Haunted Churches of England

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This might help explain the October night in the late 1980s when a couple driving through Eastchurch came across a woman standing in the road, wrapped in wool. She felt she was being watched and all of a sudden she could smell a strong old fashioned floral perfume. In 1264 the castle was under seige by the rebel, Simon de Montfort, when Blanche fled to the top of the building. Wrong move.

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The figure of a gardener has been watched several times standing on a stone bridge, watching the fish in the pool. A workman reported that the building he spent several years renovating was haunted by an unseen entity. It was during the Bulls’ unprecedented 64-year association with the gloomy rectory that some of the most famous and long-lasting supernatural incidents are said to have taken place.

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The Chequers pub in Sevenoaks is said to be haunted by a crying woman who watched her son's execution from an upstairs window many centuries ago. The Pitsea Mount is situated right by the A13 on the east of Basildon with St Michaels Church standing tall and overlooking Pitsea.

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As for me, I would love the Gladstone Pottery Museum, because it’s one of the most haunted places in this part of England. In 1964, terrified witnesses were reporting that they had been scared by the apparition of a monk dressed in red robes. The parish church of St Peter and St Paul, Ellesborougth stands proudly on a steep knoll halfway between the towns of Princes Risborough and Wendover. It was built in the late 14 thcentury, but has undergone extensive Victorian restoration. A spinster, Rose Pye, in the year 1580, was told to live like a witch and responsible for the bewitching to the death of Johanna Snow in August 1575. And cloaked figures believed to be cult members reportedly emerge from the caves and chase intruders off.The Green Man Hotel in Harlow is thought to be haunted by a bereaved mother who continues to search for her child who sadly died. Former members of staff have reported feeling his presence in the listed building, especially inside the old dressing room. According to the story, a nun from the Bures convent eloped with a monk from Borley Monastery and both attempted to make their escape in a horse-drawn coach. Their plans were discovered by the religious authorities who intercepted the fleeing couple and both were put to death – the monk was either hanged or beheaded while the nun was immured alive within the walls of the Bures convent.

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Motorists in the 1970s claimed she was accompanied by a mist, posing a danger to drivers and a risk of head-on crashes with other vehicles. More skeptical minds might cast suspicion upon the church purely because it serves as a haunted house every Halloween. It’s possible that the church is believed to be haunted because it looks scary and people want it to be haunted. That being said, numerous accounts of strange, inexplicable organ music as well as of visitors feeling a sense of dread without probable cause lead many to believe that the old church is in fact haunted by the spirits of former worshipers.The beautiful and mysterious Rosslyn Chapel in Midlothian was originally founded as a collegiate church in the mid-15th century. Its architecture is considered to be among the finest in Scotland, and the building has a fascinating paranormal history to match. Ghostly figures are regularly seen floating through the corridors and peering out windows at visitors.