Index of Haunting's
50 Berkeley Square. London
Headless Spectres at Blickling Hall
Ghosts of Hampton Court
The Red Library Ghost at Longleat
Forms of Cavalier card players Wonson Manor - Dartmoor
Ghost of Lady Margaret Godolphin
The Headless Grey Lady of Wolfeton House - Dorchester
Royalist Ghost and White Lady of Avebury Manor  
Ettington Park - Stratford-upon-Avon
The many ghosts of Aston Hall - Birmingham
Haddon Hall - Derbyshire
Woodchester Mansion - Gloucestershire
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50 Berkeley Square. London
The grand 18th century Georgian house has a fearsome reputation as one of London's most haunted propertiess.

“… It seems that a Something or Other, very terrible indeed, haunts or did haunt a particular room. This unnamed Raw Head and Bloody Bones, or whatever it is, has been sufficiently awful to have caused the death, in convulsions, of at least two foolhardy persons who have dared to sleep in that chamber…”
Charles Harper. Haunted Houses, published in 1907.

Lights flash on and off in the windows, and eerie screams have been heard by passers by. The sound of a heavy body has also been heard being dragged down the staircase. Two sailors stayed the night at the house and one of them reported that upon sleeping in a room upstairs they woke to hear heavy footsteps climbing the staircase. The door was then flung open and a hideous, shapeless, oozing mass then began to fill the room. One of the pair managed to escape but upon returning to the house with a policeman, he found the body of his friend impaled on the railings outside, with a twisted face and bulging eyes. The house is now a booksellers, and in 2001 a young woman working on Saturday morning witnessed a mass of brown mist, move quickly across the room and vanish. In the same year a cleaning lady felt the presence of someone standing behind her but upon turning found she was alone in the room. In another ghostly occurrence a man walking up the staircase suddenly had his glasses snatched from his hand and flung to the floor.

Other Manifestations include, the ghost of a scottish girl, who sobs and wrings her hands and also the ghost of a woman who threw herself front a top window.

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Headless Spectres at Blickling Hall
Built in the 17th century, the Hall once belonged to Sir Thomas Boleyn, father of Anne Boleyn. It is Anne's ghost that is said to make her presence felt at the Hall upon the anniversary of her execution. Her spectre appears without a head, dressed in white and in a carriage which is drawn by headless horses and driven by a headless coachman. Her bloody, severed head can be seen sitting in her lap. The grim spectical continues on its ghastly journey along the driveway of Blickling Hall to it's grand entrance, where Anne's ghost leaves the carriage and glides into the Hall.

Anne's brother Lord Rochford also appears in spirit form on the same night. His headless ghost is dragged across the ground by headless horses.

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Ghosts of Hampton Court
Anne Boleyn a popular apparition is seen in many different places among them she haunts Hampton Court's corridors wearing a blue dress. The ghost of Catherine Howard has also been seen running down the long gallery screaming. Henry VIII's third wife Jane Seymour has also been seen in spectral form. Dressed in white, her spirit moves soundlessly and holding a candle. A woman in tudor dress also haunts the rooms of the court, along with two cavalier ghost, the spirit of a monk, a ghost dog, Wolsey's ghost, and also the ghost of Thomas Culpepper.

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The Red Library Ghost at Longleat
A guide experienced first hand one of the ghostly occupants of Longleat. She was conducting a tour party around the house when she encountered a mysterious man in the Library

"At about three in the afternoon I was taking a small party of visitors around the house. When I opened the door to the Red Library I was surprised to see the room already occupied. A man was standing behind a desk: he was reading a book and didn't look up when I went in. Normally, as is a guides practice, I would have asked him what he was doing, but in that same split second something about his bearing told me he had every right to be there.

I turned back to my visitors, and led them towards the next room. When I looked back into the library he had gone; I assumed he had made a discreet exit whilst I was otherwise occupied."

The guide contained the tour and when looking at portraits in the Breakfast Room, she realised that the mysterious man in the Library was in fact Lord Bath's elder brother, John, killed in action in 1916.

'He was not ghostly in any sense, but very real. I was not frightened because at the time he looked just as real as any of the people in the party.

Forms of Cavalier card players Wonson Manor - Dartmoor
Four Ghostly Cavaliers have been witnessed playing cards at the house. A pervious owner of the house had gambled away the deeds to the property in a turn of cards.

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Ghost of Lady Margaret Godolphin
Godolphin House is of early Tudor construction and is haunted by the White Lady. The ghostly apparition is said to walk along the path leading from the house to the Chapel. Her ghostly funeral procession has also been seen along the 'Ghost path' as it is known. The ghost is thought to be the figure of Lady Margaret Godolphin, wife of the first Earl, who died in child birth. She is said to appear on the anniversary of her funeral.

The Headless Grey Lady of Wolfeton House - Dorchester
Many tales surround this house mainly dating from years gone by. A 17th century judge dining one evening in the house, accounted that he had seen a figure standing behind the hostess at dinner. The figure was an exact replica of the hostess except that she held her own severed head under her arm. The hostess of the dinner was Lady Tenchard who was also reported to have taken her own life after the dinner. It is said she haunts the house and is known as 'The Headless Grey Lady'.

Royalist Ghost and White Lady of Avebury Manor
Dating from Tudor times the house is haunted by a Royalist who haunts the Cavalier Room (originally called the Crimson Room). The Royalist Ghost is believed to be the ghost of Sir John Stawell. In life at the end of the English Civil War, Stawell was stripped of his wealth and possessions (which included Avebury Manor). A strong smell of roses warns of his appearance.

The house is also the haunt of The White Lady, she is thought to be a ghost of a young woman, who loved a Cavalier during the Civil War years. She flung herself to her death from the upstairs window. Her ghost has a habit of accompanying visitors though the grounds and house.

Ettington Park - Stratford-upon-Avon
This magnificent gothic masterpiece is located in the warwickshire countryside. The bar is located in what was once the library, and is haunted by a mischievous spirit.

"I had been working in the bar for only six weeks when I got my first surprise; I was carrying a full tray of drinks over to some guests when a book suddenly flew out of the bookcase beside me, I was so shocked I dropped the lot. No-one was standing near the shelf, but somehow the book was picked up and literally thrown into the room.'

Other ghostly going on at Ettington involve the spirits of two children, belonging to the Shirly family who drowned in the River Stour. A couple staying at the house for a weekend in the Stour Suite, woke up during the night to hear the sound of children crying. They even thought they saw figures from the window. After returning home the couple continued to hear children crying at night. So distressed by this the couple sort the help of the local Vicar. The Stour Suite appears to be the center of a lot of ghostly happenings. Lights switch on and off and a Grey Lady has also been seen in the suite.

A man staying in the suite one night was washing his hair and looked up, reflected in the mirror was a woman dressed in grey smock, ruff collar and cap who was sitting on the side of the bath.

The many ghosts of Aston Hall - Birmingham
Constructed in 1618 for Sir John Holte. Holte was a Royalist, who supported the king against the roundheads during the Civil War. Holte had a fearsome reputation and locked his daughter in the Tower Room (after she attempted to elope), he kept her in the room for 16 years and the poor girl eventually became insane and died. Her grey, but solid ghost has been seen by three visitors in the last two years. The Ghost of Mrs Walker who was in life a housekeeper at Aston in 1645, has also been see by staff. Her apparition wares a green dress with a high collar. Another of Aston's spirits is that of Dick the Houseboy. In his lifetime he was accused of theft and hung himself in the servants quarters. The room has since become known as Dicks Garret, and a caretaker has witnessed the ghost swinging in the room.

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