Dunny
Location: Hazelrigg (Northumberland) - St Cuthbert's Cave
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This ghost would take the form of a dun coloured horse (though really it was the shade of a pirate-cum-raider) and harass anyone who came too close to his treasure which was buried somewhere nearby.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2003-09-07
Last updated: 2003-09-07
ID: #4565
Music
Location: Healey (Northumberland) - Vicarage
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1933
Further Comments: A newspaper article briefly mentioned that the new vicar of Healey had performed an exorcism to rid this site of ghostly music.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2023-05-22
Last updated: 2023-05-22
ID: #14918
Hedley Kow
Location: Hedley (Northumberland) - All over village
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A spirit that plagued many households in the village, the Hedley Kow would take the form of human or beast, sometimes luring the living into marshy areas. The entity finally disappeared after it manifested as a horse and ran off, escaping the fury of a victim of one of its 'jokes'.
Source:
Historical Record, User Submission
First added: 2002-10-24
Last updated: 2002-10-24
ID: #2818
A stone man waits to be released.
Enchanted Percy
Location: Henhole (Northumberland) - General area
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A member of the House of Percy ventured into a cave in this area, only to be enchanted and petrified. He can be released by the sound of a bugle.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2018-02-08
Last updated: 2018-02-08
ID: #12757
Celtic Heads
Location: Hexham (Northumberland) - Exact location not known
Type: Other
Date / Time: 1972
Further Comments: Two small stone heads (first identified as Celtic, but later declared modern in their making) caused havoc after they were discovered in a council house garden and brought inside the home. Strange lights were seen, glass and mirrors shattered, and a strange half human creature was seen lurking in the shadows. An archaeologist who took the objects to study also reported the same experiences.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2003-01-16
Last updated: 2003-01-16
ID: #3601
Pins
Location: Holystone (Northumberland) - Well of St Ninian
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Nineteenth century
Further Comments: Pins would be left here, although it is not clear whether they were for wishes or healing purposes.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2018-06-20
Last updated: 2018-06-20
ID: #12894
The source of Child Ballad Lamkin?
Long Lamkin
Location: Horsley (Northumberland) - Nafferton Tower (only ruins remain)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A local man known only as Long Lamkin coldly murdered a woman and her child in the region. His shade sometimes is seen briefly in the area. The story may have been the inspiration for the Child Ballad Lamkin (number 93). As an aside, a nearby pool was reputedly bottomless.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2004-06-28
Last updated: 2004-06-28
ID: #5216
Hare
Location: Humbleton (Northumberland) - General area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A phantom hare which ran around the area would once be hunted by locals, but it could never be killed.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2018-07-12
Last updated: 2018-07-12
ID: #12906
Broken Staff
Location: Humshaugh (Northumberland) - Unidentified farmer's field
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A farmer ploughing the field heard a fairy cry 'I've broken my staff!'. The farmer offered to fix the staff, and having done so, found bread and butter left out for him the following day.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2018-06-19
Last updated: 2018-06-19
ID: #12873
Invisible Stone
Location: Ilderton (Northumberland) - Threestoneburn (aka Three Stone Burn)
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Even though only a handful of stones can now be seen, it was reported that there were once twelve stones, but only eleven could be seen. If anyone could find the twelfth, they would have been rewarded with riches.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2018-07-12
Last updated: 2018-07-12
ID: #12913
Just Another Wishing Well
Location: Key Heugh (aka Sandy Crag) (Northumberland) - Well (not known if still in existence)
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Nineteenth century
Further Comments: A well on this site was littered with pins left by visitors who hoped their wishes would be heard.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2018-06-20
Last updated: 2018-06-20
ID: #12893
Shuffling Footsteps
Location: Kielder (Northumberland) - Kielder Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2003
Further Comments: Two overnight German tourists fled the castle and drove away after the temperature dropped suddenly and they found themselves surrounded by non-descript voices and shuffling feet. Other ghosts reported here include a serving girl who may have been murdered by a footman, and a hunter whose rifle backfired.
Source:
Published Media, User Submission
First added: 2022-09-11
Last updated: 2022-09-11
ID: #14605
White Woman
Location: Langley (Northumberland) - Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Singing has been reported coming from the building when it is empty, and a ghostly woman dressed in white has also been seen. This entity may be the same as the grey lady reportedly seen in the chapel.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2004-02-29
Last updated: 2004-02-29
ID: #5044
Headless Man on Horse
Location: Lilburn (Northumberland) - Crossroads
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Two ghosts were said to haunt this area. A man with his head under his arm rode upon a dun coloured horse, while at other times a phantom woman would appear, wringing her hands.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2018-06-27
Last updated: 2018-06-27
ID: #12905
Monks
Location: Lindisfarne (aka Holy Island) (Northumberland) - Causeway
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1962
Further Comments: This monk is thought to be one of many brothers killed after the Danes raided the island in 793 AD. He now stands watching out for another sneak attack. Two holiday makers spotted the monk as he faded away on the sands.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2007-04-06
Last updated: 2007-04-06
ID: #7208
Nuns
Location: Lindisfarne (aka Holy Island) (Northumberland) - Church
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: June 2019
Further Comments: A witness spotted many nuns praying in the church. Mentioning it to a nearby woman, the witness was told the church was empty; no one else had seen the nuns and there was no evidence they had existed.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2021-09-05
Last updated: 2021-09-05
ID: #14262
Constance de Beverley
Location: Lindisfarne (aka Holy Island) (Northumberland) - General area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A nun who fell in love with a knight, only to be killed for her sins, is said to haunt the island.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2007-12-09
Last updated: 2007-12-09
ID: #8093
White Dog
Location: Lindisfarne (aka Holy Island) (Northumberland) - Lindisfarne Castle
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This large hound is said to jump from the castle ruins at people, before slinking back from where it came.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2002-10-03
Last updated: 2002-10-03
ID: #2512
An old painting showing Lindisfarne Castle.
St Cuthbert
Location: Lindisfarne (aka Holy Island) (Northumberland) - Lindisfarne Castle
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Seen sitting in the ruins, and along the beach of Holy Island, St Cuthbert is dressed in the traditional brown habit of monks. His ghost makes holes in the stones, known locally as St Cuthbert's Beads, which bestow luck to their wearer.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2002-10-03
Last updated: 2002-10-03
ID: #2511
Figure in habit
Location: Lindisfarne (aka Holy Island) (Northumberland) - Priory Ruins
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 13 August 2015, between 14:00h - 15:00h
Further Comments: A witness watched a figure in a woolly habit kneel on a grave in a fenced off area. The witness looked away for a moment, and when they turned back, the figure had gone. When the witness asked a worker about the sighting, they were told it was not the first time a sighting had occurred.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2015-08-17
Last updated: 2015-08-17
ID: #11904
Hunter
Location: Longframlington (Northumberland) - Brinkburn Priory
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A piece of local folklore says a hunter and hounds who upset the occupants of the priory were entombed alive beneath the site. A farmer who stumbled across an enchanted doorway entered and spotted the sleeping hunter but was forced to flee when the door began to close on its own accord. It was also said the last of the fairies were buried near the priory (but not in the same place as the hunter), and that the site is home to a 'terrible monk'.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2018-06-18
Last updated: 2018-06-18
ID: #12870
Candles & Roses
Location: Longframlington (Northumberland) - Rookwood House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1974-1978
Further Comments: A former occupier of this house recalled how the smell of snuffed candles filled the air during the summer months and the scent of roses could be detected during winter. Lights would be turned on and off by an unseen hand, and a presence could be felt sitting on a bed at night (once mistaken as an actual person).
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2007-08-19
Last updated: 2007-08-19
ID: #7772
Blinded
Location: Longhorsley (Northumberland) - Site of old fair
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A Netherwitton man was charged with raising a fairy child and given an ointment with which he was to wash the child's eyes. Curiosity overtook the man and he washed one of his own eyes with the ointment. While visiting the Longhorsley fair, the man spotted the fairy child's parents and greeted them. Surprised to have been seen by the man, the fairies asked which eye could see them. The man pointed to the eye and one of the fairies blew into it, permanently blinding him.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2018-06-19
Last updated: 2018-06-19
ID: #12874
Sir Guy fighting a dragon fighting a lion.
Warty Dragon
Location: Longwitton (Northumberland) - Three wells near village
Type: Dragon
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This wyrm is said to have found the water from the wells so refreshing he set up home here. The creature was described as having a black tongue, long tail, warty skin, and very sharp claws. It was finally killed by Sir Guy of Warwick.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2002-07-24
Last updated: 2002-07-24
ID: #1983
Meg
Location: Meldon (Northumberland) - Between Meldon and Hartington Hall
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: After dark, seven years on, seven years off
Further Comments: Meg of Meldon had a reputation for being a ruthless miser, a canny businesswoman, and a witch. Her ghost was said to travel from the village to her former home, resting for seven years every seven years. Her spirit was once seen in the form of a little dog close to a bridge but was more likely to take the form of a pretty woman or flickering lights of many colours. Another part of her legend says that Meg hid her treasure around the area, within wells, in ceilings, and close to Meldon tower.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2018-07-24
Last updated: 2018-07-24
ID: #12920
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