The Paranormal Database

Thorn Hotel, Mistley.

Serving Girl

Location: Mistley (Essex) - Thorn Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: There are a few reports of a ghostly serving girl who once worked at the hotel who still walks along the corridors. A boy is also seen at the rear of the building - during a fight, he was pushed under a horse in the stable which trampled him to death. Finally, Matthew Hopkins is said to make the occasional appearance.

Grey Lady

Location: Morecambe (Lancashire) - Clarendon Hotel, West End
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This entity has been observed as it drifted along a corridor on the first floor.

Drifting Figure

Location: Morecambe (Lancashire) - Midland Hotel, West End
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Several reports exist of something strange occurring in and around the elevator of this hotel, including one involving a thin, ghostly figure observed within the lift.

Former Creswyke House, Moreton in Marsh.

Dame Creswyke

Location: Moreton in Marsh (Gloucestershire) - Manor House Hotel (previously known as Creswyke House)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1987
Further Comments: Dame Creswyke is said to have been murdered in the house during the seventeenth century and found it difficult to move on. A Mr Busby purchased the house quite cheaply around 1750, as it was said 'on certain nights of the year strange shadows can be seen through the cracks in one of the doors re-enacting that terrible scene which led to the untimely end of the good lady'. Since becoming an hotel the ghost's presence is said to have diminished considerably, although Room 8 is said to remain haunted. The last sighting of Creswyke is said to have occurred in 1987 just outside her former home.

Pint Puller

Location: Mostyn (Clwyd) - Lletty Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A phantom woman appears behind the bar and pulls pints (whether the pints are real is unclear). A former patron who played the piano is now responsible for the ghostly sounds of tinkling the ivories.

Former Owner

Location: Nantwich (Cheshire) - Lamb Hotel (now closed)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: A former owner of the hotel killed himself with a shotgun after discovering his wife was having an affair. His ghost was blamed for ringing bells in the kitchen after it had been closed for the night.

Murdered Woman

Location: Nayland (Suffolk) - White Hart Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This hotel is reputedly home to a ghostly woman murdered by a soldier.

The Blue Lady

Location: Nettlestone (Isle of Wight) - The Priory hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This young teenage girl once haunted the former priory along with her little dog, though sightings have been rare as of late. The dog outlived the girl by several years, was stuffed after its death, and is now kept in a glass case within the building. The haunting is said to grow quite intense if the hound is ever removed from the hotel.

Sir Richard Worsley

Location: Newport (Isle of Wight) - Bugle Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1960s
Further Comments: Sir Richard Worsley of Appuldurcombe died of his injuries after losing a sword fight outside the building in the 1620s. The stable block where he spent his final moments was demolished in the 1960s and replaced with a kitchen, after which a ghostly figure was seen in the room, and pots and pans were thrown around.

Young Woman

Location: Newport (Isle of Wight) - Wheatsheaf Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: A phantom young woman was observed by one guest sitting on his bed in a room on the first floor.

Ringing Bell

Location: Newquay (Cornwall) - Headland Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Pre-twenty-first century, at 02:00h every Sunday
Further Comments: Workers in the basement at the hotel would hear a servant's bell ring at the same time early Sunday morning, even though the bells were disconnected. Other workers would hear a little girl calling out their names, and a child would occasionally be seen running around. It is also claimed that phantom nurses haunt the site, from the time during the Second World War when the RAF used the building as a hospital.

Strafford

Location: Northampton (Northamptonshire) - Wheatsheaf Hotel
Type: Post-Mortem Manifestation
Date / Time: 1645
Further Comments: Appearing to King Charles I twice before the Battle of Naseby while he stayed in this hotel, Strafford tried to give the King advice concerning the upcoming battle. Charles I ignored it, and lost the fight. A public house in Daventry also lays claim to this event.

Young Lady

Location: Northiam (Sussex) - Hayes Arms Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1978
Further Comments: At least two witnesses have reported seeing an attractive thirty year old woman dressed in grey with a white hat. The ghost manifested in their bedroom. A spinning wheel which once stood in the bar was also said to be haunted - the wheel would turn itself, and sometimes a phantom old lady would manifest. The spinning wheel has long since gone, and it is unclear whether the ghosts remain.

Nun

Location: Northwich (Cheshire) - Hartford Hall Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A former nunnery, this hall now claims to be home to a ghostly nun.

Maid's Head Hotel, Norwich.

Lady in Grey

Location: Norwich (Norfolk) - Maid's Head Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth century
Further Comments: This old woman dressed in grey clothing walks around the hotel, the smell of lavender following her. She is believed to be a former maid at the building. A former mayor of the city walks around the courtyard shaking his head.

Chaworth Musters

Location: Nottingham (Nottinghamshire) - Colwick Hall Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: July 2009 (Shouting / poking)
Further Comments: One of two ghosts said to visibly manifest in this area, Mrs Chaworth Musters reputedly hides behind trees on the land, concealing herself from the mob that stormed the hall in 1832. The second phantom is named as Mary Ann Chaworth, and she quietly haunts the corridors. Less quietly, the sounds of footsteps, children's laughter and voices have all been heard from the servants' quarters. One witness awoke to the sounds of shouting and the feeling of being poked by an unseen presence.

Lady in Grey

Location: Nottingham (Nottinghamshire) - Flying Horse Hotel (now Flying Horse Walk, a shopping arcade)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: While staying at the hotel, one male guest refused to re-enter his room after encountering a grey lady passing down a corridor. The beer cellar was also said to be haunted, with lone staff reporting feeling a tapping on their shoulder.

Peter

Location: Okehampton (Devon) - White Hart Hotel
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Named Peter by staff and locals, this entity fulfils the normal noisy spirit behaviour pattern.

Lodge Hotel, Old Hunstanton.

Grey Old Lady

Location: Old Hunstanton (Norfolk) - Lodge Hotel, and bridge down the road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This figure has been observed passing through solid objects around the hotel and ambling around the area.

White Woman

Location: Oldmeldrum (Aberdeenshire) - Meldrum House Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Only appearing in front of children, this pale shade walks the hotel.

Tapping

Location: Oranmore (County Galway) - Oranmore Lodge Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Reputed to be haunted, other than tapping on the windows, the exact details of the non-threatening ghost that lurks here are not clear.

Mary Queen of Scots.

Mary Queen of Scots

Location: Oundle (Northamptonshire) - The Talbot Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: February (reoccurring)
Further Comments: This hotel contains the staircase from Fotheringay Castle, Mary's place of execution. Her ghost is rumoured to have come with the staircase; pictures move on their own accord, one guest was awoken by 'something' sitting on their bed, and the gaunt face of a woman can be seen staring from out the hotel's windows.

Cross House Hotel, Padstow.

Snoring

Location: Padstow (Cornwall) - Cross House Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown, possibly twenty-first century
Further Comments: Snoring was heard coming from an empty bed, while others have reported footsteps and bangs coming from empty rooms late at night.

Shadowy Man

Location: Paignton (Devon) - Prince Regent Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1976
Further Comments: This hotel has haunted by a ghost which primarily concerned itself with turning lights on and off, though it did appear to the six year old son of the owner, materialising on the foot of the youngster's bed.

Chamber Maid

Location: Pathhead (Lothian) - Stair Arms Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This location has the reputation of being haunted by a chamber maid.