The Paranormal Database

Robert Leigh

Location: Old Cleeve (Somerset) - Bardon House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1700s onwards
Further Comments: One of many ghosts belonging to this building, Leigh was reported to walk around the grounds carrying an unknown person's head under one arm. A woman in white rustling silk glides along the corridors of the building, the sad sounds of a harpsichord can be heard, and on occasion a black dog lurks outside.

Source: Published Media
First added: 2002-08-07   Last updated: 2002-08-07   ID: #2043

White Woman

Location: Oldmeldrum (Aberdeenshire) - Meldrum House Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Only appearing in front of children, this pale shade walks the hotel.

Source: User Submission
First added: 2005-02-20   Last updated: 2005-02-20   ID: #5864

Faceless Monk

Location: Ollerton (Nottinghamshire) - Rufford Abbey
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This giant figure is said to have had a skull for a head, a result of black magic rituals carried out in days gone by. He has made at least one witness drop dead of shock (although the death was also said to have been caused by a phantom old lady in black). The grounds are also haunted by a white lady, gliding effortlessly along.

Source: Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2002-06-08   Last updated: 2024-12-22   ID: #1130

Former Master with Hounds

Location: Oulton (Suffolk) - High House (now Manor House), Oulton Broad
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Even though this place has been exorcised at least twice, the building still appears to possess several ghosts. One former owner has been seen dressed in traditional hunting gear, with his hounds around his feet. A white lady reportedly climbs the staircase located in the older part of the house, while the sounds associated with an old carriage have been heard coming from outside. Finally, poltergeist-like activity, such as unusual electrical interference, has been reported.

Source: Historical Record, Published Media, User Submission
First added: 2001-09-06   Last updated: 2026-06-27   ID: #594

The Black Prince in France.

Lady Constance

Location: Outer London: Bexley (Greater London) - Hall Place
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Constance unknown, Edward in October 1931, poltergeist 1950
Further Comments: One of several ghosts reported here, Lady Constance killed herself after watching her husband die when a stag gored him. Her pale white shade now frequents the grounds. Lady Limerick reported seeing the ghostly Edward, the Black Prince during the First World War, and he popped up again in 1931. The spirit of a servant haunts the loft, while a poltergeist outbreak in 1950 resulted in furniture being tossed around.

Source: Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2002-06-16   Last updated: 2024-12-22   ID: #1242

The Ayloffs

Location: Outer London: Havering (Greater London) - Bretons Manor, Rainham
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Ongoing
Further Comments: A few ghosts are reported to haunt this manor. Roman soldiers have been seen walking through walls in the basement, and a lady in white has been seen on the lower half of the stairs. Another lady seen on the stairs is thought to be Martha Ayloff, while Anne Ayloff, wearing a lavender dress, haunts the room adjacent to room 7.

Source: User Submission
First added: 2007-09-02   Last updated: 2026-09-05   ID: #7919

White Woman & Coach

Location: Outer London: Havering (Greater London) - The Manor, Harold Hill, Romford
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: It is said that a phantom white woman haunts this area, sometimes seen climbing into a ghostly horse-drawn coach which then drives off.

Source: User Submission
First added: 2005-10-11   Last updated: 2026-09-05   ID: #6638

Young Girl in White Dress

Location: Outer London: Havering (Greater London) - Upminster Golf Club
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Believed to have been kidnapped, raped, and finally bricked up behind a wall in the 1600s, this white woman is said to haunt the first-floor hallway of the club.

Source: Historical Record
First added: 2002-05-05   Last updated: 2026-09-05   ID: #671

White Woman

Location: Outer London: Hounslow (Greater London) - Banks of the Grand Union Canal, Brentford
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1935
Further Comments: A torso of a female murder victim was discovered here, with her legs found in a train carriage at Waterloo. Her ghost remained in the area for a while, manifesting as a tall woman wearing a white dress.

Source: Historical Record
First added: 2007-09-04   Last updated: 2026-09-03   ID: #7928

White Lady

Location: Outer London: Waltham Forest (Greater London) - Council house, Cooper Avenue, Walthamstow
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1969
Further Comments: Shortly after moving in, a family demanded to be relocated after a white lady manifested in front of a four-year-old boy and ordered the child to leave. The family dog refused to enter the boy's bedroom.

Source: Published Media
First added: 2005-03-19   Last updated: 2026-09-06   ID: #5942

Edwardian Gentleman

Location: Outer London: Waltham Forest (Greater London) - Friday Hill House, Simmons Lane, Chingford
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Said to resemble Stan Laurel, this ghost was seen in Friday Hill House by a former occupier. A crying woman in a white veil has also been seen on the site.

Source: User Submission
First added: 2005-09-04   Last updated: 2026-09-05   ID: #6520

White Lady

Location: Panshanger Woods (Hertfordshire) - Area near an abandoned decoy air shelter
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: December 1990?
Further Comments: This area is rumoured to be haunted by a woman who committed infanticide.

Source: User Submission
First added: 2006-10-24   Last updated: 2006-10-24   ID: #7009

White Woman

Location: Passage West (County Cork) - Road towards Cork, and other roads through village
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Early twentieth century?
Further Comments: Not much is known about the phantom woman who was said to haunt the road to Cork. A phantom coach and horses haunted other roads in the area, the noise of its passing causing household furnishings to shake.

Source: User Submission
First added: 2010-09-17   Last updated: 2024-05-30   ID: #10046

An old postcard showing Neidpath Castle.

White Woman

Location: Peebles (Borders) - Neidpath Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This pale creature flitters around the building, having died of a broken heart.

Source: Published Media
First added: 2003-02-18   Last updated: 2003-02-18   ID: #3895

A ghostly lady in white.

White Woman

Location: Penallt (Gwent) - Between the Argoed (private residence) and nearby pond
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Dressed all in white, this woman committed suicide in the pond where her ghost now vanishes.

Source: Historical Record
First added: 2008-01-13   Last updated: 2008-01-13   ID: #8189

Woman in White

Location: Penn (Buckinghamshire) - Church
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1980s
Further Comments: A female phantom is said to have left the church via the east gate and walked down the hill. Author Eddie Brazil speculated that the phantom was Ruth Ellis, the last woman to have been executed in England.

Source: Published Media
First added: 2010-08-29   Last updated: 2010-08-29   ID: #10030

White Lady

Location: Penn (Buckinghamshire) - Crown Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A local legend says that this area is haunted by a white lady and a small child. Minor poltergeist activity is also reported, such as rattling doors, flickering lights and glasses being smashed. The presence is described as playful.

Source: User Submission
First added: 2011-01-16   Last updated: 2011-01-16   ID: #10163

White Woman

Location: Perth (Perth and Kinross) - Huntingtower Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: No one really has any idea who this phantom could be, though her appearance is said to warn against approaching bad luck and can bring about improved health and fortune. Some reports say she is green, rather than white.

Source: Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2002-06-21   Last updated: 2002-06-21   ID: #1377

Peterborough Museum.

Thomas Hunter

Location: Peterborough (Cambridgeshire) - Museum
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Anzac during the 1970s, others unknown
Further Comments: Sergeant Thomas Hunter, with the Anzacs during the First World War, died in the building 31 July 1916 when it was a hospital. Hunter was last seen drifting up the staircase, though he is blamed for moving items around the building at night or placing icy cold hands on people. Other entities said to haunt here include a scruffy man in the cellar, a white woman in the upper part of the building, a young girl in the former operating theatre, and a phantom Roman soldier who stands by a sword that is on display.

Source: User Submission
First added: 2008-03-18   Last updated: 2008-03-18   ID: #8324

Pale Lady

Location: Peterborough (Cambridgeshire) - Orton Hall Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Staff and visitors have reported seeing a phantom white lady around this building.

Source: Published Media
First added: 2008-04-01   Last updated: 2008-04-01   ID: #8373

A ghostly woman in white, illustration by Wayne Lowden.

Woman in White

Location: Plymouth (Devon) - Geriatric wards, Mount Gould Hospital
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Varies
Further Comments: These wards are reputed to be built on the site of a battle and numerous unexplained occurrences are said to have happened. One male staff member reported a white lady who disappeared into a room. On investigation, the room was found empty, but the patient the man was standing beside at the time of the sighting died before morning, even though he was not obviously unwell.

Source: User Submission
First added: 2005-09-14   Last updated: 2005-09-14   ID: #6556

Ghostly monk in a park.

Monk

Location: Plymouth (Devon) - Radford Park, Plymstock
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This park is said to be haunted by a figure wearing a habit near the gates of the lodge, a white lady who drowned in a lake while eloping, and a strange animal with very large eyes.

Source: Published Media
First added: 2012-06-10   Last updated: 2012-06-10   ID: #10918

White Lady

Location: Port Talbot (West Glamorgan) - Aberavon Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Reported to float above the castle ruins, this phantom white lady could be Jane de Afan, the last occupant of the castle.

Source: Published Media
First added: 2008-02-24   Last updated: 2008-02-24   ID: #8202

White Lady

Location: Port Talbot (West Glamorgan) - Afan Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Pre-nineteenth century?
Further Comments: This phantom woman appears on or near the castle mound, located close to Saint Mary's churchyard.

Source: Historical Record
First added: 2006-02-24   Last updated: 2006-02-24   ID: #6717

Lady in Brown

Location: Portland (Dorset) - Portland Hotel, Portland Square (no longer standing)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Circa 1980
Further Comments: Six sailors stayed at this hotel after their ship was unable to leave the docks due to bad weather. After spending time in the bar, the sailors headed to their rooms. Two of the men spotted a woman wearing a long brown Victorian style dress with a white bonnet and shawl on her shoulders standing outside of a room. The figure disappeared before being seen by the other four men.

Source: User Submission
First added: 2013-02-03   Last updated: 2013-02-03   ID: #11271