The Paranormal Database

Foggy Figure

Location: Northampton (Northamptonshire) - St Giles' Church
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1965
Further Comments: A schoolboy and his friends spotted the upper half of a 'foggy grey' figure in front of the altar, moving towards the windows of the church. The witnesses all fled.

Voices in the Vestry

Location: Northian (Sussex) - Church
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth century
Further Comments: These voices, heard behind the closed and locked door of the vestry, always fall silent if investigated.

The Black Shuck.

Church Dog

Location: Northorpe (Lincolnshire) - Churchyard
Type: Werewolf
Date / Time: Circa early to mid nineteenth century
Further Comments: This churchyard is rumoured to be the haunt of the black shuck, which may have been a shape-changing local wizard. Another tale says the dog's remains were bricked up in the church walls and he is nothing more than a folk memory of the internment.

Ringing

Location: Northwold (Norfolk) - Church
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: 14 November 1956
Further Comments: A policeman cycling through the village was surprised to hear the church bell ringing. The bell rang a total of twenty five times and stopped as the officer approached the church. The door was locked, and there was no one inside, but the bell rope was gently swinging.

Old Lady

Location: Nottingham (Nottinghamshire) - Church Cemetery (also known as Rock Cemetery)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Old lady unknown, Victorian in 1960s
Further Comments: An elderly phantom lady is said to haunt this area, fading away after being spotted. The area is also haunted by a Victorian woman, who when last seen, vanished suddenly.

Lady in White

Location: Nottingham (Nottinghamshire) - Colwick Church
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1831 onwards
Further Comments: Seen wandering around the gate of the church, this woman in white is thought to be looking for an unknown item. The ruined church itself is home to a tall man who has been seen standing at the location the altar once stood.

Lifted Candlestick

Location: Nottingham (Nottinghamshire) - St Peter's church, Radford
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: Late 1960s
Further Comments: Rev James Lemon claimed a heavy brass candlestick was lifted and dropped, landing around five feet (1.52 metres) from the table on which it had stood. A local paper reported other strange events had occurred at the church, including a vestry door opening unaided.

Hood's Victims

Location: Nottinghamshire (Nottinghamshire) - St Michael's churchyard
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Discovered nineteenth century
Further Comments: Thirteen skeletons unearthed in the churchyard were thought to be foresters that were executed by Robin Hood. A crossbow bolt was found in the skull of one body, seemingly contradicting the fact that Hood and his men were said to use longbows.

Relocated Church

Location: Nursling (Hampshire) - St Boniface Church
Type: Legend - Old Nick
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The church once stood in Mary's Grove until the Devil appeared one night and moved the structure to its present location.

Fat Monk

Location: NW10 (Greater London) - St Mary's Church, Neasden
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: This jovial looking monk has been seen standing on the site of an old well in the garden of the vicarage. He sometimes pops across to the church, which is also haunted by a priest that plays with the doors.

Red Head

Location: NW3 (Greater London) - Church Row, Hampstead
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown, early morning
Further Comments: The shade of a servant girl carrying a carpet bag has been seen walking down this street, heading towards the church. Contained within the bag are the remains of a child's body, which the maid had killed, and she is en route to dispose of the pieces in the churchyard. The entity was also said to haunt an unnamed building along the road.

Sighing

Location: NW3 (Greater London) - Church Walk, Hampstead
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Loud sighing could be heard throughout the house, believed to be the site where a mother murdered a young child.

Girl

Location: NW3 (Greater London) - Priory, Church Row
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Nineteenth century
Further Comments: The builder of this property, Mr Thompson, was said to have bricked up one of his daughters within its walls, and her ghost haunted the site.

Dog sized Cat

Location: NW3 (Greater London) - West End Lane, area near the church
Type: ABC
Date / Time: April 1992
Further Comments: Deep within London, the report of this large golden cat surprised many locals.

Shuffling Sandals

Location: NW4 (Greater London) - St Mary's Church, Hendon
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Around religious festivals
Further Comments: The phantom monks which remain earthbound here are said to become more active during the lead up to Christian festivals - they can be heard walking and singing in and around the church.

Ringing Vicar

Location: Oare (Devon) - Church
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The bells are said to be rung occasionally by the ghost of a former vicar, who has also been seen on site.

Lady

Location: Ockbrook (Derbyshire) - Churchyard and surrounding area
Type: Other
Date / Time: October / November 1889
Further Comments: A female figure would pop up on lonely spots, upsetting some of the locals. She appeared in the churchyard before running off; a villager and a policeman gave chase, catching up with the 'ghost' who was revealed to be a local woman who claimed she had been searching for her father's grave.

An old woodcut of a man and the Devil on horseback.

Sir Rowland

Location: Odell (Bedfordshire) - Church
Type: Legend - Old Nick
Date / Time: Every hundred years (next expected 2044)
Further Comments: Sir Rowland Alston made a deal with the Devil, though when Old Nick came for Alston's soul, the man fled to the nearby church for help. It proved futile, and Alston was dragged to hell. Scratch marks can be seen in the church porch where Alston tried to hold on as the Devil dragged him away. The scene is re-enacted once a century.

Cursed Lock

Location: Odstock (Wiltshire) - Church
Type: Curse
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A young gypsy lad buried in the churchyard was hanged for stealing a horse - a crime his relatives claimed he did not commit. To stop their protests, the church door was locked to prevent them from visiting, but their leader cursed anyone who ever locked the door again. After several deaths occurring to people who performed this action, the key was thrown into the nearby river.

Horse

Location: Odstock (Wiltshire) - Lane adjoining St Marys Church
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 24 June 2017
Further Comments: A woman sitting in the passenger side of a car opened her window as the vehicle left the church. Suddenly both the woman and driver heard a horse trotting alongside the vehicle, even though no animal could be seen. As the vehicle reached the main road, the trotting ceased.

Grey Lady

Location: Old Glossop (Derbyshire) - All Saint's Church
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This tall, slim female figure is thought to be the wife of a former vicar based here.

John Coke

Location: Ottery St Mary (Devon) - Churchyard
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 26 March (reoccurring)
Further Comments: John Coke was murdered by his own brother on 26 March 1632. On the anniversary of his death, Coke briefly climbs from his tomb and has a quick look around the area to ensure his brother is not lurking in the shadows.

Michael Jackson

Location: Outer London: Bromley (Greater London) - Churchill Theatre
Type: Other
Date / Time: 10 May 2014
Further Comments: Several news outlets reported on the photograph of 'Michael Jackson' manifesting near an impersonator which was snapped by a fourteen year old boy, although the entity is more likely to be lens flare.

Archbishop Sheldon

Location: Outer London: Croydon (Greater London) - Parish Church
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The grey figure which haunts this church has been variously named as either Archbishop Sheldon or a grey nun. One story says the ghost's visitations ceased once Sheldon's tomb was repaired. A wailing Elizabeth Finch is also said to frequent the site.

Church Goer

Location: Outer London: Ealing (Greater London) - 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.