The Paranormal Database

Funeral Procession

Location: Broadwindsor (Dorset) - B3162, leading from Drimpton
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A hearse pulled by four black horses, followed by a large crowd of people, is said to head into the village, though the procession suddenly vanishes before reaching the church.

Swerving Coach

Location: Brockley (Somerset) - Road leading to Brockley Combe
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Horseman at midnight on moonless nights, others unknown
Further Comments: This coach and four is said to charge at oncoming traffic, causing accidents and chaos. Some have also reported a headless huntsman in the same zone. A phantom horseman is also said to appear on moonless nights, and finally the area is home to a 'bounding' ghost, a figure that runs ahead of people, only to vanish without trace.

Mistress Hicks

Location: Bromsgrove (Worcestershire) - Road and fields surrounding Harvington Hall (particularly the A448/A450 area)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This woman was executed for being a witch - she was blamed for raising storms and making local women and children vomit pins. Some say she still walks the area.

Steering Wheel Fight

Location: Bromyard (Herefordshire) - A465 near the town
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twenty-first century
Further Comments: Many of the deaths on the road here are blamed on an entity which grabs the steering wheel and prevents people from turning at corners - the ghost is said to be that of a woman who once died while fighting someone as she sat in the driving seat of a fast moving car.

Clergyman

Location: Broughton (Clwyd) - Old Warren - a dead-end road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century?
Further Comments: This black clad preacher man is said to pear into any car parked along the road, unnerving the occupants.

Stanhope

Location: Broughton Astley (Leicestershire) - A5
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Weather Dependent: Foggy nights
Further Comments: A member of the Stanhope family is reputed to haunt this road when the fog rolls in.

Grey Hooded Figure

Location: Broughton Astley (Leicestershire) - B581, Broughton Way
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 11 August 2014, 22:30h
Further Comments: Two people watched as a grey hooded figure walked out in front of their car, forcing them to brake sharply. The figure crossed the road and dissipated near a gate. Both witnesses were left shaken.

Vanishing Girl

Location: Broughton, Vale of Glamorgan (South Glamorgan) - Unnamed Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1960s?
Further Comments: The ghost of a young girl is reputed to haunt this area, one story stating that a doctor driving through the area hit the figure - believing her to have been real, he jumped out his car to help her, but she had vanished.

Woman in White

Location: Bucklebury (Berkshire) - Avenue at Beenham junction
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A lady in white is said to drift along this stretch of road.

Riders

Location: Buckstones (West Yorkshire) - A640, near the Nont Sarah public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1968
Further Comments: A policeman returning home after a late shift spotted a small group of horsemen dressed in Cavalier-style clothing riding along this road. He drove past the figures three times to prove to himself that they were not a figment of his imagination.

Grizelda the Highway Woman

Location: Buckton (Northumberland) - Roads in the village
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: At the end of every month (reoccurring), last seen 1987
Further Comments: Dressed as a male highwayman, this girl has been seen still riding her midnight black horse. She reportedly held up a stagecoach carrying an execution order condemning a friend of hers, which bought him enough time to escape the noose.

Woman in Evening Dress

Location: Bulford (Wiltshire) - Road through the village
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: This ghost moves from a driveway and crosses the road without any consideration towards oncoming traffic. One lorry driver was convinced he had struck a real woman, only to pull over and see her pass through a barbed wire fence.

Horseman

Location: Bunbury (Cheshire) - College Lane
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A ghostly man on horseback is said to cross the lane before vanishing.

Horses and Coach

Location: Bungay (Suffolk) - Road between Ditchingham and Bungay at Lions Grave
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Reported by at least one driver, a coach with a team of horses haunt the road, seemingly charging at incoming traffic and turning away at the last possible moment. One version of the tale says the coach is either seen or heard, but never both.

Horses

Location: Burbage Bridge (Derbyshire) - Layby along Ringinglow Road
Type: Other
Date / Time: 11 December 2016
Further Comments: Two witnesses in the back of a camper van heard horse's hooves outside their vehicle (even though they did not hear the creature approach). They heard the creature depart before it returned soon after, this time brushing against the rear window. The witnesses drove away, unable to see anything in the darkness. The driver turned the van around a few hundred metres down the road and returned to see what had been harassing them, but nothing was found.

Black Cloud

Location: Burford (Oxfordshire) - Road between Burford and Minster Lovell
Type: Other
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This cloud has been seen moving against the wind and causes an extreme state of terror if enveloping any witness.

Sir Laurence Tanfield

Location: Burford (Oxfordshire) - Roads in the area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The evil Sir Laurence Tanfield and his wife, the Lady Tanfield, are said to travel the area in a fiery coach. To observe the coach is said to bring bad luck or death. One story says Lady Tanfield was bound into a bottle and cast into the river, while another variant of the story says both Tanfields are trapped beneath the bottom stone found under the bridge crossing the River Windrush.

White Feet

Location: Burgh (Suffolk) - Road (once?) known as Whitefoot Lane
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Nineteenth century?
Further Comments: This lane took its name from the ghost with pale white feet that walked along it.

Coach

Location: Burham (Kent) - Pilgrims Way
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A horse-drawn coach is said to haunt this road, the occupants unseen and unknown.

Headless Horse

Location: Burnham Green (Hertfordshire) - Roads in the area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The result of a Danish skirmish over a thousand years ago, this decapitated horse runs along the lanes surrounding the area.

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Lady O'Hagan

Location: Burnley (Lancashire) - Summit area of Manchester Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The last owner of nearby Towneley Hall, the woman now drives her horse and trap in the area. It is said you can hear the hooves pounding on the cobbled streets, even though the stones have been replaced with modern materials.

Crashing Car

Location: Burpham (Surrey) - A3
Type: Post-Mortem Manifestation
Date / Time: December 2002
Further Comments: Police called to the scene where several motorists had watched a car crash off the road discovered not a fresh accident, but one that had occurred five months previous. The car was in a ditch, making it impossible to see from the road, and the skeletal remains of the driver were recovered.

Screaming

Location: Burton Dassett (Warwickshire) - Road between Over Pillerton and Eatington
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A woman buried at a nearby crossroads after taking her own life haunts the area, her screams terrifying witnesses.

White Figure

Location: Burton upon Trent (Staffordshire) - Branston Bridge
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 19 July 2011
Further Comments: A driver reported seeing a white figure pass over the middle of the bridge. The light from his headlights appeared to go through the figure, and once it reached the far side of the bridge, the figure vanished.

Young Woman

Location: Burton upon Trent (Staffordshire) - Stapenhill Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 09 January 2016
Further Comments: Two witnesses walked past a pale young woman dressed in black. They turned to see if she was okay, but she had vanished.