Abbey House. Cambridge

by Ghostly Admin on April 5, 2011 in Cambridgeshire, Haunted Churches, Haunted Houses with 13 Comments
Phenomena such as loud banging on bedroom doors, footsteps on the staircase and an apparition rattling chains around the room have been reported.

The ghost of a nun haunts this sixteenth century house in Cambridge. Abbey House was built on the site of Barnwell Priory, which was established in 1112.

Phenomena such as loud banging on bedroom doors, footsteps on the staircase and an apparition rattling chains around the room have been reported. Also seen in the house is a ghostly nun who appears 3 or 4 times a month in the spring. Walking into bedrooms and standing at the end of beds then disappearing into the curtains.

Loves a good ghost story, especially whilst sat in front of an open log fire on a cold and dark winters night.
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13 Comments on "Abbey House. Cambridge"

  1. Vinny says:
    February 26, 2013 at 10:58

    Hi
    I was just browsing Haunted house in Cambridge. As some of my friends told me about this. I have lived in this house before just for few days. I had strange experience I do belive that ghost do live in this house. When I was sleeping, in the middle of night I wanted to wake up but I could not it looked like some body was sitting on my chest I was trying so hard to wake up but I could not at all, all that struggle lasted for more than 5 min. Than after a while I stood up. Other experience was when ever I wanted to charge my phone I use to leve over night charging next morning I could see that the the button is off & when I turned off it was turned on. It is very very beautiful house good people live there

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  2. Sudhi says:
    September 9, 2012 at 22:13

    Hello everyone,
    I am a resident at Abbey House now.It is interesting still some of our fellow community members have been experiencing some strange feelings which they relate with ghosts.I haven’t experienced any though I take what my friends say as face value!I love the history of our spooky house and of course the beautiful garden!

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    • Corinna says:
      October 16, 2012 at 15:53

      Hi Sudhi,

      I am a journalist who is working on a documentary about ghosts in Cambridge for German public radio. I’d love to talk to you and/or your friends about what it’s like to live in Abbey House. If you are interested, please contact me on arndt@weltreporter.net

      Thanks & best regards,
      Corinna

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  3. Sophie says:
    August 18, 2012 at 22:02

    Is Abbey House open to visitors, and if yes what days and times? Thanks from Sophie

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    • Ghostly Admin says:
      August 19, 2012 at 12:13

      Hello Sophie,
      Abbey House is now owned and occupied by the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order (FWBO) as a residential spiritual community. So, I doubt its open to the public. I hope this helps?

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      • Terry says:
        September 8, 2012 at 18:34

        As part of their lease agreements the FWBO agreed to open the house for guided tours once a year. I’ve just been round it today in fact

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        • Ghostly Admin says:
          September 8, 2012 at 18:57

          Thanks for the update Terry.
          How did you find the building? Anything spooky or odd about it? What was the atmosphere like?

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          • Terry says:
            October 20, 2012 at 15:25

            Nothing spooky as far as I could tell – rather peaceful in fact. It was an interesting house, with layers of history as it had been altered over the years. The gardens were particularly nice

  4. TJ says:
    May 21, 2012 at 17:14

    My great aunts lived in Beche Road just around the corner of Abbey House and many of my family before them lived in Priory Road, Abbey Road and Beche Road. I used to visit my great aunts in the 1960s & 1970s and yes this area is very haunted. I have seen a ghost in a form of a black scotty-type dog. It was about 25 years later when I found out that another member of my family had also seen this ghost and wouldn’t enter that house again after the sighting. I always got a strange feeling when I was playing in the garden as though someone was watching me from the Abbey and Abbey House.

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  5. Heather says:
    April 23, 2012 at 11:32

    Hi
    I am really interested in paranormal things (i don’t really know what to call it lol) and i have recently moved to wisbech. I was browsing in my local library for books on ghosts\hauntings\paranormal stuff ect and picked up the book ”Paranormal Cambridgeshire” by Damien O’Dell so i took it out and i have been trying to do research on some of the places in the book and came across this on page 46. I was wondering if you could give me some more information on the house? Or maybe if there are any pictures or videos that i could possibly look at about Abbey House??
    Thanks!

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  6. Michael O'Doherty says:
    March 15, 2012 at 19:20

    I was taken to the house when I was 9yrs old as part of a school day out. We were given a tour of the property and, if I remember correctly, there was a blocked passageway between the house and the Lepper chappel at the top of Newmarket road. True? or not?? lol

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