The Paranormal Database

Phantom Footsteps on Upstairs Corridor

Location: Great Wilbraham (Cambridgeshire) - The Carpenter's Arms public house, High Street
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: 1980s
Further Comments: Footsteps are often heard on the upper floor of the public house, always stopping at the same place. Any investigation to find an intruder has failed.

Flying Food

Location: Great Yarmouth (Norfolk) - White Horse public house (no longer open), Northgate Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: The chef came close to quitting this pub after a beef stake was thrown at him in the kitchen by an invisible entity. A few customers have reported seeing shadowy figures lurking around, and one ghost hunter claimed to have filmed contorted faces behind the bar.

Gladys

Location: Grimsthrope (Lincolnshire) - Black Horse public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The ghost known as Gladys is thought to be that of an old woman who hanged herself. Two more spooks are reputed to haunt here - the phantom sounds of a horse and coach arrives outside the building, while in the same area, a hooded figure wearing a brown cloak haunts.

Clare

Location: Gwinear (Cornwall) - Royal Standard public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2006
Further Comments: The ghostly Clare may also be responsible for the disembodied footsteps and other strange noises reported in this pub.

Quaker

Location: Hadfield (Derbyshire) - Mason's Arms public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1970-1973
Further Comments: A member of the cleaning staff would bring her young son with her while working in this pub. Several times she would hear him talking to someone, but when she looked, no one would be near the child. At home one morning, the son pointed to a box of Quaker Oats and told his mother that the man he would speak to was on the packaging. It was later discovered that the area was home to Quakers in the seventeenth century.

Navvy

Location: Hadfield (Derbyshire) - The Lamp public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1999
Further Comments: The male presence here was attributed to a worker who may have died while engaged in digging a nearby tunnel.

Mary Holt

Location: Hale Altrincham (Lancashire) - The Railway public house, Ashley Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Early twenty-first century
Further Comments: A former landlady, Holt has been seen drifting along corridors in the building. She also moves heavy barrels in the basement at night.

The Priestly Family

Location: Halifax (West Yorkshire) - Ring O'Bells public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2007
Further Comments: An elderly man seen sitting near the fireplace is thought to be connected to the discovery of an old gravestone in the basement that mentions a family named Priestly. The old man is said to be behind mild poltergeist activities, such as flicking light switches and turning taps on. Also reported is a lady in old fashioned clothing who smells of lavender.

John Lacy

Location: Halifax (West Yorkshire) - Running Man public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The pub is named after the man who managed to escape the town's guillotine, though he was later caught and beheaded anyway. The decapitated criminal is sometimes reported at the inn.

Ghost or Coat?

Location: Hampton Court (Surrey) - Kings Arms Hotel (public house)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: December 2014
Further Comments: A photograph carried in the tabloids showed what could have been a rather tall phantom, or a coat hanging on the wall, in this public house. The building is also said to be haunted by a mother and child, who both committed suicide on the site.

Robed Man

Location: Hanford (Staffordshire) - The Bull's Head public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth century?
Further Comments: A member of staff quit after encountering a tall, dark stranger dressed in a long white robe. The daughter of the landlord awoke one night to also find the entity standing by her bed.

Cellar Dweller

Location: Hannington (Northamptonshire) - Old Red House Public House (aka Green Man, aka Henry's of Hannington) (demolished May 2021)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This pub was said to have a haunted cellar, while the outside of the building was surrounded by the ghosts of those killed on the A43.

Scruffy Man

Location: Hannington (Wiltshire) - Jolly Tar public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: BBC Wiltshire reported that the landlady, chef and customers had all encountered a phantom middle-aged man, just under six feet tall. Paranormal group PSI reported recording strange sounds during a vigil.

Alex McKay

Location: Hanslope (Buckinghamshire) - Watts Arms public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This building was haunted by bare-knuckle boxer Alex McKay - he died in the pub after being knocked unconscious during a fight nearby.

Flying CDs

Location: Hardraw (North Yorkshire) - Green Dragon public house
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 2001-2023
Further Comments: Owner Mark Thompson witnessed a pile of compact discs fly into the air and move in different directions. The entity would also push a small glass ball around and may have been responsible for removing a glass of Guinness from a dismissive patron's hand before smashing it to the floor.

Monks

Location: Harpenden (Hertfordshire) - Cross Keys public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1960s, 2011
Further Comments: Monks were once based on this site prior to the construction of the pub and their ghosts reported to have been seen during the 1960s. The paranormal investigation team Paraception UK were called in 2011 after the landlady reported hearing loud bangs, and the team reported feeling pressure being applied to their throats during the night.

Stomping Boot

Location: Harreitsham (Kent) - Ringlestone Tavern
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Varies: Summer & Winter (reoccurring)
Further Comments: The sounds of someone stomping on the cellar steps have been heard, stopping just prior to reaching the top.

Lady Jane Stanhope

Location: Harrington (Northamptonshire) - Tollemache Arms public house, fields behind the building
Type: Crisis Manifestation
Date / Time: Prior to personal disaster
Further Comments: This white lady, condemned to haunt the area where she murdered her gardener after he accidentally killed a plant, only appears to those who are due to die within a few months.

White Lady

Location: Harston (Cambridgeshire) - Area between the Queens Head public house and Mill Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This phantom woman is likely to be the same suicidal figure that haunts elsewhere in the village.

George

Location: Hartlepool (Durham) - Blacksmith's Arms public house, Stranton
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2010s
Further Comments: Although more likely to be home to poltergeist-like antics, this pub is also said to be haunted by an older man dressed in old fashioned clothing.

Dragging

Location: Hartlepool (Durham) - Cosmopolitan Public House and Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late 2020
Further Comments: Tables were heard being dragged around the pub, but upon investigation, nothing had been moved (although a picture which had previously gone missing was found on the floor). Three ghosts are said to haunt the site - a former employee, a nun, and a little boy.

A ghostly Cavalier at Hassop.

Cavalier

Location: Hassop (Derbyshire) - Eyre Arms public house, and road passing the pub
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This phantom Cavalier has been seen both inside and outside the pub. He is said to have been the cause of several near accidents as drivers swerve to avoid him.

Maid in Mobcap

Location: Hastings (Sussex) - King's Head public house, Courthouse Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1996
Further Comments: This ghost is only seen in the ladies' toilet, vanishing when approached. It is thought she was killed by a short tempered employer.

Pusher

Location: Hatfield Peverel (Essex) - William Boosey public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twenty-first century
Further Comments: Three phantoms reputedly haunt this pub, one of which pushes staff behind the bar.

Coach

Location: Hatherleigh (Devon) - George public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Coach unknown, female mid twentieth century
Further Comments: The sounds of a phantom coach approaching the inn have been reported, while a naked female phantom was once reported inside the building.