London (Outer & Other) Ghosts, Folklore and Forteana
Sir Geoffrey de Mandeville
Location: Outer London: East Barnet - Oak Hill Park
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 24 December 2026, 23:30h or 00:00h next due, then every sixth year (reoccurring)
Further Comments: Sir Geoffrey, complete with red cloak and jangling spurs, appears here on horseback and heads towards the church to disappear through its wall. Even though the ghost is said to appear on Christmas Eve, the last verified sighting of Sir Geoffrey was on 17 December 1932.
First added: 2002-08-17 | Last updated: 2023-05-23 | ID #2207
Cricket Pavilion
Location: Outer London: East Barnet - Oak Hill Park
Type: Environmental Manifestation
Date / Time: An evening in winter, 1986/87
Further Comments: Walking his dog through the park, this witness spotted what looked like a cricket pavilion with a veranda about 100 yards from him. The building was quite brightly lit, illuminated from the outside. The witness was a little surprised never to have seen the building before, but being new to the area, was not perturbed. Walking back the same way a little later, the building had gone. Neighbours told him that they could not recall a pavilion ever being on the site.
First added: 2011-11-13 | Last updated: 2011-11-13 | ID #10641
Joanna's Tree
Location: Outer London: East Barnet - Tree in Oak Hill Park
Type: Other
Date / Time: Early 1930s
Further Comments: The oak tree under which eighteenth century prophetess Joanna Southcott once sat and received a vision that she was mentioned in the Book of Revelation burst into flame on a clear summer's day.
First added: 2006-12-12 | Last updated: 2006-12-12 | ID #7071
The Enfield Poltergeist Case
Location: Outer London: Enfield - 284 Green Street
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: August 1977 - October 1978
Further Comments: In a case covered by the world's media, the Enfield poltergeist reportedly centred itself on a young girl named Janet, using her vocal cords to communicate. She claimed the entity would throw her out of bed at night, and other witnesses reported spontaneous fires and items moving themselves.
First added: 2002-08-29 | Last updated: 2002-08-29 | ID #2366
Black Coach
Location: Outer London: Enfield - Bell Lane, Enfield
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Varies: weeks leading up to Christmas (reoccurring), last seen November 1961
Further Comments: A popular local story tells of the Phantom Coach of Enfield, flying two metres off the ground where the road once lay. Seen a couple of times in the twentieth century, the ghostly passengers are said to be quite clear and distinct. A 14 year old boy cycling close to Albany Park School claimed to have passed through the apparition.
First added: 2002-08-17 | Last updated: 2002-08-17 | ID #2199
De Mandeville
Location: Outer London: Enfield - Camlet Moat, Enfield Chase
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Dying in an accident while trying to bury his treasure (or by suicide by drowning himself in the moat), Sir Geoffrey De Mandeville has returned to watch over his fortune, dressed in his knightly armour.
First added: 2002-08-25 | Last updated: 2002-08-25 | ID #2295
Old Lady
Location: Outer London: Enfield - Crown and Horseshoes public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Thought to be a former landlady, this ghost prefers to be heard walking around and knocking on doors, rather than be seen.
First added: 2002-08-27 | Last updated: 2002-08-27 | ID #2361
Following
Location: Outer London: Enfield - Forty Hall
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: It is said that the sensation of being either watched or followed by something unseen exists in this seventeenth century building.
First added: 2014-05-18 | Last updated: 2014-05-18 | ID #11547
Floating Figure
Location: Outer London: Enfield - Golf course
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1960s
Further Comments: Jason Hollis in Haunted Enfield wrote that this location was haunted by a floating figure dressed in black. One witness who encountered the entity was left traumatised by its maggot-eaten face.
First added: 2020-09-29 | Last updated: 2020-09-29 | ID #13930
Old Witch
Location: Outer London: Enfield - Hadley Road, Enfield
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Weather Dependent: Cold, misty nights
Further Comments: An old woman who once lived along this stretch of road was executed in 1622 for being a witch - on cold misty nights, her ghostly form now returns.
First added: 2002-08-25 | Last updated: 2002-08-25 | ID #2301
Nimbus
Location: Outer London: Enfield - Hadley Wood railway - south tunnel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1980 onwards
Further Comments: Since being cut up for scrap in 1980, the diesel powered 'Nimbus' has been spotted running along the tracks.
First added: 2005-04-20 | Last updated: 2005-04-20 | ID #6208
Pin Stripped Trousers
Location: Outer London: Enfield - Myddelton House, Bull's Cross
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1980s
Further Comments: Speaking in an interview, a former caretaker said she had seen a few ghosts on this property, including a pair of pin striped trousers (the upper part of the body was not visible) and lights flickering around near the stables.
First added: 2014-05-18 | Last updated: 2014-05-18 | ID #11548
Moving Picture
Location: Outer London: Enfield - Private flat, Bush Hill Park
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late 1970s
Further Comments: Many experiences were reported by the family living here, including a picture which was taken off a wall (even though it was nailed there), voices and noises heard from the loft, and another voice which said, 'get out of my house'.
First added: 2014-04-21 | Last updated: 2014-04-21 | ID #11525
Mr Danby
Location: Outer London: Enfield - Road between Enfield and Barnet
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Nineteenth century
Further Comments: Mr Danby died on the road in 1832, his throat slashed by an unknown assassin. A few years later his ghost returned and gave chase to a passing horse-drawn carriage (much to the horror of the occupants).
First added: 2002-08-25 | Last updated: 2002-08-25 | ID #2303
Turpin and Bess
Location: Outer London: Enfield - Rose & Crown public house, Clay Hill
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Reportedly once owned by Dick Turpin's grandfather, the highwayman would visit the family when he needed to hide out. His ghostly form has been seen both inside and out, sometimes accompanied by his horse.
First added: 2002-08-25 | Last updated: 2002-08-25 | ID #2302
Founding Rabbi
Location: Outer London: Enfield - Synagogue, Wellington Rd
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2009
Further Comments: The phantom that was reported to haunt this site, opening windows and knocking on doors, was named as the Rabbi who founded this Synagogue.
First added: 2009-09-12 | Last updated: 2009-09-12 | ID #9679
Uneasy Sound
Location: Outer London: Enfield - Unidentified house on the edge of Enfield Chase
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Circa 1873
Further Comments: This site was haunted by a sound which only one person at a time would hear. The noise would follow the person around for a while before ceasing and disappearing for weeks or months at a time before manifesting again.
First added: 2018-05-10 | Last updated: 2018-05-10 | ID #12822
Hooded Figures
Location: Outer London: Feltham - Disused building along Elmwood Avenue
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Various days, 2007, around 06:45h
Further Comments: Moving at a fast pace, two hooded figures resembling monks were seen walking through a closed door of a disused building. The witness approached the door and realised it had not been opened for quite a while, as the grass that had grown around the base of the doorframe had not been disturbed.
First added: 2008-03-23 | Last updated: 2008-03-23 | ID #8345
Church Goer
Location: Outer London: Greenford - Greenford Methodist Church
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1980s
Further Comments: A mysterious figure was seen several times sitting in the pews, vanishing if approached. Strange laughter was also reported in the church. The entity appears to have vacated the premises after an exorcism.
First added: 2004-10-02 | Last updated: 2004-10-02 | ID #5497
Pacing
Location: Outer London: Greenford - Greenford Police Station
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Footsteps 1960s onwards, figure spotted summer 1984
Further Comments: Heard from time to time walking along the upper floor, these phantom footsteps start at midnight and continue until dawn. One night duty station officer reported seeing a figure in an old fashioned police uniform sitting in the tearoom. When the sighting was mentioned the following morning, the witness was told the ghost was probably that of an inspector who hanged himself upstairs in the 1930s.
First added: 2007-12-11 | Last updated: 2007-12-11 | ID #8107
White Lady
Location: Outer London: Greenford - River Brent, Coston's Lane
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1960s onwards
Further Comments: It is said that the white lady died with her husband in the 1890s when their horse and trap slipped into the swollen river during bad weather. They were swept away; the lady was found a half mile downstream and her husband and his horse were recovered from under the old wooden bridge. It is believed she continues to look for her husband.
First added: 2020-02-25 | Last updated: 2020-02-25 | ID #13591
Footsteps
Location: Outer London: Greenford - Royal British Legion Club
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twenty-first century
Further Comments: Footsteps have been heard to cross the wooden dance floor when nobody present, breezes have been felt as they brush past and items have been moved whilst nobody in the Club.
First added: 2020-01-01 | Last updated: 2020-01-01 | ID #13516
Cavalier
Location: Outer London: Harefield, Hillingdon - Fisheries Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth century
Further Comments: This swordsman has been seen walking around this public house, disturbing any pets that pass in his way. A ghostly monk is also reported to reside in one of the bedrooms here.
First added: 2002-08-25 | Last updated: 2002-08-25 | ID #2297
Young Woman
Location: Outer London: Harefield, Hillingdon - Private house off Church Hill
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Winter 2006
Further Comments: A witness spotted a faint, translucent young woman, between 20-24 years old, standing by the front of a bed. The blonde haired ghost appeared to be wearing a pleated lilac skirt and a pink tank top, and held a pink handbag and a lipstick. The woman turned and looked at the witness before disappearing.
First added: 2020-10-27 | Last updated: 2020-10-27 | ID #13966
Woman and Child
Location: Outer London: Harrow - Headstone Manor (Harrow Museum)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: Several entities are reported to haunt this building once owned by Henry VIII. These include visual manifestations of a phantom woman with a child, a man wearing coarsely woven fabric clothing, and of a light floating up the staircase, while the sounds of a baby crying, and plainchant, have also been reported.
First added: 2008-08-05 | Last updated: 2008-08-05 | ID #8686
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