Suffolk Ghosts, Folklore and Forteana
Little Girl
Location: Framlingham - Cottage on 'Sheeranville' estate
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twenty-first century
Further Comments: During an 'MTV Asks Ed Sheeran' interview, Ed Sheeran declared his cottage to be haunted by the ghost of a little girl. Visitors to the cottage had seen the entity and cleaning staff refused to enter the haunted room.
First added: 2024-03-02 | Last updated: 2024-03-02 | ID #15285
Child
Location: Framlingham - Crown & Anchor Public House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: This pub was visited by a Suffolk medium who declared it to be haunted by a young child who had moved in after being banished from a house across the road.
First added: 2006-09-10 | Last updated: 2006-09-10 | ID #6966
White Hannah
Location: Friston - Spintow Pit
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This lonely ghost sits and sings songs while operating her spinning wheel.
First added: 2006-02-19 | Last updated: 2006-02-19 | ID #6706
British Defeat
Location: Gisleham - Bloodmoor Hill
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The sounds of battle have been reported here. Local legend speaks of an engagement between Romano-British and Angle soldiers - the British were totally routed and slaughtered.
First added: 2006-02-19 | Last updated: 2006-02-19 | ID #6707
Leaping Cat
Location: Glemsford - Cornfield in the area
Type: ABC
Date / Time: 2006, Summer
Further Comments: A witness watched a large black cat as it leapt around in a cornfield, as if hunting. A week later the witness and a friend came across footprints almost the size of dinner plates in the same field.
First added: 2015-01-14 | Last updated: 2015-01-14 | ID #11707
Monk
Location: Glemsford - Path between the mill to the bridge, close to Monks Hall
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Local tradition has a ghostly monk passing through the area close to Monks Hall, which may have once been a monastery with a supposed secret tunnel to the church.
First added: 2026-03-28 | Last updated: 2026-03-28 | ID #16450
Mandeville
Location: Great Barton - Bridge over River Lark
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A phantom highwayman who likes to hang out near the bridge is named Mandeville. Anyone who opens a gate for the ghost or follows any of his instructions is taken to places unknown, never to be seen again.
First added: 2026-05-17 | Last updated: 2026-05-17 | ID #16564
Kitchen Clanger
Location: Great Bealings - Bealings House
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 02 February-27 March 1834
Further Comments: Another famous case, the bells in the dining room and kitchen rang erratically for a two month period, while carefully watched by the occupiers looking for a rational explanation. None could be found.
First added: 2001-09-06 | Last updated: 2001-09-06 | ID #582
Footsteps
Location: Great Bealings - Grotto - private house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Early 1950s
Further Comments: The owner of this building reported hearing footsteps crossing the first floor, though there would be no one else in the house. The event always occurred around 19:30h.
First added: 2004-11-14 | Last updated: 2004-11-14 | ID #5576
Man in Cap
Location: Great Bealings - Rosery Cottage
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1950s
Further Comments: This strange figure was observed twice moving past a window. The owners dashed to see who was outside but could find no one; with no other exit other than the one from which they emerged, the witnesses were at a loss to explain their sighting.
First added: 2004-11-14 | Last updated: 2004-11-14 | ID #5575
Noisy Ghost
Location: Great Cornard - 30 Lindsay Avenue
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 1971, 1983
Further Comments: Unusually occurring twice, outbreaks of violent energy have upset the owners living in this building.
First added: 2002-08-07 | Last updated: 2002-08-07 | ID #2035
Heavy Dragging Upstairs
Location: Great Cornard - Abbas Hall
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 02 March 1952
Further Comments: Sounds of something being dragged in the upper part of the building, together with footsteps, have been reported, as have sightings of an old woman looking through the windows of the house. One story claims the ghost of a hooded nun walks through the area, sometimes accompanied by eerie harpsichord music. In 1952, seven American servicemen from Lakenheath spent the night on the site and reported the temperature fluctuating from stifling hot to freezing cold, and hearing bells pealing through the building. Finally, a secret tunnel is said to run from the hall to the former Highbury Barn public house.
First added: 2000-08-17 | Last updated: 2023-05-01 | ID #676
Face
Location: Great Livermere - Rectory
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Nineteenth century, late twentieth century
Further Comments: Author M R James was said, as a child, to have looked out his window and seen a ghostly face, pink and hot, staring back at him from the outside wall. On a 1995 TV programme about the author, a local woman said that a few folk had seen apparitions in the area outside the rectory and that dogs did not like to go near the area.
First added: 2019-03-30 | Last updated: 2019-03-30 | ID #13121
Lady in Red
Location: Great Livermere - Road towards Thetford
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This phantom lady dressed in red reputedly steps in the path of incoming traffic only to vanish just before impact. A phantom cyclist is also said to haunt the roads in the village, though reports vary to the type of bicycle he rides.
First added: 2007-02-11 | Last updated: 2007-02-11 | ID #7100
Three Men
Location: Great Waldingfield - Road to Sudbury, near the public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2012
Further Comments: Three men wearing long coats and large boots were spotted on the road by a driver. Convincing they were going to hit one of the men, the driver slammed on their brakes; the figures vanished, leaving the witness quite shocked. The witness was later told that the area was once a US air base during the Second World War, and that other people had encountered phantom airmen and even heard old aircraft in the area.
First added: 2016-09-23 | Last updated: 2016-09-23 | ID #12259
Opening Door
Location: Grundisburgh - Tutor building (private residence)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A door to the roof would open itself every night (although one worker who spent time on the site said the door always remained closed). A secret tunnel is reputed to run to the church in Debenham.
First added: 2026-03-29 | Last updated: 2026-03-29 | ID #16453
Mary Miller
Location: Hadleigh - Road between Hadleigh and Layham (B1070), near Holbecks park
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The grave of Mary lies somewhere along this road - she was a suicide, and her ghost haunts the area.
First added: 2006-02-19 | Last updated: 2006-02-19 | ID #6708
Seaman
Location: Hadleigh - The White Lion public house
Type: Post-Mortem Manifestation
Date / Time: 1979
Further Comments: A landlord of the pub reported waking up one evening and finding an old man in his bedroom. Though nothing was said, the publican 'felt' the ghost was of a seaman.
First added: 2000-08-17 | Last updated: 2000-08-17 | ID #416
Squire Baker
Location: Halesworth - Chediston Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This street is reputedly haunted by Squire Baker, infamous for throwing a vicar down the stairs and breaking both his legs. An unnamed house along the road is also said to be haunted by heavy footsteps that pass through it.
First added: 2009-02-07 | Last updated: 2009-02-07 | ID #9138
Home
Location: Halesworth - St Mary’s Churchyard
Type: Legend - Old Nick
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Local folklore says a railed tomb in the churchyard is home to the Devil, and running around it five times would bring him forth.
First added: 2026-03-29 | Last updated: 2026-03-29 | ID #16455
Vanishing Man
Location: Halesworth - Unstated residence
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: 1982
Further Comments: George Davey awoke to find a man in his bedroom, reaching above the wardrobe. The figure wore a brown overcoat and Tilbury hat. George grabbed his nearby shotgun, only to watch the figure vanish. The entity's shoes and socks remained for a second longer, before also vanishing.
First added: 2009-02-07 | Last updated: 2009-02-07 | ID #9139
Big Black Cat
Location: Hartest - Exact location not known
Type: ABC
Date / Time: Mid 1996
Further Comments: A large black cat was seen by a witness, around fifteen metres separating them.
First added: 2000-08-21 | Last updated: 2000-08-21 | ID #267
Fortune
Location: Hartest - Hartest Stone, village green
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Stone still present
Further Comments: Sitting on the boulder at midnight will result in either a wife or fortune, although a different local legend says the stone rolls over at midnight.
First added: 2026-03-29 | Last updated: 2026-03-29 | ID #16457
Dwarf
Location: Haughley - Railway line running past church
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: A woman travelling by train watched a small man dressed in clothing from two hundred years ago emerge briefly from the floor of the carriage before sinking back.
First added: 2005-04-16 | Last updated: 2005-04-16 | ID #6199
Puma
Location: Haverhill - A1071 Sturnmer Roundabout, and general area
Type: ABC
Date / Time: 1999 onwards
Further Comments: The Big Cats of Suffolk website reports that large felines have been seen in and around Haverhill for over twenty years, ranging from black leopards to creatures resembling puma and lynx.
First added: 2024-07-20 | Last updated: 2024-07-20 | ID #15539
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