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Whitby Abbey. North Yorkshire

by Ghostly Admin on January 2, 2011 in Haunted Churches, Yorkshire with 9 Comments
Set on a headland high over the popular seaside town, Whitby Abbey is the perfect choice for a great value day trip in Yorkshire

Built in A.D. 657, the Abbey stands on top of a very tall mound and accessed by walking up a long and steep set of steps. It is haunted by Saint Hilda who founded the Abbey.

Her ghost appears in a high window wrapped in a shroud. The abbess in life used to have a habit of chasing snakes to the edge of the Cliff and then decapitate them with her whip. The apparition of a hearse like coach with a headless driver and pulled by four headless horses, races along the cliff near the Abbey then is seen to then plunge over the edge and into the sea. Continue reading →

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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