled home, but he vanished when they stopped the car nearby. Some speculated the ghost was concerned that the cross would be destroyed by the planned widening of the road, but instead the memorial was carefully relocated close by.

Green Woman

Location: All Cannings - Campfield House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1970s
Further Comments: After finding his wife in the arms of another in their bedroom, a husband dispatched the unfaithful woman and tried to burn down the house to conceal his crime. However the fire was quickly put out, and now the woman dressed in green returns to the room where she was murdered.

Elizabeth Bynge

Location: All Cannings - The Old Rectory
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Manifesting as a grey lady with a beautiful face, this wraith has been seen by several people over the years, once observed standing at the foot of a bed.

Man in a Red Cap

Location: All Cannings - Wickham's Lane area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Described as a smallish man wearing a red floppy hat, this figure walks the streets in this area of the village.

Parson

Location: Allington - Around village
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1840's?
Further Comments: After the death of the local parson, several villagers pushed his body down a nearby well. The justification for this action was never given, and all concerned died before they gave up their reason. For many nights after the parson's death, horses in the village were released from their stables, and the parson was blamed.

Saint Mylor's Relics

Location: Amesbury - Amesbury Abbey
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Still present
Further Comments: Mylor's uncle cut off his left foot and right hand to prevent him from becoming king. A silver hand and a bronze foot were made to replace the missing body parts, and they started to work as flesh and bone. Unfortunately Mylor was executed soon after. His relics are currently housed at the abbey.

Outlined Lady

Location: Amesbury - Lords Walk, along London Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Winter 1985/1986
Further Comments: This petite phantom lady, who was grey but with a brighter outline, was observed by two friends taking a shortcut through the woods - they ran away from the figure, turning to look back only to see the woman had vanished.

White Lady

Location: Avebury - Avebury Manor
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This pallid person drifts around the grounds of the manor and sometimes the stones, her face covered by a large hood. The manor house itself is said to be haunted by several entities. One spirit which would scatter rose petals across the floor of the Crimson Room, a phantom monk was spotted in the library, and a ghostly Cavalier sometimes makes an appearance.

The Haunt

Location: Avebury - Buildings constructed from Avebury stone
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Houses constructed from stones mined locally are thought to be unlucky, and subjected to poltergeist like activity from an entity known as 'The Haunt'.

Florrie

Location: Avebury - Red Lion public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2004
Further Comments: The wife of an English Civil War veteran, Florrie was strangled and tossed down a nearby well by her husband once he discovered she had slept with other men while he was away fighting. She now haunts the public house, scratching anyone who upsets her. The sounds of a phantom coach have also been heard outside the building, while in 2004 a photograph was taken which captured the image of a bleeding bald man.

Mystery Lights

Location: Avebury - Skies above town
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 1991
Further Comments: Some say that UFO sightings here go back at least three hundred years, though only more recently have crop circles and photographs of glowing balls of light been documented.

Angry Stones

Location: Avebury - Standing Stones
Type: Other
Date / Time: Fourteenth Century onwards
Further Comments: Locals claim that these stones have an air of ill luck surrounding them, with several bizarre accidents occurring in their presence. At night, phantom singing has been heard going from the circles. Another person claims to have seen a medieval fair in progress while she stood in the circle.

Grey and Blue Ladies

Location: Avoncliffe - Cross Guns public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2004
Further Comments: This pub is haunted by a woman in blue, a grey lady and an old man. Some have speculated that the sightings were on the increase due to building work that was occurring in the pub.

Monk with Smallpox

Location: Baltonsborough - St Dunstan's Church
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This monk was supposed to have travelled from France to see meet his dying father at the church, however he contracted smallpox and himself died before completing his journey. His ghost now haunts the church, regretting his failing.

Beast of Biddlestone

Location: Biddlestone - General area
Type: ABC
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: Another ABC hotspot, dozens of witnesses have encountered a large black cat in the region over recent years. In 2007, a group of off-duty police officers and their families spotted the creature; they described at the cat as being the size of large dog but with a lower profile.

Lady

Location: Blundsdon - Blundsdon Abbey (ruins)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The residents of the house built over the ruins of the abbey would often see the ghost of a lady moving across the courtyard at the front of the property, though only visible from the waist up. Phantom monks have also been seen.

Wet Footprints

Location: Boscombe Down - RAF base
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1947
Further Comments: A pilot killed when his new aircraft crashed into the sea was heard walking about his hut at night, his wet footfalls slopping on the floor.

Pallbearers

Location: Bowerchalke - Applespill Bridge
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Seven ghostly men carrying a gold coffin have been reported crossing the bridge - a local legend says that a coffin made of gold was found and stolen from a nearby barrow.

Roman Battle

Location: Bowerchalke - Between village and Woodminton
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Headless horses can be seen and the sounds of fierce fighting can be heard here - the area was the site of a battle between Roman legionnaires and the Britons.

Monks

Location: Bowerchalke - Churchyard
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown - most likely to be seen in the early hours
Further Comments: A phantom procession of monks reportedly haunt the churchyard.

Kit

Location: Bowerchalke - Crossroads south of the village
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The woman only known as Kit is buried at this crossroads after committing suicide nearby. Her shade is still reported here, and it is claimed no birds sing in the area.

Lost Shepherd

Location: Bowerchalke - General area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This man became lost in a snow storm and was found dead of exposure the following day by fellow villagers. His voice is occasionally heard on the wind, crying out 'I want to go home'.

Sounds of Beheading

Location: Bowerchalke - The Lodge (no longer standing?), Verne Ditch (or Vernditch Chase)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The sounds of a chopping axe have been heard coming from the ruins of this property. They are said to date from a particularly nasty murder, when the victim had their head removed.

Ghost Train

Location: Box - Railway tunnel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The sounds of a phantom locomotive echo along the tracks in this tunnel.

White Lady

Location: Bradford on Avon - Beehive Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This incorporeal woman has been reported in various parts of the inn.