The Paranormal Database

Mina FitzHerbert

Location: Tissington - Tissington Hall
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1862 onwards
Further Comments: Young Mina set herself alight with a candle and later died from her injuries. Her ghost is said to make itself known to members of the family.

Headless Rider

Location: Tunstead - Manifold Valley
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Nights of the full moon (reoccurring)
Further Comments: A beautiful white horse carrying a headless rider gallops across the valley when the night sky is right. The phantom is either a peddler or a soldier, depending on the legend.

Way In

Location: Tunstead - Thor's Cave, Manifold Valley
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Wayne Anthony, in Haunted Derbyshire and the Peak District, writes that hidden within the cave is an entrance to the fairy kingdom, though one needs to possess second sight to find it. A ghostly Roman centurion is said to stand guard at the mouth of the cave.

Homely Skull

Location: Tunstead Milton - Flagg Hall
Type: Curse
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The home of another screaming skull, the building would echo with the sounds of cries and moans if the morbid item were removed.

Large Dog

Location: Turnditch - Unnamed lane, and Carsington Water
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: 02 September 2008
Further Comments: During a thunderstorm, a driver spotted a large black dog cross the road ahead and move down a residential lane. The driver stopped to look for the hound, but it had vanished. A phantom black dog is said to haunt the nearby Carsington Water.

Oppressive Mist

Location: Unstone - A61 Unstone/Dronfield Bypass, and Monk Wood
Type: Other
Date / Time: 2000s, 2010s
Further Comments: It was said that there is an oppressive misty atmosphere which affects people driving by the wood, creating the sensation of being dragged towards a steep embankment where several accidents have occurred.

Intangible Hound

Location: Upper Booth - Exact area not known
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: 1930
Further Comments: Out walking during the evening, a girl watched a phantom black dog pass through a wire fence.

Brighter than Daylight

Location: Uppertown - Cullumbell Lane
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 07 May 1978, approximately 02:00h
Further Comments: Driving through the area, two people suddenly became aware of an unusual light coming from within a nearby barn. The people initially thought the light belonged to a man who would collect milk from farms in the area. As the people drove closer, three beams of brilliant light shone down from a disc shaped craft hovering above the field to the right of the car. As they passed the lane, the lights shut off and the craft flew northwest, leaving the area in complete darkness. The following day, the people returned to Uppertown and visited a farm. They noticed that all the produce had been dumped in the yard, as though the milk collector had quickly fled from something.

Strangulation

Location: Wardlow - Road near the Three Stags Head
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Mid twentieth century?
Further Comments: A cyclist who paused for breath just down the road from the pub felt himself being strangled by a pair of unseen hands. After the sensation had left, he hurried to the Three Stags Head where he was told the story of how a toll keeper had been murdered near the spot.

Watcher

Location: Whaley Bridge - Co-op Store, Buxton Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2015
Further Comments: A story in the national press claimed that CCTV footage showed shadowy shapes moving around the store, a door violently shaking, and objects being moved around when the store was closed. Store manager Leanne Williamson reported that staff members would often report an eerie atmosphere and the sensation of being watched or followed. The shop closed early on Halloween 2015 to avoid distressing staff members.

Dicky of Tunstead

Location: Whaley Bridge - Tunstead Farm, located at Combs Edge, between Whaley Bridge and Chapel-en-le-Frith
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Dicky is the name given to the skull that resided in the farmhouse (now thought to be buried on the grounds). The ghost of a girl that appeared in the 1880's was blamed on Dicky, as was the large black dog that followed locals around the farmland after dark.

Monks

Location: Whaley Bridge - Whaley Hall
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2010s
Further Comments: It was reported that it is not unusual for the cats to watch as a figure walks through a bricked up door. Monks and the smell of frankincense is also reported.

Woman in Poke Bonnet

Location: Wheston - Wheston Hall
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1918
Further Comments: For three consecutive nights, the son of the hall's owner watched a ghostly woman wearing a poke bonnet and crinoline dress enter his bedroom. On the third night, he shone a light on the entity, which disappeared. The boy switched bedrooms, and never saw the phantom again. Wayne Anthony writes that a Cromwellian fighter in armour, nicknamed 'Soldier Dick', haunted the entrance hall, and a woman in a nightdress ran outside, while tearing out her golden hair.

An old postcard of Wingfield Manor.

Mary's Lights

Location: Wingfield - Wingfield Manor
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The spirit of Mary Queen of Scots is reported to have taken a liking to the ballroom, while it is in debate whether the spheres of light seen floating around the site after dark are part of the same entity.

Sounds of Assault

Location: Winnats Pass - General area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The sounds of several miners attacking and murdering Clara and Allan, a young eloping couple, can be heard in this Derbyshire area. One version of the story the miners died or went mad one-by-one, with the final miner confessing to the crime and claiming the ghost of Clara followed him everywhere. Clara may also be seen riding her horse through the area

Headless Bride

Location: Winster - The Angel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century, particularly active around Christmas
Further Comments: The decapitated ghost caused one witness to faint as it ascended the staircase and headed towards the viewer. A local legend states that the ghostly woman and her lover both committed suicide the day before she was due to be married to another man. The building has a history of phantom footsteps and doors that open themselves.

Suicide

Location: Winster - Winster Hall
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1940s
Further Comments: Soldiers billeted at the hall would report seeing a ghostly woman at night - one young trooper discharged a pistol at the entity, the bullet passing straight through. The woman is thought to have taken her own life after being forbidden to marry a coachman.

Dread

Location: Wirksworth - Private residence near Carsington Water
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: 2007
Further Comments: While exploring a derelict building, an urban explorer encountered a very strong feeling of dread, which caused them to turn around and leave.

Headless Horseman

Location: Woodhead - Area where Crowden Hall once stood (demolished 1937)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This decapitated figure on the back of a stallion still rides around the area where Crowden Hall once stood.

Mother and Child

Location: Woodthorpe - Woodthorpe Hall
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The wife of Sir John de Rhodes is said to have died at his hands around the start of the seventeenth century, after giving birth to their blind son. Her ghost and that of the son were once said to walk around the ruins of the hall.

Coil Marks

Location: Wormhill - St Margaret's Church area
Type: Dragon
Date / Time: Still present
Further Comments: The marks on the hill near the church were said to be the location where a dragon once laid. The church is named after Margaret of Antioch, who was swallowed by a dragon but escaped when her crucifix caused irritation.

Evil Hill

Location: Youlgreave - Area around Wenley Hill
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The area was once thought to be a place of evil - no birds would sing in the area, and it was thought haunted by a headless hound. A headless man was also reported in the region.

Grey Lady

Location: Youlgreave - Old Hall Farm
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Little is known about the phantom grey lady reputed to haunt the farm.

Coach & Eight

Location: Youlgreave - Road between Youlgreave and Middleton, area known as Roughwood Hollow?
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A gamekeeper was forced to flatten himself against a wall as a phantom coach pulled by a team of eight horses thundered past. Other reports of the coach along the same stretch of road state that the team is accompanied by several hounds.

The Duel

Location: Youlgreave - Youlgreave Hall
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: November (unknown night) (reoccurring)
Further Comments: Once a year a ghostly Cavalier and a phantom Roundhead meet and fight. It is not known who wins.