Gloucestershire Ghosts, Folklore and Forteana
Monks in a field
Location: Winchcombe - Belas Knap, a long barrow situated above the town
Type: Environmental Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: One visitor to the site stated she looked across the fields and watched a group of monks approaching the barrow. She left for a few minutes, and on her return realised that the field now looked different; shorter grass, fewer trees, and the figures had vanished. The area around the barrow is locally acknowledged to be 'strange'. The road running by Belas Knap is said to be haunted by a blue figure which unnerves drivers as it steps on into their paths.
ID #1116, last updated 2002-06-08
Monk with No Legs
Location: Winchcombe - Cowl Lane, Pike Bank area, and Old Corner Cupboard Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1993
Further Comments: Reports of a ghostly black monk coming from these areas are not uncommon, some saying that the figure looked as if he sunk slightly into the ground, others saying he floats two feet above the path.
ID #1115, last updated 2002-06-08
Floating Monk
Location: Winchcombe - Railway station
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Dressed in a dark robe, this holy figure floats a half a metre above the ground.
ID #3796, last updated 2003-02-12
Choir
Location: Winchcombe - Site of Abbey
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Midnight (reoccurring)
Further Comments: Plainchant and other religious songs have been heard emanating from the site of the old abbey, burnt down hundreds of years ago.
ID #3795, last updated 2003-02-12
Monk-Like Figure
Location: Withington - Terrace house (now demolished), Hill Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1973
Further Comments: One occupant of this property twice spotted a small monk-like figure wearing brown run across the landing from a bedroom to their parent's room. On another occasion, the witness awoke to see a projection of light on the wall showing a dozen decapitated people pleading and speaking French.
ID #15808, last updated 2025-02-15
Fading Trio
Location: Withington - The Mill Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth century
Further Comments: Seen standing by the fireplace together, this small group of shades featured a woman with a large hat being flanked by two men. She could be a former landlady who drowned in the nearby river.
ID #3146, last updated 2002-11-12
Dead Pagans
Location: Wotton under Edge - Ancient Ram Inn, currently a private house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Built on the site of a burial pit, this former public house is said to have a heavy, oppressive atmosphere. A misty entity appeared in one photograph taken here, while several ghost hunts have turned up numerous displaced spirits.
ID #2336, last updated 2002-08-27
Rattling Chains
Location: Wotton under Edge - Newark Park hunting lodge
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A classic sign of a haunting, the sounds would often be accompanied by the silken rustling of an invisible dress passing, thumps, bangs, and a sense of intense cold.
ID #2514, last updated 2002-10-03
Geoffrey
Location: Wyck - Wyck Rissington Rectory
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Canon Cheales carried out an exorcism of his home after being repeatedly disturbed between 22:00 - 02:00 by strange noises and rattling door handles by a presence known as Geoffrey.
ID #11016, last updated 2012-07-20
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