The Paranormal Database

Entity

Location: Sandiacre - Screw company
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Early November 1966
Further Comments: When the story of the haunted Sandiacre foundry broke (see other entry), a rumour started that a spooky entity had also been seen here. A spokesperson for the company said they had not heard the rumour.

White Triangle

Location: Sandiacre - Taylor Bros foundry
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: First full week of November 1966
Further Comments: Two foundry workers spotted a ghostly figure as they prepared to leave for the evening. One described it as a triangular shape about five feet (152 centimetres) tall and with no real substance. The shape floated to the ceiling before descending and vanishing. Another employee said they had spotted something two years previous but did not dare report it. When the local press contacted management for comment, they were told it was likely moonlight shining through a window.

Kettle Boiler

Location: Sandiacre - Unnamed cottage
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: January 1964
Further Comments: The poltergeist in this home would knock tins off the shelves, move socks, and in one incident, plugged in and turned on the kettle after filling it with just enough water to make a pot of tea.

Victorian Woman

Location: Sandiacre - Victorian House (demolished 1980), near Blue Bell Pub
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1920s - 1980
Further Comments: This former home contained three ghosts. An older woman in Victorian clothing would be seen at the attic stairs, bedrooms, and the living room where she would knock things over. An older Victorian man in working clothes would be in the attic bedrooms and walk around the landing and stairs, while finally a poltergeist would make mischief in the cellar and throw items around.

Lady in Victorian Clothes

Location: Shardlow - The Lady in Grey public house, Wilne Lane
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Mid 1960s
Further Comments: Rumoured to haunt the pub, the lady in the pub's name has been seen or felt as she pushes past those in her way. One businessman staying on the site said he had watched a phantom lady enter his room just before dawn. When he mentioned it to the landlord, he was told, 'Why do you think this place is called The Lady in Grey?!'.

Invisible Pusher

Location: Shardlow - The Malt Shovel, The Wharf
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: During renovation work on the property, workers reported being pushed, nipped and poked by an invisible entity.

A phantom farmer along a lane.

Farmer with Lantern

Location: Shatton - Area near the Noe Bridge, and other general areas
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Early twentieth century
Further Comments: Wearing a long smock and carrying a lantern, this bearded farmer once put in fleeting appearances around the hamlet.

Wilfred Hales

Location: Shirebrook - Shirebrook Colliery
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1958
Further Comments: Two separate miners reported seeing the glowing form of Wilfred Hales, a worker at the colliery who had died three years previous.

Man Shaped

Location: Shirland - Mine (closed 1965)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late October or Early November, 1867
Further Comments: Two miners fled the pit after one of them claimed to have seen a man-shaped ghost. Word spread through the camp and almost 200 men refused to work that day.

Lady

Location: Smalley - Former Old Nag's Head public house (closed)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: November 2013
Further Comments: Walking past this derelict site, a witness spotted a female figure standing by the window who vanished soon after.

Man in Black

Location: Smisby - Forties Lane
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: 1967
Further Comments: Walking the area in silence, this phantom is described as dressed in a long open jacket with many small buttons, a waistcoat, tie, short trousers with matching stockings and a top hat.

Tall Woman

Location: Somersal Herbert - Somersal Herbert Hall
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth century
Further Comments: The tall white lady which haunts the property was caught on camera in the late twentieth century, the image apparently showing the entity wearing a wimple. A phantom smell of bacon also haunted the kitchen.

Blue Lady

Location: Spondon - Church and Vicarage of St Werburgh
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1970s?
Further Comments: The blonde lady wearing a blue dress has been seen (and once photographed) within the church and leaving the building via the vestry door. The vicarage is home to an old lady, monk and bishop.

Devil's Headstone

Location: Spondon - St Warburg's Churchyard
Type: Legend - Old Nick
Date / Time: 1960s, 1970s
Further Comments: A local legend speaks of the 'Devils Gravestone'; from the nearby path you could see the image of Old Nick upon a headstone, but when approached, nothing can be seen. A witness who would walk past the illusion on the way to school in the 1960s said that the headstone was moved in the 1980s, destroying the pareidolia.

Monk

Location: Stainsby - Hawking Lane
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A group of five people spotted a figure in a monk's habit walking towards them. The figure had no legs which could be seen. One of the witnesses later spoke to a person who lived in the village who said that many people had seen the monk.

The Nine Ladies

Location: Stanton - Moor
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A small stone circle, it is said that a fiddler and nine women were turned into these stones for dancing on the Sabbath.

Sarah Harrington

Location: Staveley - The Hagge (aka Hagg) (former mansion, now a farmhouse)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Harrington was a former Maid of Honor to Queen Henrietta and is thought to be the phantom woman in white who haunts this building. A mighty oak which stood in the garden was thought to scream and bled when cut; unfortunately, the tree blew down during a gale in 1883.

Holes

Location: Stoney Middleton - Isolated house outside of village
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A story told claimed the ghost of a murdered woman would appear in the house and poke holes in bread. The couple living here stayed up to witness the phantom, and even though they did not see her, large holes appeared in their loaves.

Hooded Figure

Location: Stoney Middleton - Jacob's Ladder (an old, steep bridle road)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1960s?
Further Comments: A young driver was left in a state of shock after he watched a cloaked figure wearing a hood pass through a stone wall and continue heading towards the Riley slate mine.

Old Man

Location: Stoney Middleton - Sallet Hole Mine
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Wayne Anthony, in Haunted Derbyshire and the Peak District, writes that an elderly gentleman in a flat cap and long coat takes his dog for a walk around the mine. The apparitions quickly vanish when seen.

Harp Player

Location: Stubley - Stubley Old Hall
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 24 December (reoccurring)
Further Comments: Appearing once a year, the shade of Fatima gently pucks her harp strings. A Roundhead has been reported less regularly, while a young girl skips around the fields outside.

Footsteps

Location: Sutton Scarsdale - Scarsdale Hall (ruined)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Wayne Anthony, in Haunted Derbyshire and the Peak District, writes that the sounds of echoing footfalls have been reported coming from this shell of a former grand hall. Strange floating lights have also been seen after dark.

Monk with Golden Cross

Location: Sutton Wood - General area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Early 1970s
Further Comments: On separate occasions, several people in the area had encountered a ghostly monk wearing a large golden cross.

Maid in Fire

Location: Swadlincote - Gresley Hall (aka Gresley Old Hall)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The site is supposed to be haunted by a maid who burnt to death after her dress caught fire.

Figures and Footsteps

Location: Swadlincote - Regent Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Circa 2000s
Further Comments: The street featured in a local newspaper, which declared a few properties were haunted by various strangeness. These included disembodied footsteps, a washing machine door which slammed itself shut, a woman in white, a strange man, and laughter.