The Paranormal Database

An old postcard of Hambleden village.

Mary Blandy

Location: Hambleden (Buckinghamshire) - Roads within the village
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Hanged for poisoning her father to prevent him from objecting to her marriage, Mary regretfully walks the area where she once lived.

Abigail

Location: Hambleton (North Yorkshire) - A170 through Sutton Bank
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Abigail was suspected of witchcraft and died leaping from a cliff trying to escape irate folk with their hounds. She was named in one local paper as the ghost which has taken to haunting the A170, wearing period dress or a dark hooded cloak.

The A23 road between Handcross and Crawley.

Woman in Red Coat

Location: Handcross (Sussex) - A23 between Handcross and Crawley, near motorway junction
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth century?
Further Comments: Waiting for a lift, this ghost vanishes if anyone pulls over to help her. A phantom male figure has also been reported in the area, also standing by the roadside.

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. Some reports spell Bessie's surname as 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.

Tall Figure in Black Shroud

Location: Harthill (South Yorkshire) - Road between village and Kiveton Park
Type: Other
Date / Time: 1912
Further Comments: A ghostly tall figure in flowing black clothing that had taken to haunting this road was found to be a woman out for night-time walks. Police reported the woman to her parents.

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.

Study for 'In the Woods, Evening', by Alexandre Seon

Fresh Flowers on Grave

Location: Haytor (Devon) - Road between Heatree Cross and Hound Tor Inn
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: 1860 onwards
Further Comments: Like many nineteenth century suicides, Mary 'Kitty' Jay was buried at a crossroads. Fresh flowers are reported to be found at the grave, though no one has ever seen them placed, leading some to believe the site is tended by fairies. A floating female figure is also reported to have been seen by the graveside, as has a man draped in a dark blanket.

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.