The Paranormal Database

Noisy Girls

Location: Coleorton (Leicestershire) - Church of St Nicholas
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1970s?
Further Comments: This building is haunted by a group of girls who can be heard running and chattering away. An old woman has also been reported in the building, and once the disconnected speakers of a stereo began to generate strange mutterings.

Burning Organ

Location: Colne (Lancashire) - Mount Zion United Methodist Church
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: Late June / early July 1951
Further Comments: Services at the building ceased after it amalgamated with another church, although lights would still be seen and the church organ heard. Police became involved after a fire broke out that destroyed the organ and pulpit.

Evil Oppressive Atmosphere

Location: Colney (Norfolk) - West of Norwich - Breckland, beyond Colney. Church
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: Autumn 1971
Further Comments: Two women visiting the church described how the atmosphere quickly became dark and frightening. One blamed witchcraft.

Singing

Location: Colston Bassett (Nottinghamshire) - St Mary's church
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The ruins of this church are said to be haunted by the gentle ringing of bells (long since removed) and of hymns being sung. Candlelight has also been spotted in the church, though upon investigation the building is always empty and unlit. A strange moaning is heard underground and was thought to come from a concealed tunnel.

Religious Procession

Location: Combe Martin (Devon) - St Peter's Church
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: 1921
Further Comments: A mix of priests, women, peasants and a bishop were observed walking through the church in complete silence, before fading away.

Fairy Led

Location: Constantine Bay (Cornwall) - Near church ruins
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown, but pre twentieth century
Further Comments: Local man Jan Brewer found himself lost while walking home, despite walking the route thousands of times previous. While trying to find a familiar landmark, Jan stumbled across dozens of tiny people who formed a circle around him and compelled the man to dance. Remembering a piece of folklore concerning the local piskeys, Jan turned his coat pockets inside out; the piskeys vanished and Jan could see his home a short distance away.

Vicar

Location: Cookham Dean (Berkshire) - Church
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1979
Further Comments: A dark shadow that generated a 'being watched' feeling in the church was named as a former vicar.

Footsteps

Location: Copford (Essex) - Copford Church
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: A cleaner reported hearing footsteps and the movement of books in the empty church.

Black Cheeks

Location: Cork (County Cork) - Church of the Resurrection, Farranree
Type: Other
Date / Time: 13 September, 1985
Further Comments: Three children watched the BVM move in this church, almost falling on top of them. One child's mother said that the eyes of the statue turned red, while its cheeks and feet became black.

Ugly Fairy

Location: Corsham (Wiltshire) - Churchyard
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This little creature, standing no taller than one metre, was seen sitting upon one of the gravestones. It was once seen by two women - one fainted, the other traumatised. A third woman with them saw nothing.

Screams Plummeting to the Ground

Location: Corton (Norfolk) - St Bartholew's Church
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A local legend says that a man who once jumped from the tower can still be heard screaming as he plummets towards the ground.

Sketch by Franz Marc.

White Stag

Location: Corwen (Clwyd) - Llangar Church
Type: Legend - Old Nick
Date / Time: Fifteenth century?
Further Comments: Work on the church was hampered by the Devil stealing the construction materials each night. A wise man told the builders the only way to prevent this from happening was to find a new spot for the church, and that the area would be indicated by a white stag. Sure enough, after searching the local area, a white stag was found; the church was successfully built on the spot of the sighting with no further interruptions.

Moving Away

Location: Cottenham (Cambridgeshire) - Church
Type: Legend - Old Nick
Date / Time: Church still present
Further Comments: The church was due to be built in the middle of the village, but the Devil thought otherwise and moved the building materials to the outskirts.

Covehithe Churchyard, Suffolk.

Faceless Lady

Location: Covehithe (Suffolk) - Churchyard
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A faceless woman has been seen in the churchyard, though nothing more is known of the witness or the story behind the ghost.

Black Lady

Location: Coverham (North Yorkshire) - Church
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Rising from the churchyard, this lady in black then sets off to cross the moors until she reaches Curting Wall Corner where she vanishes. It is said that peat cutters found a skeleton during the 1900s, buried at the latter site.

Thrown Missile

Location: Crail (Fife) - Blue Stone (outside the parish church)
Type: Legend - Old Nick
Date / Time: Still present
Further Comments: The Devil, who may have been secretly involved in constructing the church, was angered by a local man. The Devil fled to the Isle of May and threw a stone at the church. The projectile fell short and remains in place to this day.

Voices

Location: Cranshaws (Borders) - Cranshaws Parish Church
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: March 2015
Further Comments: A photographer at work inside the church heard people walking towards the door and a child say 'Mum, I want to tell'. The photographer opened the door to let the people in, but there was no sign of anyone, and nothing more could be heard.

Music and Chanting

Location: Cressing (Essex) - Church
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: Winter 1949 / 1950
Further Comments: Several locals reported hearing the church organ playing during the winter months, while the church was locked and dark.

Horse

Location: Crockerton (Wiltshire) - Church Lane
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A headless horse is reputed to gallop along in this area.

Hanging Man

Location: Cromdale (Moray) - Cromdale Church
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 09 October 1976
Further Comments: A photograph taken of the tree appears to show a white figure hanging from it. The tree was said to have been used to hang criminals and rebels.

Cromwellian Rider

Location: Crondall (Hampshire) - All Saints' Church
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1930s?
Further Comments: Cromwellian troops have been seen near the local church, while another soldier rides a horse along the road; he dismounts and vanishes through the church door.

Buggane

Location: Crosby (Isle of Man) - St Trinian's Church
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This monster, an ogre-like entity, was stirred by the ringing of the bells of this church - it tore off the roof while trying to silence the peals. Another story says that the roof is missing because demons would throw it to the ground after each repair until either the locals eventually gave up trying to fix it, or local tailor Timothy Clucas tricked the Buggane into exploding its own head.

Moved Stones

Location: Crosby Garrett (Cumbria) - Church
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Church still present
Further Comments: The church was to be erected at the top of the valley, with heavy stones stacked ready for the construction. Just before the building work commenced, all the building material was moved to where the church now stands (the villagers did not dare move them back).

Those to Die

Location: Crowcombe (Somerset) - Church
Type: Other
Date / Time: 31 October (reoccurring) or Midsummer Eve
Further Comments: Anyone watching the church at midnight on Halloween would see the spirits of those fated to die over the forthcoming twelve months.

Archbishop Sheldon

Location: Croydon (Surrey) - 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.