The Paranormal Database

The geese were petrified.

Grey Geese of Addlestrop Hill

Location: Chastleton - Goose Stones
Type: Legend
Date / Time: A couple of stones still present; most have been moved
Further Comments: An elderly lady driving her geese down the road met a witch who requested charity. The elderly woman refused, so the witch turned the geese to stone.

Four Nuns

Location: Checkendon - Checkendon Court
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Mid-twentieth century
Further Comments: This small procession of nuns silently drifts along the footpaths surrounding the court.

Monk

Location: Chesterton - Road between village and Weston on the Green
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A local legend says that the monk who had the affair with 'Mad Maude' from Weston on the Green now haunts the road between two villages and chases anyone he encounters.

Former Vicar

Location: Chipping Norton - Church and surrounding area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Hanged from the church tower for his part in a rebellion, the holy man is still seen walking about his parish.

White Woman

Location: Churchill - Crossroads close to Lyneham Longbarrow
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A white female phantom is said to walk this area. It is unclear whether the ghost is that of an old woman who once lived in a nearby cave and watched over a hoard of treasure.

Sarah Fletcher

Location: Clifton Hampden - Courtiers House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1854 onwards
Further Comments: This housewife hanged herself during a state of depression - most blame her two-timing husband for her emotional state. She now drifts around her former home, dressed in black, with a purple ribbon in her hair.

Opening Doors

Location: Clifton Hampden - Plough public house
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This entity reportedly creates unearthly sound effects and makes a pest of itself by opening locked doors and prodding people standing at the bar on their bottoms.

The ghost of Amy Robsart.

Amy Robsart

Location: Cornbury - Cornbury Park
Type: Crisis Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The ghostly figure of Amy Robsart is considered to bring death within days to any who see her. Her husband who saw the spirit died ten days later.

Madam Dudley

Location: Cumnor - Cumnor Park
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: It took nine parsons to lay the spirit of Madam Dudley, once quite content to walk this parkland.

Amy Robsart

Location: Cumnor - Cumnor Place, demolished in 1810
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Pre-1810
Further Comments: Possibly murdered on her husband's orders, the shade of Amy Robsart was seen on the staircase where she was pushed (or did she jump?) and broke her neck.

Choir

Location: Deddington - Church
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown (but pre 1950s)
Further Comments: Villagers heard the church organ and a choir singing in the church but found the building empty and quiet when they entered.

Force

Location: Deddington - Old road in village
Type: Other
Date / Time: Early twentieth century?
Further Comments: An invisible force would present cyclists and walkers from passing along a road in this village.

Dark Clothed Man

Location: Deddington - Private House 'The Paddocks'
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Seen in the house, the figure may be a former groom who was kicked to death by a bolting horse. He has also been heard walking around.

Maurice Frost

Location: Deddington - Vicarage
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1960s
Further Comments: Bed springs sounded with no one present, clocks would wind themselves, and one man claimed a phantom hand materialised in the drawing room.

Runaway Horse

Location: Denchworth - Road leading into Denchworth
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 14 January 2006, around 21.00h
Further Comments: While driving into Denchworth, two people spotted a panicked horse, which galloped from a side road in front of their car. The driver immediately slammed on the brakes and turned the headlights down so as not to startle the creature further. Not quite believing what they had both seen, they turned the headlights back up only to see the horse galloping in front of the car for a few more seconds before vanishing.

Princess

Location: Didcot - Old Relay Room
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Circa 2000s
Further Comments: Crew on the nightshift were said to have heard footsteps and seen what appeared to be the imprints of high heeled shoes appear and disappear on the lino floor. The ghost was nicknamed Princess by staff.

Distressed Woman

Location: Dorchester on Thames - George Hotel, the 'Vicar's Room'
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1968
Further Comments: This female form, dressed in white, had been observed crying in the hotel. She last appeared at the end of a four poster bed.

Lady in White Gown

Location: Dorchester-on-Thames - George public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1968
Further Comments: This pale entity was described as rather sad looking when last seen. She may have connections to the hospice which once stood on the site.

Road ghost.

Man in Overcoat

Location: East Hanney - Road close to bridge
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This road is thought to be haunted by a man who previously died in an accident. Wearing an overcoat and cap, he is seen to run out in front of cars, only to vanish on impact.

Petrified Man

Location: Enstone - Hoar Stone
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 23 June (or Midsummer Eve) (reoccurring)
Further Comments: The three stones standing here are said to be a man, his dog and his horse. The man, the larger stone, is said to wander down to the village stream on Midsummer Eve. The stones are also said to return to their positions if anyone tries to remove them.

Monk

Location: Fifield - Footpath leading to Shipton Under Wychwood
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A refugee from a vanished local monastery, the monk has yet to find his way home.

Smoky Woman

Location: Forest Hill - Private residence
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: 1993
Further Comments: While sitting on the porch of her house, a girl watched as a vale of smoke emerged from the wall and transform into a woman, although the head and lower arms could not be seen. The figure wore a white top, a flowery skirt, navy blue opaque tights and navy blue shoes. The figure then turned back into smoke and returned into the wall.

Road Crosser

Location: Great Milton - Country road
Type: ABC
Date / Time: 30 April 2008
Further Comments: A woman who stopped her car to answer a mobile phone spotted a large black cat cross the road in front. The cat stood three foot high and possessed a long black tail that drooped downwards. The sighting lasted for around five seconds.

Sir Lawrence Tanfield

Location: Great Tew - General area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Sir Lawrence and Lady Tanfield visited a few places in Oxfordshire in their phantom coach before being banished, this village being one.

Heavy Breathing

Location: Headington - Carpark of Shotover Park
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: December 2008, early hours of the morning
Further Comments: Stopping at the carpark to have a quick sleep in their car before continuing their journey, a driver was awoken by heavy breathing coming from the backseat. The sound stopped as they turned around to look. Closing their eyes once again, the sound started for a second time. The driver decided it was time to restart the journey and promptly left the site.