The Paranormal Database

Charging Horseman

Location: Prestbury - Shaw Green Lane
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 04 May (reoccurring)
Further Comments: Killed by a Lancastrian arrow in the 1400's, this glowing War of the Roses messenger is doomed to carry his cargo forevermore. Another story says he was decapitated by a thin wire that was placed across the road, while a different version of the tale claims the ghost to be a Royalist courier killed when he rode into a rope strung across his route.

Rising Woman

Location: Redbrook - Swan Pool
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A local story says a woman and her young child were murdered near here, and the bodies thrown into the pool. Her shade now rises from the water, holding a crying baby. The area is also said to be home to a phantom coach, which has (a different?) woman peering from the window.

Headless Horsemen

Location: Rodmarton - Church
Type: Other
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This church was said to have been relocated due to the intervention of headless horsemen.

Golden Coffin

Location: Rodmarton - Windmill Tump
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This is another location where a golden coffin is reputed to be buried.

'Get out Quick'

Location: Sapperton - Sapperton Canal Tunnel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 22 December 2017
Further Comments: A father exploring the tunnel with his three children heard a voice say 'get out quick'. No one else was present at the site.

Lavender Lady

Location: Sheepscombe - Butchers Arms public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The pub and the surrounding area are haunted by a woman dressed in lavender or mauve coloured clothing. She is thought to be the woman responsible for closing several local pubs at the start of the nineteenth century.

Whispering

Location: Shipton Oliffe - Frogmill Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1940/50
Further Comments: Still considered haunted today, though to a much lesser degree, the inn was home to strange mist and whispering voices. Three ghostly card players once appeared to a guest in one of the rooms.

Hidden Treasure

Location: Slad - Area known as Pan's Wood (may no longer exist or has been renamed)
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Accidents or sudden death is said to have prevented treasure hunters from finding the hoard hidden somewhere here. Even if people have come close to finding it, strange noises have caused them to flee.

Man in Black

Location: Sling - Gattles Cross (aka Gattles Stone), Clearwell Meend
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Early to mid twentieth century
Further Comments: A ghostly man in black was seen close to this 1.5 metre tall stone.

Elizabeth Davis

Location: Sling - Miners Arms public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth / early twenty-first century
Further Comments: Formally known as Old Nell, this ghost had a name change after being identified as a landlady from the 1880s. She is described as friendly and enjoys moving items around the building.

Hooded Figure

Location: Snowshill - Snowshill Arms, and priory
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Haunting both these locations, the figure is widely believed to be a monk. Its presence is believed to upset passing animals.

Footfalls of Charles

Location: Snowshill - Snowshill Manor
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1950s onwards?
Further Comments: This building was donated to the National Trust in 1951 by Charles Wade; staff believe that the sounds coming from behind closed doors are those of the former owner, though some think that the haunting predates his death.

Grey Figure

Location: South Cerney - Road towards village from Kemble
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 09 December 2016
Further Comments: A five foot tall tornado/human-like figure was narrowly missed by a driver who swerved to avoid it. The witness said the entity was hovering about thirty centimetres off the road, was pointed at the base and formed human-like features further up, with a tail-like bit above the head.

Ghostly Monk

Location: St Briavels - George Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Human inhabitants at the pub have learnt to share the building with the spirit of this former monk.

Bleeding

Location: Staunton - The Long Stone
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Still present
Further Comments: If this stone is pricked with a pin at midnight, it is said to bleed. If bored, it is sometimes seen moving across nearby countryside!

Shadows in Doorways

Location: Stoke Gifford - Private residence, Mead Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Early 1990s onwards
Further Comments: A former resident experienced the constant feeling of being watched in the lounge and spotting black shadows in doorways. Many years after moving out, the witness passed the building and spotted a woman approaching. The witness looked down for a second, during which time the figure vanished.

Horseman

Location: Stow on the Wold - A429 Fosse Way, heading towards Warwick
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: September or October 2006, early evening
Further Comments: A driver reported glancing at her rear view mirror and seeing a horseman wearing a long black cape leap out into the road. The horseman was so close, the driver thought the rider would hit the car, but he vanished.

The Foss Way heading towards Stow on the Wold.

Victorian Gentleman

Location: Stow on the Wold - Foss Way heading towards Stow, highest point on the road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 07 December 2004
Further Comments: Dressed in Victorian clothing and wearing an old top hat, this man was seen twice in one day by a couple of friends out driving. The first time they encountered him, they narrowly avoided hitting the 'man'; while realising that there was something strange about him, they were not too sure what, until they drove back the same way a few hours later and glimpsed the figure again - this time he vanished in front of them.

Chapel Street, Stow on the Wold.

Pools of Water

Location: Stow on the Wold - House along Chapel Street
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 1963-1964
Further Comments: This pesky entity would create large pools of water throughout the house, with plumbers unable to find any physical cause. It also took to writing on the wall and tearing off the wallpaper. A voice was heard to say that the entity was a builder who had died twenty years previous.

King's Arms hotel, Stow on the Wold.

Victorian Woman

Location: Stow on the Wold - King's Arms hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s?
Further Comments: This old hotel is said to be haunted by a woman in Victorian clothing who looks quite real. Wailing and crying has also been reported from within the property.

The Old Stocks Hotel, Stow on the Wold.

Pianist

Location: Stow on the Wold - Old Stocks Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: The sounds of the piano can sometimes be heard in the building, though the instrument is not present. The ghost of an aged vicar is also reported here.

The Royalist Hotel, Stow on the Wold.

Victorian Children

Location: Stow on the Wold - Royalist Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth / early twenty-first century
Further Comments: Several ghosts are reported to haunt this building. A young man has been seen to vanish near the reception area, two children in Victorian clothing may be responsible for the strange tapping sounds, a pretty woman in a long dress and a cavalier both haunt the staircase, and a knight in black armour has also been observed on site.

The White Hart pub, Stow on the Wold.

George

Location: Stow on the Wold - White Hart public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1990s
Further Comments: This pub ghost is said to manifest as a shaft of white light, although occasionally takes a human form. When the pub was redecorated in the 1990s, George was blamed for smashing light bulbs and switching on electrical items.

Pink Frog Fall

Location: Stroud - General area
Type: Other
Date / Time: 1987
Further Comments: Several people reported a heavy rainfall that also brought down dozens of tiny pink frogs.

Old Woman

Location: Stroud - Jarolen House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: This lady, dressed in a long sweeping grey dress and white apron is thought to be a nineteenth century maid who found it difficult to leave her former employer.