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Blackfriars Priory. Gloucester

by Ghostly Admin on April 24, 2011 in Gloucestershire, Haunted Churches with 4 Comments
A massive Dominican priory complex built in 1239 with a church, and east and south cloister range and a study dormer

‘A massive Dominican priory complex built in 1239 with a church, and east and south cloister range and a study dormer’ (Department of the Environment description).

In the last ten years restoration work has been carried out, and a dungeon uncovered containing the remains of a young child. This discovery is often linked to sighting of a ghost monk. The monk is seen warring a black habit, and walking amongst the ruins. Staff members on the sight, have reported doors `mysteriously locking themselves`, and several have seen the ghostly monk near the site of the dungeon.

Charfield’s Ghost Railway Children. Gloucestershire

by Ghostly Admin on April 22, 2011 in Gloucestershire, Haunted Trains with No comments
At about 5.30am on October 13th, 1928. A Leeds to Bristol mail train crashed in Charfield.

At about 5.30am on October 13th, 1928. A Leeds to Bristol mail train crashed in Charfield.

Fifteen people were killed and 23 badly injured, two small bodies remained unidentified.

One body was a child (of about five), and the other of a child between twelve and seventeen. A granite cross was erected as a memorial to the victims. On it’s front ten names were inscribed followed by the poignant inscription “two unknown”.

From about 1929 a strange woman dressed in black visited the graves of the two unknown children. She continued her visits right into the 1950s, Joe Kloiber saw the woman:

“The poor lady is at rest now I suppose… All I can tell you is that she was frail, always dressed in black, and came to the grave two or three times a year. She always arrived in a chauffeur-driven limousine, the car was not black, but I cannot remember the colour. She would put flowers on the grave and prey there. “

Two lonely and lost ghostly railway children, walking hand in hand have been reported near the site of the crash.

Woodchester Mansion. Gloucestershire

by Ghostly Admin on December 15, 2010 in Gloucestershire, Haunted Houses with No comments
An architectural masterpiece, the Victorian Gothic revival mansion, is home to ghostly sights such as a headless horse and a floating coffin.

Located 15 miles south of Gloucester and 25 miles north of Bristol.

An architectural masterpiece, the Victorian Gothic revival mansion, is home to ghostly sights such as a headless horse and a floating coffin.

Built of Cotswold stone by the freemason William Leigh in 1852, it was never completed and fully lived in. It has remained untouched by time since the mid-1870s when construction workers and craftsmen mysteriously downed tools.

In 1902 a local vicar saw a strange apparition at the gates to the mansion and a few years later a phantom horseman was also seen on the drive.

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The Ancient Ram Inn. Gloucestershire

by Ghostly Admin on October 31, 2010 in Gloucestershire, Haunted Inns with No comments
Built in 1145, in Wotton-under-Edge, the old inn is reputedly the most haunted in Britain.

Built in 1145, in Wotton-under-Edge, the old inn is reputedly the most haunted in Britain.

The Inn is a Grade II listed building, and ceased to be a working pub in the 1960′s. A large black cat is often seen in the Beaufort Room, which is reported to be the most haunted room in what is now a house. Highwaymen regularly stayed at the Inn and some say they might still visit in spirit form. Continue reading →