Victorian girl
Location: Cardiff (South Glamorgan) - The Corporation public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A Victorian girl is said to haunt the third floor of this public house, with another female spirit reputedly active around the pool tables.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2016-03-12
Last updated: 2016-03-12
ID: #12043
Tunnel Dweller
Location: Carlisle (Cumbria) - Friar's Tavern
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A secret tunnel that connects the Friar's Tavern to the cathedral is thought to be haunted by an entity that constantly travels between the two locations - strange sounds and knocks have been heard, even though parts of the passageway have been blocked.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2007-10-14
Last updated: 2007-10-14
ID: #8042
Locking Doors
Location: Carlow (County Carlow) - Scraggs Alley Public House, Tullow Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: The ghost at work here is blamed for locking doors and moving furnishings. 'Something' has also been spotted behind the bar and on the third floor.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2011-04-27
Last updated: 2011-04-27
ID: #10352
Loving Nun
Location: Catterick (North Yorkshire) - Area near the public house?
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Walled up alive for having an affair with a monk, this lonely nun periodically patrols the roads here.
Source:
Historical Record, User Submission
First added: 2003-02-08
Last updated: 2003-02-08
ID: #3783
Royal Oak pub, Cerne Abbas.
Little Girl
Location: Cerne Abbas (Dorset) - Royal Oak public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown - pre March 2008?
Further Comments: Built in 1540, this public house is said to be haunted by a little girl. Phantom footsteps have also been heard crossing the landing.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2008-09-24
Last updated: 2008-09-24
ID: #8974
Banging in Cellar
Location: Chagford (Devon) - Ring O'Bells public house
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: This poltergeist is content with banging away in the cellar, occasionally coming up to knock decorations from the walls.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2003-12-25
Last updated: 2003-12-25
ID: #4858
Fiddler
Location: Chalfont St Peter (Buckinghamshire) - White Hart public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1989
Further Comments: A former landlord can sometimes be heard playing the violin, deep within the heart of the building. Phantom footfalls have also been reported.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2002-10-28
Last updated: 2002-10-28
ID: #2895
Bar Woman
Location: Chalton (Hampshire) - Red Lion public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Several phantoms haunt this old pub, including a woman behind the bar, a child on the staircase and an unknown face that looks from an upper floor window.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2008-10-05
Last updated: 2008-10-05
ID: #9001
Presence by Fireplace
Location: Chapel Brampton (Northamptonshire) - Spencer Arms Public House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 04 June 2011
Further Comments: A visitor to the pub in 2011 felt the presence of two figures by the fireplace. When staff were asked whether the site was haunted, the visitor was told the area close to the fireplace was reputedly haunted by a man and woman from the seventeenth century named Jack and Emily.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2011-06-26
Last updated: 2011-06-26
ID: #10492
Sitting Figure
Location: Charmouth (Dorset) - George public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The phantom said to haunt this site sits on a chair, although the furniture is no longer present.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2019-12-28
Last updated: 2019-12-28
ID: #13488
Tom Ward
Location: Cheadle Hulme (Greater Manchester) - Malt Shovels public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Mid 1973
Further Comments: Tom, a former landlord of the pub, appeared to the new owner - two years after dying in a motorway accident. His pale form told the new landlord to 'take care' before disappearing.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2005-02-28
Last updated: 2005-02-28
ID: #5893
Figures
Location: Cheltenham (Gloucestershire) - St George's Vaults public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: April 2012
Further Comments: After landlord Del Barnes claimed to have spotted a ghostly figure wearing tweed and had glasses shatter for no reason, a ghost hunting group staked out this public house. Other than 'orbs', aka dust, seen on CCTV, nothing was detected.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2012-07-29
Last updated: 2012-07-29
ID: #11056
Tapping
Location: Cheltenham (Gloucestershire) - Suffolk Arms public house
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Heard in the cellar, this playful spirit knocks whenever anyone goes down into the darkness. As with so many other pub ghosts, she is blamed when items disappear.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2003-02-05
Last updated: 2003-02-05
ID: #3732
Murdered Girl
Location: Chertsey (Surrey) - Golden Grove public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Killed by an evil local monk, this ghost still appears in the room where the crime occurred.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2002-11-13
Last updated: 2002-11-13
ID: #3171
Monk
Location: Chertsey (Surrey) - King's Head public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1977
Further Comments: An Australian barmaid working at the pub awoke when her bedcovers were pulled off her by a phantom monk.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2007-02-20
Last updated: 2007-02-20
ID: #7117
Heavy Person
Location: Chertsey (Surrey) - The George public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth century
Further Comments: This entity, normally blamed for moving furnishings around, was felt by a couple of overnight guests as it sat on the end of their bed.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2002-10-29
Last updated: 2002-10-29
ID: #2913
Fighting Men
Location: Chester (Cheshire) - Ye Olde King's Head public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Two men, who managed to kill each other while fighting over the love of a girl, are said to remain in the upper part of this pub.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2009-01-04
Last updated: 2009-01-04
ID: #9107
Bangs
Location: Chester (Cheshire) - Barlow's public house, aka Ye Old Vaults, 28 Bridge Street (no longer operational)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Pre-2002
Further Comments: Blamed on a former landlord, the haunting here consisted mainly of banging sounds and loud groans.
Source:
Needs Review
First added: 2009-04-12
Last updated: 2009-04-12
ID: #9189
Sliding Ashtrays
Location: Chester (Cheshire) - Coach and Horses Public House, Northgate Street
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Regular drinkers at the pub have seen ashtrays move themselves across tabletops and strange blue light flash from the walls.
Source:
Needs Review
First added: 2005-06-21
Last updated: 2005-06-21
ID: #6377
Roman
Location: Chester (Cheshire) - George and Dragon public house, 1 Liverpool Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: These phantom footfalls can be heard as they take a path that now leads through several partitioned walls - it is believed to be either a single Roman centurion on guard duty, or several soldiers who march from the front of the cellar to the back.
Source:
Published Media, User Submission
First added: 2002-12-04
Last updated: 2002-12-04
ID: #3243
Romans
Location: Chester (Cheshire) - Golden Eagle public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: It is reported that the pub was built on a former Roman camp, which is why twenty Roman soldiers and an officer have been seen marching through a wall in the cellar.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2018-07-29
Last updated: 2018-07-29
ID: #12932
Man in Cellar
Location: Chester (Cheshire) - Pied Bull public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The man in the cellar of this pub is said to date from the seventeenth century, while the upper part of the building is haunted by a Victorian-era maid.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2015-03-28
Last updated: 2015-03-28
ID: #11773
William Shepherd
Location: Chichester (Sussex) - Royal Oak public house, Hooksway
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: William 'Shagger' Shepherd, a local sheep rustler who operated in the area during the seventeenth century, died at the hands of a vengeful mob in this building. His presence is said to remain.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2025-01-18
Last updated: 2025-01-18
ID: #15784
Roman Soldier
Location: Chichester (Sussex) - The Castle public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This displaced warrior is reported to pop into the public house after walking the boundary of the old city wall. It is unclear whether the same ghost is to blame for the disruption in the loft, once caused by unseen hands.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2002-07-22
Last updated: 2002-07-22
ID: #1945
Man in Black Gown
Location: Chilham (Kent) - The White Horse public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 10:10h, reoccurring, started 1956, end date unknown
Further Comments: The haunting started soon after the discovery of a small secret hole in an old fireplace. The figure disappeared only when spoken to, and is rumoured to be Sampson Hievar, a former vicar from the nearby church.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2002-06-03
Last updated: 2002-06-03
ID: #1083
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