Doggett
Location: Blandford Forum (Dorset) - Area near Eastbury Park (no longer standing)
Type: Vampire
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A corrupt manservant who stole thousands of pounds from his employer, Doggett finally killed himself, and now drives his phantom horse and carriage along this area. One local story says he returned as a vampire; after his body was exhumed many years after his death (from St Mary's Church in Tarrant Gunville) it was found to be uncorrupted, with a rosy tint to the cheeks.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2003-01-02
Last updated: 2003-01-02
ID: #3396
Anne Boleyn
Location: Blickling (Norfolk) - Blickling Hall
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 19 May (recurring)
Further Comments: To mark the anniversary of her death, a coach pulled by four headless horses pulls up on the driveway, with a decapitated Anne on a seat, her head in her lap. After Anne's headless white ghost arrives, it is said then to climb out, before inspecting each room of the Hall (the place of her birth and childhood). On the same date, Sir Thomas Boleyn is said to drive a team of headless horses in this area, cursed to cross twelve Norfolk bridges (including those at Aylsham, Coltishall and Wroxham).
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2001-09-08
Last updated: 2001-09-08
ID: #384
Duelling Knights with Fiery Swords
Location: Blofield (Norfolk) - Path leading from Blofield church to St Michael's at Braydeston
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Returning to this realm once a year, the knights are said to be Sir Thomas Boleyn (father of Anne) and Sir Thomas Paston. Their shades battle with burning swords, and Lady Anne watches from a nearby carriage, pulled by headless horses.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2000-08-17
Last updated: 2000-08-17
ID: #804
Stomping Horse
Location: Blundellsands (Lancashire) - Round House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The building was once haunted by the sounds of a horse stamping its feet and whinnying loudly. When an equine skeleton was found under the house during extension work, it was reburied in a nice area of the grounds; the ghost no longer troubled the household.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2003-10-04
Last updated: 2003-10-04
ID: #4623
Female in Long Dress with Highwayman
Location: Blythburgh (Suffolk) - A12 from Ipswich, towards Kessingland, near Blythburgh common
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1700s onwards
Further Comments: Sometimes appearing with a horse, the unknown woman and highwayman have been reported a few times over the past two hundred years.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2000-08-17
Last updated: 2000-08-17
ID: #222
Toby's Walks, Blythburgh.
Black Toby
Location: Blythburgh (Suffolk) - Toby's Walks (recreational area)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A drummer in the army, one night Toby became so drunk he left the local public house to rape and murder Anne Blakemore. Or so the story goes. In reality, Anne's body displayed no indication of foul play, but the mob wanted justice, so Toby was hanged. It was said that Toby's ghost drove a coach pulled by four black horses through the area, with other people stating that he just walked along banging his drum in regret. It is most likely the ghost of Toby was created by local smugglers to deter others from investigating their activities.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2000-08-17
Last updated: 2000-08-17
ID: #139
Cursed Stone
Location: Boat of Garten (Highland) - River Spey
Type: Curse
Date / Time: Still present?
Further Comments: When the waters are low, an inscribed stone can be seen in the river - it is believed cursed, and anyone who meddles with it is doomed. Adding to the treachery of the waters, a white horse is said to patrol the river, looking for people to drown.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2003-02-20
Last updated: 2003-02-20
ID: #3923
Dealing with the Devil.
The Devil and the Cobbler
Location: Bosava (?) (Cornwall) - House no longer standing, location not known
Type: Legend - Old Nick
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Built by a cobbler who made a deal with Old Nick and went back on his word, the house became haunted by the man and the devil. A miller who lived nearby was losing money due to his proximity to the location and asked Parson Corker to banish both entities. The parson brought some friends, set up his magic circle and after a mighty battle (involving a storm which levelled most trees in the area) banished the Devil. The ghost proved more difficult to banish, and in the end the house was demolished.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2013-01-05
Last updated: 2013-01-05
ID: #11238
Bournemouth Town Hall, Dorset.
First World War Soldier
Location: Bournemouth (Dorset) - Bournemouth Town Hall
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 31 October (recurring)
Further Comments: This incorporeal soldier of Indian heritage appears here once a year to help himself to a drink of water. There are also a few reports of phantom horses and carriages being seen outside the building, while a ghostly cat is also said to haunt several of the town hall rooms.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2002-07-16
Last updated: 2023-07-08
ID: #1752
Roman Battle
Location: Bowerchalke (Wiltshire) - Between village and Woodminton
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Headless horses can be seen, and fierce fighting can be heard - the area was the site of a battle between Roman legionnaires and the Britons.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2004-11-26
Last updated: 2004-11-26
ID: #5657
Crusader
Location: Bracebridge (Lincolnshire) - Bracebridge Hall & Church
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Buried at the nearby church, this knight materialises at the hall (by a portrait) and rides a spectral mare to the graveyard to ensure his body has not been disturbed. He also sometimes appears in the church itself.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2003-02-12
Last updated: 2003-02-12
ID: #3791
Horse and Rider
Location: Bradfield Southend (Berkshire) - Cock Lane
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: A father and daughter driving home from school watched as an image of a horse and rider emerged from a hedge and crossed the road before disappearing.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2011-03-21
Last updated: 2011-03-21
ID: #10189
Coach
Location: Bradford Peverell (Dorset) - Road west of village, near River Frome, leading towards Muckleford
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Summer months at midnight (recurring)
Further Comments: A coach that crashed into the river, killing the horse and driver, is said to periodically repeat the accident. Another report says that the coach overturned into a boggy area.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2008-08-10
Last updated: 2008-08-10
ID: #8735
Margaret Vernon
Location: Bradwell Dale (Derbyshire) - Hazelbadge Hall
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Margaret lost her mind after her lover married another woman - her shade is seen leaving the hall on horseback, riding off to the church where her boyfriend wed.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2004-11-14
Last updated: 2004-11-14
ID: #5578
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.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2000-08-17
Last updated: 2000-08-17
ID: #686
Galloping Figure
Location: Bradwell-Juxta-Mare (Essex) - Former (?) Coastguards Cottage
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The cottage was once home to a phantom figure and another ghostly entity which galloped on horseback through locked gates and headed towards the church.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2006-02-24
Last updated: 2006-02-24
ID: #6744
Traveller and Horse
Location: Bramley (Surrey) - Chinhurst woods
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A crossroads near to the woods is haunted by an old female traveller and her aging mare.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2004-08-21
Last updated: 2004-08-21
ID: #5345
Funeral
Location: Bratton (Wiltshire) - Unknown road in the area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A phantom horse drawn funeral procession occasionally passes by the area.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2009-06-07
Last updated: 2009-06-07
ID: #9425
Sir Thomas Boleyn
Location: Braydeston (Norfolk) - Bay's Bridge
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 19 May (recurring)
Further Comments: This bridge is said to be one of several which Sir Thomas passes over in his coach on the anniversary of his daughter's death.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2015-01-18
Last updated: 2015-01-18
ID: #11720
Coach and Six
Location: Brechin (Angus) - Kinnaird Castle and surrounding area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: James Carnegie, a former laird at the hall, was well versed in the black arts - this has resulted in his soul being doomed to travel in a black coach pulled by dark horses for the rest of eternity.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2003-02-20
Last updated: 2003-02-20
ID: #3926
Sir Thomas Boleyn Drives Headless Horses
Location: Breckles (Norfolk) - Breckles Hall
Type: Curse
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The father of Anne Boleyn is said to be cursed with driving his coach over forty (or eleven) Norfolk bridges. One of the passing points is Breckles Hall, where the spectre once scared a poacher to death (another version states that the poacher was taken by the Devil because of his constant law breaking). Locals say that anyone who views the coach is dragged down to hell.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2000-08-27
Last updated: 2000-08-27
ID: #547
Grey Horse
Location: Brecon (Powys) - River Honddu
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: Nineteenth century?
Further Comments: Home of a Welsh water horse, this creature tempts people to mount it before terrifying the rider by dragging them over rough land and through the air.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2005-03-01
Last updated: 2005-03-01
ID: #5918
The phantom hunter and his pack.
Huntsman
Location: Bretton Clough (Derbyshire) - General area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1930s
Further Comments: Riding across the moorland with a pack of hounds, this phantom huntsman once ensured no one strayed onto his lands at night. The apparition was last heard by two friends who were unaware of the legend.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2007-05-07
Last updated: 2007-05-07
ID: #7442
Young Man
Location: Briantspuddle Heath (Dorset) - Rimsmoor Pond
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Summer months (recurring)
Further Comments: This lone figure on horseback slowly heads towards the pond where he vanishes. He may have been a local man thought to have drowned in the pond's waters, though his body was never found.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2008-08-24
Last updated: 2008-08-24
ID: #8757
Pocock
Location: Bridgwater (Somerset) - A39 between Street and Bridgwater
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late 1980s
Further Comments: Pocock, a highwayman, was badly injured in a fight. Pocock managed to escape and hide, only to die of his wounds in a cave which has never been discovered. His ghost has been seen on horseback, curiously galloping on the spot, and has been blamed for several accidents in the area.
Source:
Published Media, User Submission
First added: 2005-09-07
Last updated: 2005-09-07
ID: #6529
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