The Paranormal Database

Old Man with a Stick

Location: Outer London: Croydon (Greater London) - Royal Oak public house, Purley
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Believed to be the ghost of a timber yard owner, this friendly old man moves across the lounge with the aid of a walking stick before vanishing through a wall.

Preacher

Location: Outer London: Croydon (Greater London) - Sandrock public house, Upper Shirley Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This public house is said to be haunted by an old man with a long beard, dressed as a preacher. He has reputedly been seen by former staff.

George

Location: Outer London: Croydon (Greater London) - Purley Arms public house
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 1992
Further Comments: George, killed in 1830 by a rogue beer barrel, was 'released' in 1992 by spiritualists. George was said to have been responsible when the beer pumps failed to work.

Woman in Lace

Location: Outer London: Croydon (Greater London) - The King's Cellars public house, 48 Park Street (no longer a public house)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1970s
Further Comments: The ghost of a young woman has appeared several times at the King's Cellars. Glowing blue, she scared the staff when she spoke the words 'help me'. The pub is said to have been built over an old fire station where a gruesome murder was carried out, and the ghost of a former fireman also haunts the site.

Moving Bottles

Location: Outer London: Croydon (Greater London) - Wheatsheaf public house, Thornton Heath
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s?
Further Comments: One landlady reported bottles which relocated themselves in the bar area and a permanently cold boiler room. A local legend says that the ghost is that of an old landlord's daughter murdered on the site.

Footsteps

Location: Outer London: Ealing (Greater London) - King's Head public house, Acton
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: December 1966
Further Comments: Father Finear Buckley from the nearby church blessed the pub after the landlady reported ghostly footsteps and a door which opened unaided.

White Lady

Location: Outer London: Ealing (Greater London) - Litten Tree public house (demolished circa 2009), Greenford
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A former set of three cottages before its conversion, the pub was home to a ghostly white lady.

Old Lady

Location: Outer London: Enfield (Greater London) - Crown and Horseshoes public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Thought to be a former landlady, this ghost prefers to be heard walking around and knocking on doors, rather than be seen.

Turpin and Bess

Location: Outer London: Enfield (Greater London) - Rose & Crown public house, Clay Hill
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Reportedly once owned by Dick Turpin's grandfather, the highwayman would visit the family when he needed to hide out. His ghostly form has been seen both inside and out, sometimes accompanied by his horse.

Knife Thrower

Location: Outer London: Havering (Greater London) - Masons Arms public house, Upminster
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: April 2009
Further Comments: The East London Paranormal Research Society visited this site after staff reported poltergeist activity, including a butter knife which was thrown from an empty kitchen. The society claimed to establish contact with a sixteenth century witch and a young boy.

Highwayman

Location: Outer London: Hounslow (Greater London) - Hussars public house
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This figure, complete with dark clothing and cape, has been observed loitering around the cellar doors.

Breathing

Location: Outer London: Kingston upon Thames (Greater London) - The Liverpool Arms public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1979
Further Comments: The ghost here has been heard breathing in several places around the building.

Silhouette

Location: Outer London: Redbridge (Greater London) - Snaresbrook, road opposite The Eagle public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late January 2010, 22:15h
Further Comments: While driving home, a man was distracted by his mobile phone ringing. At that moment he spotted the silhouette of a person in front of his car. Slamming on the brakes, the man was convinced he had hit someone, before realising there was no body, no damage to the car, and he had felt no actual impact. He also then realised his phone did not have the ringtone he had heard, and on checking, his mobile had no missed calls.

A pale figure seen at night...

Blame the Parrot

Location: Outer London: Richmond upon Thames (Greater London) - Old Cobwebs public house (currently The Duke)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Circa 1904
Further Comments: A blue light and a pale figure were spotted by women staying in this building, and knocking heard which could not be traced to a source. The landlord denied his pub was haunted, claiming that he was mistaken as the ghostly figure while walking around at night holding a candle, and that the sounds were caused by rats, owls, and a neighbouring parrot.

Pillar of Mist

Location: Outer London: Richmond upon Thames (Greater London) - Roebuck public house, Richmond Hill
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: 1972
Further Comments: A guest at the pub reported waking early in the morning to see a pillar of mist floating in the middle of his room - it moved towards the window before vanishing. Earlier the same day, a strange man was seen walking up the staircase, but no sign of him could be found when investigated further.

Child in the Cellar

Location: Outer London: Sutton (Greater London) - Angel Public House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2001
Further Comments: A former manager of the pub reported hearing a child's voice in the cellar, where doors would shut and barrels shift with no human intervention. A strange man would also be seen walking up and down the side of the pub in the mornings.

Strange Feelings

Location: Outer London: Waltham Forest (Greater London) - Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre public house, Walthamstow
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: 2013
Further Comments: A paranormal team was called in after staff reported feeling ill at ease in the former theatre's dressing room.

Smoke Without Fire

Location: Overton (West Glamorgan) - White Horse public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2008
Further Comments: Landlady Sam Nikolic reported several strange events in the pub, including a room which filled with smoke (even though no source could be found) and the sounds of someone walking around empty parts of the building.

Rosamund being poisoned

Fair Rosamund

Location: Oxford (Oxfordshire) - Trout public house, Wolvercote
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Now manifesting as nothing more than a shadowy figure, Rosamund was a nun murdered in the twelfth century by queen Eleanor jealous of her husband's special relationship with the woman.

Cat

Location: Partridge Green (Sussex) - Green Man public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This pub is reputedly haunted by a cat, which probably was not responsible for the kettle once turning itself on in a room devoid of human life.

Tall Man

Location: Peasdown St John (Somerset) - Waggon & Horse public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A tall man wearing strange black headwear was spotted in the bar area. The pub is also home to 'typical' poltergeist activity.

Dead from the Moor

Location: Penistone (South Yorkshire) - Dog and Partridge public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Early 2000s
Further Comments: This public house was once used to store dead bodies which were found on the nearby moorland - it is believed a few of these unfortunates have remained earthbound and are now seen as fleeting shadows from the corner of one's eye. Strange smells have also been reported.

Paperwork

Location: Penrhyndeudraeth (Gwynedd) - Royal Oak public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2012
Further Comments: Visitors reportedly heard paperwork being shuffled, occasional screams, and encountered the spirit of a young girl during a ghost hunt at the public house.

Royalist

Location: Pershore (Worcestershire) - Talbot public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A phantom Royalist soldier, connected to the 1651 Battle of Worcester, is said to haunt this pub.

Victorian Man

Location: Peterborough (Cambridgeshire) - Cherry Tree public house, Oundle Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The pub is said to be haunted by a man wearing Victorian clothing.