The Paranormal Database

White Child

Location: Handley (Derbyshire) - Road running through village
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 14 March, 1960s or early 1970s
Further Comments: Four friends driving through the village all saw an off-white, child sized entity with no head. The apparition was waving its arms in such a way that one of the witnesses said it had no joints. Frightened, they drove off but returned thirty minutes later, by which time the phantom had gone.

Coach Sounds

Location: Hankerton (Wiltshire) - Road through the area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: An invisible, phantom coach is driven through the area by a team of horses.

Mr Hawkley

Location: Hankham (Sussex) - Mill Hill
Type: Post-Mortem Manifestation
Date / Time: 9 November 1976
Further Comments: Mr Hawkley became eccentric after his wife's death and was frequently seen walking the roads of the village at night wearing his dressing gown and slippers. One girl returning home after two months away thought little of it as she drove past Mr Hawkley at night, walking towards his home wearing pyjamas, until she arrived home and mentioned it to her mother who told her Mr Hawkley had died three weeks previous.

The phantom Elizabeth on the roadside.

Elizabeth 'Bessie' Shepherd

Location: Harlow Wood (Nottinghamshire) - Road from Mansfield to Nottingham passing by the area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This young lady was robbed and murdered along the road two hundred years ago - her killer (Charles Rotherham) was caught after he tried to sell her shoes. Her ghost appears if anyone touches the small stone memorial which marks the spot she was killed. According to some reports, Bessie's surname is spelt Sheperd or Sheppard.

Elderly Couple

Location: Harpenden (Hertfordshire) - Lower Luton Road between Batford in Harpenden and Wheathampstead
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2011, 04:00h
Further Comments: Travelling to work one morning, a driver passed an older couple walking along the road. The driver glanced into the rear view mirror, but the couple had vanished.

US Airmen

Location: Harrington (Northamptonshire) - Road leading to Lamport
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Heading towards an old USAAF airfield, this car full of military personnel slowly fades from view as travels the road.

Suicidal Leap

Location: Harston (Cambridgeshire) - Road bridge en route to Haslingfield
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Here a white lady has been seen throwing herself off the bridge, but like so many other ghost stories, the reason behind it is unclear.

Black Monk

Location: Hartland (Devon) - St Nectan's Church, and the road leading to the abbey
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A monk in a black habit was seen walking around within the church by a former Reverend. A local legend states that a phantom band of brothers drift from the church to the former abbey, where they vanish.

Tall Man glowing Blue

Location: Hartley (Kent) - A229, heading towards Maidstone
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 26 June 1999
Further Comments: This ghostly man with blonde hair and a blue tint stood in the road; an incoming vehicle had to violently swerve to avoid the figure. When the driver realised the man had vanished, he quickly drove off. There has also been a report of a phantom woman with long blonde hair along the A229, said to have been a bride killed one day prior to her wedding day.

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.

Cavalier

Location: Hassop (Derbyshire) - Road running through the hamlet
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The road is said to be the location of two hauntings; a phantom Cavalier lurks by the roadside, while a ghostly coach and horses travels at other times.

Lady in Black

Location: Hastings (Sussex) - Wishing Tree Inn and road outside, Hollington
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1990s
Further Comments: This Victorian woman has been felt pushing past witnesses in the public house and has been seen outside with a pram. Another ghost, nicknamed 'Funny Face' by locals, reportedly appears to children and makes them laugh.

Cavalier

Location: Hatton (Warwickshire) - A4177 near the village hall
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: September, 1982 or 1983
Further Comments: A driver and his passenger spotted a ghostly figure standing on the side of the road which resembled a Cavalier from the English Civil War period.

Light Coloured Car

Location: Hatton (Warwickshire) - Humped back bridge, Hockley Road onto Dark Lane
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: 27 October 2007, approximately 13:45h
Further Comments: A driver spotted a car, light or silver in colour, heading towards the bridge travelling on the wrong side of the road. The driver held back, to allow the ongoing car to pass, but it had vanished, with nowhere to turn off.

Crowd with Torches

Location: Havenstreet (Isle of Wight) - Road leading to village, and area near Hare & Hounds Inn
Type: Environmental Manifestation
Date / Time: 4 January 1969
Further Comments: A couple out in their car found themselves surrounded by hundreds of people running across nearby fields holding burning touches. As they drove to the nearby village, one of the figures stepped out in the road and passed straight through their car.

Man in Breeches

Location: Haverfordwest (Dyfed) - Road near Picton Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Circa 1904
Further Comments: Brigadier-General Harris and three other people spotted a man with a cocked hat and wearing breeches approaching them along a road. They stood to one side to let the figure pass, but he vanished. The fifth member of the Brigadier's party did not perceive the figure.

Cavalier

Location: Hawton (Nottinghamshire) - Road across the bridge
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A fisherman encountered a spectral Cavalier passing over the bridge on horseback. The entity faded away.

Fiddling

Location: Helpston (formally Helpstone) (Cambridgeshire) - Langley Bush Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The sounds of a wildly played fiddle haunted this area after dark, the road becoming off limits to travellers. Along the same road, the gibbet had stood before being moved closer to the inn.

Grey Van

Location: Helston (Cornwall) - Road between St Teath and town
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2001
Further Comments: The roads in the area may be haunted by a phantom grey van which drives around in broad daylight.

Caped Figure

Location: Hemel Hempstead (Hertfordshire) - Redbourn Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 19 April 2009, 00:30h, again in 2012
Further Comments: While driving home, this witness watched a caped figure with a wide-brimmed hat cross the road in front of their car. The figure did not appear in the rear-view mirror. Another witness spotted the figure in 2012, and said the figure felt so 'wrong' that the police were called.

Vanishing Dog

Location: Hempnall (Norfolk) - Market Hole (road)
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Twentieth century?
Further Comments: The dog in question ran in front of a cyclist - the man braced for impact, only to see it vanish. A quick search revealed no sign of the creature.

Pushing Force

Location: Hempton (Oxfordshire) - Main road through village
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Victimising cyclists more than any others, an invisible force is said to have pushed several people from their bikes while passing through the village.

Misty Figure

Location: Herne Bay (Kent) - Thornden Wood Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1986
Further Comments: A motorcyclist riding along the road experienced their lights failing, quickly followed by the engine cutting out and the breaks of their bike jamming. The rider managed to keep her balance, and then watched as a misty human shape crossed the road. The figure moved from left to right and was followed by the sound of large dogs. As the sound of the dogs faded, the motorcyclist started to push the bike and managed a bump start.

Elderly Lady

Location: Hersham (Surrey) - Seven Hills Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: November 1966
Further Comments: In 19966 a cyclist reported passing through a grey-looking old lady who stepped out into the road in front of him. The ghost normally takes the form of white mist which crosses the road where it bends on the hill.

Abigail in her Carriage

Location: High Laver (Essex) - Main road through village
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 24 December (reoccurring)
Further Comments: Abigail Masham spent her remaining years in the village. Her residence is now gone, and Abigail passes through the village in a carriage once a year to have a quick, sad look at where her house once stood before disappearing.