The Paranormal Database

Banging in Cellar

Location: Chagford (Devon) - Ring O'Bells public house
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: This polt is content with banging away in the cellar, occasionally coming up to knock decorations from the walls.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Footsteps

Location: Chippenham (Cambridgeshire) - Tharp Arms public house
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 2016
Further Comments: A friendly ghost was blamed after reports of disembodied footsteps and objects which seemingly moved themselves in the bar area and cellar.

Old Woman

Location: Chippenham (Wiltshire) - Five Alls public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1963
Further Comments: The family here in 1963 were all awoken by the sounds of an old woman, though no such lady was on site at the time. They also found lights switched on and furniture moved around.

Lady in Grey

Location: Chippenham (Wiltshire) - The Bear public house (currently a hotel)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1965
Further Comments: A barman was disturbed by loud voices in a room which he thought was unoccupied. When the barman checked, he realised that he was right - no one could be found. A maid outside the building spotted a figure in grey drawing a curtain inside a bedroom. When she investigated, she found the room unused and empty.

Figure in White

Location: Chorley (Lancashire) - Fox and Goose public house (closed early twentieth century)
Type: Other
Date / Time: March 1887
Further Comments: A landlord and two men discovered a figure in white in the kitchen. The figure made such a strange sound that the men allowed it to leave. The figure was later arrested, when it was revealed the ghost was a burglar who had tried to disguise himself as a paranormal entity.

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Old Lady

Location: Christchurch (Dorset) - Castle Tavern (now Soho Bar)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1980s
Further Comments: The ghostly old lady was only one of several phantoms which were reported here. Others included a man in black, a young boy, and a misty shape.