Suffolk Ghosts, Folklore and Forteana
Lady in Long Silver Dress
Location: Wenhaston - Ruins of Westwood Lodge
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Rumoured to be a site where witchcraft is still practised, the woman in a long silver dress is said to be one of many ghosts that haunt the area.
First added: 2001-02-08 | Last updated: 2001-02-08 | ID #285
Monk
Location: Westerfield - Tree visible from public footpath between Westerfield and Ipswich
Type: Other
Date / Time: 1980s
Further Comments: A section of dead tree on a footpath running along a farmer's field resembled a monk; young people playing in the area would scare each other with stories about how a monk was hanged there.
First added: 2019-12-07 | Last updated: 2019-12-07 | ID #13442
Mary Rose Tudor
Location: Westhorpe - Westhorpe Lodge
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: This building may contain the ghost of Henry VIII's sister.
First added: 2002-11-14 | Last updated: 2002-11-14 | ID #3190
Fairy Loaves
Location: Westleton - Common
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Circa nineteenth century
Further Comments: It was once believed that fossilised sea urchins that were found in a gravel pit here were loaves of bread made by fairies.
First added: 2009-05-03 | Last updated: 2009-05-03 | ID #9299
Witch's Stone
Location: Westleton - St Peter's Church
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Still present
Further Comments: Standing by the chancel door, this stone is said to be used to summon the ghost of a witch. Any object placed in a hole in the wall above the stone would vanish after the owner ran around the church seven times, and the chinking of chains would echo around the area. Legend has it that grass will not grow in the area.
First added: 2007-08-19 | Last updated: 2007-08-19 | ID #7763
Clanking
Location: Westleton - Unnamed cottage next to churchyard
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: Pre-1924
Further Comments: A couple living in the cottage would hear sounds coming from their garden that resembled a donkey with a clanking chain. When investigated, they could never find anything.
First added: 2009-05-03 | Last updated: 2009-05-03 | ID #9297
Walker
Location: Westleton - Westleton Walks
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Quite possibly a story invented by smugglers in bygone days, a phantom is said to aimlessly traverse the area.
First added: 2007-10-02 | Last updated: 2007-10-02 | ID #7998
Crop Curse
Location: Wetherden - Field between Wetherden and Woolpit
Type: Curse
Date / Time: Still present?
Further Comments: Robert Rosier was burnt to death in this field in 1556 by a former friend; since that day, no one has been able to raise a successful harvest in that pasture.
First added: 2006-02-19 | Last updated: 2006-02-19 | ID #6703
Yellow Frog Fall
Location: Wetheringsett - General area
Type: Other
Date / Time: 1900
Further Comments: Described as either yellow or dull green, these frogs rained down upon the town.
First added: 2000-08-17 | Last updated: 2000-08-17 | ID #728
Four Sisters
Location: Wherstead - Four Sisters (A14/A137 junction)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1990s?
Further Comments: Local folklore claims that four sisters committed suicide here and have remained ever since.
First added: 2024-11-16 | Last updated: 2024-11-16 | ID #15703
White Shadow
Location: Wickham Market - Deben Court
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: A tale states that children were buried in the walls of the building, and that their shades remain. A taller figure has been seen on the site also.
First added: 2003-03-13 | Last updated: 2003-03-13 | ID #3987
Man in Pointed Hat
Location: Wickham Market - OAP Home
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Staff at the home have reported seeing this figure moving around the building.
First added: 2003-03-13 | Last updated: 2003-03-13 | ID #3986
Black Robed Figure with a Skeletal Face
Location: Wickham Market - Potsford Wood, gibbet marked by plaque
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1980s, 1997
Further Comments: This is the location where the hanging of Jonah Snell occurred, though nothing suggests that he is the ghost in question. In 1997 a couple reported being harassed by a black shapeless object that moaned gently at them late at night when their car broke down near the site, while the 1980's sighting occurred in broad daylight; a truck driver stopped for a call of nature near the plaque, paused to read it while walking into the woods, and felt a tap on his shoulder. Turning, he came face to face with a skeletal form, hooded and dressed in robes. The truck driver ran to his vehicle and drove away. Another piece of folklore says a stone which stood at the base of the gibbet would scream if kicked.
First added: 2000-08-27 | Last updated: 2000-08-27 | ID #816
'Ostrich'
Location: Wickham Market - Railway Line
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: 24 May 2012
Further Comments: A rhea, though referred to as an ostrich in the local press, spotted on the line between Ipswich and Saxmundham forced a train to slow near Wickham Market.
First added: 2012-07-14 | Last updated: 2012-07-14 | ID #10987
Woman Wearing Sackcloth
Location: Wickham Market - The White Hart (currently a collection of shops and flats)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth century
Further Comments: The ghost is said to be that of one Betty Price, executed for being a witch. The old room 14 of the Inn was also reportedly haunted, by a cat. Only one person has reported spooky occurrences since the pub has been converted, and that relates to an answer machine that switches itself on.
First added: 2000-09-02 | Last updated: 2000-09-02 | ID #821
Mrs Smith
Location: Wickhambrook - General area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: December 1867 - May 1868
Further Comments: Villagers feared venturing out after dark following the death of Mrs Smith, as a phantom female form took to walking the streets and visiting her former home. The haunting appears to have ceased after a butcher pursued what he thought was the ghost, but it transpired to be a local woman. The villagers burnt an effigy of a ghost outside her home.
First added: 2026-04-04 | Last updated: 2026-04-04 | ID #16498
Lady in White
Location: Wickhambrook - The Cloak public house (closed 1989, now a private house)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The pub was said to be haunted by an older lady in white, who would sit in the bar.
First added: 2025-11-23 | Last updated: 2025-11-23 | ID #16182
Mr Grey
Location: Wissett - Grey's Lane
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Mr Grey hanged himself from a tree along this lane, and now his ghost is said to sway on the end of a rope from the branches.
First added: 2004-12-27 | Last updated: 2004-12-27 | ID #5722
Bridge Dogs
Location: Wissett - Mill Road
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Two bridges along this stretch of road are the haunt of the black shuck.
First added: 2004-12-27 | Last updated: 2004-12-27 | ID #5718
Grey Lady
Location: Wissett - Paradise Cottage
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This unnamed phantom woman silently leaves the cottage and vanishes beneath the waters of a nearby pond.
First added: 2004-12-27 | Last updated: 2004-12-27 | ID #5723
Horse and Cart
Location: Wissett - Pond near Halleluja Cottage
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This spectral horse and cart continue to retrace the final journey which abruptly ended when the creature fell into the pond and drowned.
First added: 2004-12-27 | Last updated: 2004-12-27 | ID #5721
Strange Woman
Location: Wissett - Rumburgh Road, Cole's Arch
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This spooky figure was seen sitting on the bridge before disappearing.
First added: 2004-12-27 | Last updated: 2004-12-27 | ID #5724
Dragging Chains
Location: Wissett - Bleach Farm
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The jangling of chains being dragged across the floor could once be heard on the upper floor of this farmhouse.
First added: 2004-12-27 | Last updated: 2004-12-27 | ID #5719
Galley Trot
Location: Woodbridge - General area
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown, but prior to twentieth century
Further Comments: The large demonic dog once reported around Woodbridge was white and as large as a cow. The creature was said to give chase if people fled from it.
First added: 2015-08-10 | Last updated: 2015-08-10 | ID #11891
Tailor carrying Gloves
Location: Woodbridge - High Street
Type: Post-Mortem Manifestation
Date / Time: Seventeenth century
Further Comments: A local story tells of two men walking down the High Street, debating the existence of ghosts. One man warns the other of a ghost walking towards them and jumps to one side, out the way. His friend scoffs in disbelief, only to be knocked down to the ground as the spirit of a recently dead tailor pushed past him!
First added: 2001-09-06 | Last updated: 2001-09-06 | ID #346
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