The Paranormal Database

Headless Horseman

Location: Elsing (Norfolk) - Belaugh Wall, between Elsing and Bawdswell
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Midnight, though date(s) not known
Further Comments: This decapitated phantom on his steed is said to ride along the wall before leaping over the stonework on the stroke of midnight.

Seventeen Century Boy

Location: Enchmarsh (Shropshire) - Road leading through the village
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: April 1965
Further Comments: Two men driving through the village encountered a 'colourless' horse and rider standing in the middle of the road. The rider appeared to be dressed in 17th century clothing. The horse then galloped away across a nearby field.

Headless Monk

Location: Erith (Kent) - Lesnes Abbey
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 31 October (reoccurring), last seen 1981?
Further Comments: The monk was caught with a woman and killed for his crime. The entity now returns once a year. He may have last been seen in 1981 by a teenager who would search the woods near the abbey for old pots and pipes. After returning home one night from the woods, the teenager reportedly spotted a monk in a brown robe holding a lantern on a hooked pole outside his window. The abbey is also home to phantom horsemen, and Roesia of Dover who is looking for her heart (it was buried here by her father).

Lady Charlotte Watson-Taylor

Location: Erlestoke (Wiltshire) - Erlestoke Prison and village
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Both prison workers and villagers have reported seeing this phantom lady inspecting the prison grounds, and even driving her horse and carriage over a road close by where a bridge once stood.

Plague Victims

Location: Ewell (Surrey) - St Mary The Virgin
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Several graves belonging to plague victims are thought to be haunted by their occupiers.

Horse and Coach

Location: Ewell (Surrey) - William IV Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The sounds of a horse pulling a coach have been heard outside this inn, though never seen.

Horses

Location: Exmoor (Devon) - Chetsford Water area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The sound of neighing and hoof thuds can be heard in the area, even when there are no wild horses present.

Horses

Location: Exmouth (Devon) - Town end of St Andrews Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2007-2009
Further Comments: Thought to be the site of a former stables or old coaching house, the sounds of hooves, whinnying and soft talking have been heard in the area.

Drakes

Location: Exton (Devon) - Nutwell Court
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: While the house is haunted by Sir Francis Drake, the road outside is also populated by the ghosts of a horse and rider. Eliot Drake broke his neck in a fall while racing, but now continues to ride.

Old Man

Location: Eyam (Derbyshire) - Eyam Hall
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Said to haunt the upper area of the building, the old man could be one of the many plague victims from 1665. A white horse also haunts the grounds.

Headless Horseman

Location: Farley (Staffordshire) - Road between Farley and Alton
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Riding a white horse and donned in a full suit of armour, his knight can also be recognised by his lack of head.

Sounds of a Coach

Location: Farnham (Surrey) - The Hop Bag Hotel, Downing Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The sounds of a coach pulling into the courtyard of this hotel have been heard, complete with whinnying horses. A ghostly girl in grey has also been seen waiting for the return of a lost lover killed on the outskirts of the town.

A phantom coach on a country lane.

Horse and Coach

Location: Farningham (Kent) - Main road through village
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: An old coaching route, some still say that phantom horses and coaches can still be heard passing along the road.

Landguard Fort, Felixstowe, Suffolk.

Horses Crossing Drawbridge that No Longer Exists

Location: Felixstowe (Suffolk) - Landguard Fort
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A ghostly coach being pulled by a team of horses is said to cross a ditch next to the fort, where once a drawbridge lay. The fort is also the site of an alleged suicide which is now re-enacted; the ghostly white figure is still seen dangling from the roof beams where he hanged himself.

Pale Rider

Location: Fillingham (Lincolnshire) - Fillingham Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Passing through the castle park, a tall man riding a white horse has been seen. The castle itself is home to a green lady who is said to have committed suicide after her lover ran away.

Distressed Horse

Location: Firle (Sussex) - Around the old abattoir
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Every six months?
Further Comments: Said to have been slaughtered in the abattoir, this horse is said to be heard every six months. There are also reports of the creature being heard galloping away from the area.

Obrick's Colt

Location: Fitz (Shropshire) - Area was known as Cuthery or Cutberry Hollow
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: Pre-1841
Further Comments: Robbed of her jewels after death, a wealthy local woman came back post-mortem, taking the form of a white horse. The phantom horse was reputed to be so bold that it would occasionally manifest during the daytime.

Mad Horse

Location: Fleetwood (Lancashire) - Bourn Hall
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Moonlit nights
Further Comments: The hall and surrounding area were haunted by a wild mare.

Helpful Horse

Location: Fleetwood (Lancashire) - Hackensall Hall
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This boggart took the form of a horse. The entity would plough fields and work around the farm in return for a warm place to spend the night (or a pie, depending on the story).

Little Folk

Location: Foulridge (Lancashire) - Area around Lake Burwain
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The area around the lake is reportedly home to boggarts and hobs. There are also stories of ghostly Roundheads moving around the area, some on horseback and others wearily walking holding pikes.

The Spittal Hill Tut

Location: Freiston (Lincolnshire) - Spittal Hill Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Nineteenth century?
Further Comments: Nicknamed the Spittal Hill Tut, this ghostly entity would take the form of a small horse. The entity grabbed one man passing through the area on horseback, almost crushing him to death. Some believed the Tut existed to protect some treasure concealed beneath the hill.

Horse and Carriage

Location: Freshwater (Isle of Wight) - Farrington House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1946
Further Comments: A man out cycling at night reported hearing a horse galloping along - he heard it pass him by, but nothing could be seen. It is reported that a ghostly horse pulling a carriage heads towards the house, but never departs.

Horse and Cart

Location: Fulmer (Buckinghamshire) - Ford running through the village
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Heard near the ford, several people have reported the clip clop of hooves and the grind of an old cart.

Phantom Coach

Location: Geldeston (Norfolk) - Road to Bungay from Geldeston
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A coach drawn by four horses and driven by a headless coachman is supposed to travel from Bungay to Geldeston before returning to its departure point.

Armed Rider

Location: Gerrards Cross (Buckinghamshire) - Area around the Bull Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 10 February 1984
Further Comments: While walking home from the Bull Hotel, Dave Robson heard the thumping of hooves approach him. Within moments, a dark cloaked figure wearing a big hat and holding a gun dashed by on horseback before vanishing near a group of trees.