The Paranormal Database

Glashtin

Location: Braddan (Isle of Man) - Church
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A short phantom with a hairy and evil face, this entity would haunt the churchyard. It could only be safely passed if bowed to three times.

Monks

Location: Bradfield (Berkshire) - St Andrew's Church
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth century / 2000s
Further Comments: It has been reported that a previous vicar spotted a ghostly monk in the church, while a local woman heard monks' singing while sitting at home.

Georgian Red Brick Dwelling, Surrounded by a Beautiful Garden

Location: Bradfield St George (Suffolk) - North of the church
Type: Environmental Manifestation
Date / Time: 1860, 1900 and October 1926
Further Comments: First seen in 1860, the Georgian house was said to look quite normal, until it dissolved into mist. It was also seen around 1900, though no recent sightings exist.

Wall and Gates of a Grand Building

Location: Bradfield St George (Suffolk) - The lane from Little Welnetham which turns right at the church
Type: Environmental Manifestation
Date / Time: 1926
Further Comments: Observed in 1926, the witnesses were new to the area and did not think much about the building until they returned later in the day and realised it had disappeared.

Shadowy Figures

Location: Bradford on Avon (Wiltshire) - St Lawrence's Church
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: October 1992
Further Comments: In the early twentieth century a priest watched a group of people in medieval clothing moving around the church, though normally only one figure is spotted at any one time. In 1992, a group of tourists photographed and videoed a glowing white shape in the church, though they were unaware of its presence at the time.

The 'Galloping Ghost'

Location: Bradwell on Sea (Essex) - St Peter's on the Wall church area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: June 1967
Further Comments: Several people have heard horse's hooves pass close by to them in this area but have seen nothing. This could be the same entity as a roman soldier seen riding a horse near the site of a long gone roman castle.

Malevolent Presence

Location: Bradwell on Sea (Essex) - St Peter's on the Wall Church, near Bradwell on Sea
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: One of the oldest churches in the UK, the place is regarded as haunted, but by whom or what no one knows.

An old woodcut showing Death carrying a coffin while walking through a graveyard.

The Black Colonel's Coffin

Location: Braemar (Aberdeenshire) - St Andrews Churchyard
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: John Farquharson, also known as the Black Colonel, was buried here against his dying wishes. His coffin removed itself from the ground three times before the local clergy took the hint and had John buried closer to his former home.

Monk

Location: Bramcote (Nottinghamshire) - Sunken Church (church tower)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1978
Further Comments: This church is reported to be haunted by a dark monk-like figure. It may have last been seen by a policeman, though his sighting in 1978 was of a figure wearing a tricorn hat.

Young Girl

Location: Bramshot (Hampshire) - Church
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A little girl wearing a bonnet is said to walk away from the church before disappearing through a churchyard wall.

Sow

Location: Braunton (Devon) - Church and Chapel Hill
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The building of the church would be undone at night until the foundations were relaid where a sow with her young were found.

Monks

Location: Breamore (Hampshire) - Churchyard
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A pair of cloaked figures, identified as monks, walk through the churchyard before vanishing.

An angel painted by Francesco Maffei

Scythe Carrier

Location: Breedon on the Hill (Leicestershire) - Churchyard
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: Strange mists and a figure carrying a scythe are said to have been reported at this site, investigated by the Spirit Team UK. Folklore says that the church was to be built at the base of the hill, but doves (or angels) moved the foundations at night.

Music

Location: Breedon on the Hill (Leicestershire) - Near the church
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: 02 October 2012, approximately 19:00h
Further Comments: A couple sitting close to the church heard loud music, sounding like an ice cream van tune, although nothing was in sight. When the music started a second time, they left the area.

The Devil (detail) from Codex Gigas.

Piers the Dragon Killer

Location: Brent Pelham (Hertfordshire) - Exact location unknown, but buried in St Mary church
Type: Dragon
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Piers Shonks is a celebrated local dragon slayer, whose tomb in the village church is decorated with his battle. One story says he died after Satan came to seek revenge for the death of his pet, another that Satan tried to claim his soul many years later when Piers lay on his deathbed; the Devil said that he would take Piers' soul whether buried inside a church or not, so the man was buried in the north wall of the local church, denying the Devil of his prize.

A dragon fight (chapbook).

Possibly Piers

Location: Brent Pelham (Hertfordshire) - St Mary church
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Piers Shonks, the fabled dragon slayer, may haunt the church where he was buried. A tall figure is said to haunt the churchyard, appearing to those who are in the area to cause mischief. When Piers' tomb was opened in 1835, the bones which were contained within were so large that witnesses said the person must have stood at least nine foot (2.74 metres) tall.

An old postcard of Brentor in Devon.

Moving Stones

Location: Brentor (Devon) - Church
Type: Other
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The Devil came to the church's construction site night after night and moved the foundation stones to the top of the tor - the builders finally gave up moving them back so built the church there instead.

Shot Dog

Location: Brentwood (Essex) - Churchyard near Kelvedon Hall
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This hound haunts the churchyard after being shot on the church altar by an angry landowner.

Headless Lady

Location: Bretforton (Worcestershire) - Church, and surrounding area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A phantom funeral procession arrives at the church, though for whom it represents is a mystery. Fields on either side of the church are said to be haunted by a decapitated woman, carrying her head under arm.

Funeral Attired Couple

Location: Bridgwater (Somerset) - St Mary's Church
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: November 1992, between 22:30-23:00h
Further Comments: One witness watched an old man and woman dressed in black, possibly in eighteenth or nineteenth century funeral attire. The pair walked out of church gates, turned right, and disappeared.

Sitting Shuck

Location: Bridport (Dorset) - St Mary's Church
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This shuck is said to sit inside the church, and to see it will quickly bring ill-fortune.

Joseph Wilson

Location: Brigham (Cumbria) - Churchyard
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Mid Eighteenth century to mid Nineteenth century
Further Comments: Wilson's occupation of hangman ended after he took his own life. Benefactors placed an engraved stone rope on his headstone as a tribute to his career choice, but after someone stole the marker, Wilson started to haunt the area. The ghost disappeared after the desecration of Wilson's grave.

Doorway Figure

Location: Brighstone (Isle of Wight) - St Mary's Church
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A visitor to this church photographed a ghostly figure standing close to the doorway.

Mad Jack

Location: Brightling (Sussex) - Churchyard
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Jack is buried in the large pyramid that dominates the churchyard - he can be raised from the dead by running around his new home seven times. The inside of the pyramid is said to be covered in glass, to prevent the Devil coming to take Jack's body away.

All Saints Church, Brighton.

Pale Woman in Grey

Location: Brighton (Sussex) - All Saints church, Patcham
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This ill looking woman appeared along a pew during a Christmas service, disappearing after a kind gentleman placed his coat around her shoulders, trying to keep her warm.