The Paranormal Database

Mary's phantom on patrol.

Mary Frinton

Location: Gawsworth (Cheshire) - Area between Harrington Arms Inn and the Old Hall
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1960s
Further Comments: A member of Queen Elizabeth I's court, Mary was known for her promiscuous lifestyle, though she finally settled down and married locally. She now patrols the area near her former home.

Susan and Grumpy

Location: Geldeston (Norfolk) - Lock bridge and the old Lock House (now an inn), next to the river Waveney
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1989, Summer, 02:30h
Further Comments: Camping outside the pub, a witness awoke needing to visit the bathroom. While looking for a suitable location, he watched an old lady appear on the lock footbridge, holding a candle in an old jam jar, closely followed by a large goose. The duo disappeared next to the closed doors of the inn. The following morning, the witness asked the landlord about the sighting and was told that the old woman he had described was Susan, who had died a few years previous, and her pet goose named 'Grumpy'.

Children

Location: Gentleshaw (Staffordshire) - Windmill on the site of the Windmill Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Two children who suffocated in flour are said by some to haunt this old windmill. Another, more sinister, figure was also said to lurk within.

Murdered Victims

Location: Gilsland (Northumberland) - Pond close to Mumps Hall, former inn, aka Mumps's Ha (site unlikely to exist)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Meg Teasdale, a former landlady, was believed to have drugged and murdered several guests, disposing of the bodies in the local pond. A glowing ball of light which would occasionally manifest over the water was thought to be a spirit of the dead.

Grey Lady

Location: Glenfinnan (Highland) - Glenfinnan Inn (now Prince's House Hotel)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This location sports two phantoms, both said to be harmless. The first is a grey lady who travels along the corridors before promptly vanishing, while the second is that of a highlander with a beard.

Malevolent Shadow

Location: Glossop (Derbyshire) - Former Woolley Bridge Inn, now a private home
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The lounge area of this public house was said to be home to an apparition who never made itself fully visible. Former landlords of the building also claim the upper part of the building was haunted by a child whose talking would wake them up at night.

Flying Beer

Location: Gloucester (Gloucestershire) - New Inn public house
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: May 2010
Further Comments: CCTV in this pub recorded a pint of beer as it was 'pushed' off the table by an unseen hand, although it has been suggested that it slipped off on its own accord. The building is said to be haunted by an unknown number of children who died in a fire on site.

Presence

Location: Gloucester (Gloucestershire) - Old Crown Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: Little is known about the shade which reputedly haunts this building.

Girl

Location: Gomshall (Surrey) - Compasses Inn and River Tillingbourne
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The ghostly girl who haunts the pub's garden is said to have drowned in the nearby river while escaping a fire in the pub. The entity skips through the garden and across the river, occasionally popping into the pub to play with the taps.

Bill

Location: Grappenhall (Cheshire) - Rams Head Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A former landlord of the pub, Bill, is reputed to haunt the building.

Presence

Location: Gravesend (Kent) - Three Daws inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2025
Further Comments: The inn is used by ghost hunters who have detected presences, although the finer points of the haunting are not detailed. The inn also has a reputation as a former smugglers' haunt, complete with secret tunnels.

Footfalls Down the Stairs

Location: Great Baddow (Essex) - White Horse Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 20 December (reoccurring)
Further Comments: The site of a murder on a distant 20th December has resulting in the ghostly footsteps coming down the attic stairs in this pub.

Moving Items

Location: Great Bromley (Essex) - Old Court House Inn
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: The poltergeist here is said to move things around the pub.

Room that Can Not be Slept In

Location: Great Leighs (Essex) - St Anne's Castle Inn
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: Mid-to-late-twentieth century
Further Comments: Blamed on the moving of the Witch's Stone, the inn has been subjected to multiple poltergeist acts ever since. An unknown presence has been observed in the cellar, convincing at least two people not to return. Another room was considered evil by at least one landlady, and animals have been known to react badly to it. The Witch's Stone was by the entrance of the pub's car park but was removed by persons unknown in the late twentieth century; the stone currently at the pub is much smaller than the original one.

Maybush Inn, Great Oakley.

Echoes of a Marble Player

Location: Great Oakley (Essex) - Maybush Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: As well as the sounds of someone playing with these little glass balls, there are also sightings of a young, pretty woman dressed in a kimono.

Old Pork-and-Lard

Location: Great Staughton (Cambridgeshire) - Crown Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1970s
Further Comments: 'Old Pork-and-Lard' was the nickname given to the ghost that haunted this building, in the belief that the entity was a former landlord who also worked as the local butcher. The landlord died just before the birth of his first child; because of this, some say his ghost remained earthbound, and his footsteps have been heard in empty rooms.

Little Boy

Location: Great Yarmouth (Norfolk) - White Horse Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Circa 2003
Further Comments: The pub featured in local press in 2003 after it was claimed that the ghosts which haunted the site was a 'stumbling block' for the sale of the building. Visiting ghost hunters said the pub was haunted by a small child and a woman named Mary. In addition, a poltergeist would switch lights on and off, and causing electrical items to fail.

Darting Phantom

Location: Gresford (Clwyd) - Pant-yr-Ochain Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A ghostly figure is reported to have been observed darting up the staircase. Voices have also been heard in empty parts of the inn.

Highwayman

Location: Gussage All Saints (Dorset) - Drovers Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A phantom highwayman is said to haunt this pub's cellar.

Photographed Banana

Location: Hale (Cheshire) - Railway Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1998
Further Comments: Though the building itself is not haunted, one story says that a family dining here had a poltergeist following them around wherever they went, and it appeared in a photograph taken at this site (taking the form of a misty banana!).

Saint Juthware

Location: Halstock (Dorset) - Judith Hill (aka Abbots Hill), and area near the Quiet Woman Inn (now a guest house)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 01 November, 01:00h (reoccurring)
Further Comments: The headless phantom of Saint Juthware is reported to walk towards the church with her head in her hands. She was beheaded by her step-brother, tricked into doing so by his mother. The inn was also haunted by a female shadow which vanished as soon as it was seen.

Emma Vernon

Location: Hanbury (Worcestershire) - Country Girl inn
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 1981
Further Comments: This local lass drowned herself in the village pond, now covered over. She was blamed for a brief poltergeist outbreak in the bar during the early eighties.

Cat

Location: Hanley (Staffordshire) - New Inn, Derby Street (closed)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late 1990s
Further Comments: A former landlord's cat which had died several years previous could be heard walking up and down on the keys of a piano.

Drowned Woman

Location: Hapton (Lancashire) - Bridge House Inn, stables area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: The stables of the pub were once used to hold any bodies that were found in the canal behind the building - the ghost in question being a local woman who committed suicide in the nearby waters.

Monk carrying Bucket

Location: Harberton (Devon) - Church House Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Once a secret meeting place for monks, this one remains looking for his brothers. Why he carries the pail is unclear.