The Paranormal Database

Percy Newall

Location: Wimborne - King's House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 06:00 (reoccurring)
Further Comments: This former reverend walks around the building early in the morning holding a bible, before disappearing into a room in the upper part of the building.

Annie

Location: Wimborne - Mill Lane
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1990s
Further Comments: A former mill worker, Annie drowned in the River Allen while running away from the mill. Employees at the Riverside Cafe reported seeing the ghostly figure of a woman wearing a long dress in the area.

Monk

Location: Wimborne - Minster
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The ghostly figure of a monk has been reported walking around the Minster.

Edwardian Boy

Location: Wimborne - Onslow House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: A young boy in Edwardian attire reputedly haunts this building. He has been mistaken for a real person on at least one occasion.

Many Headless

Location: Wimborne - Rowlands Hill
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Some midnights (reoccurring)
Further Comments: A story which was told in the late nineteenth century says that a large hole once existed here. Occasionally at midnight headless horses driven by headless men would emerge.

Hooded Woman

Location: Wimborne St Giles - St Giles Estate
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown - nineteenth century
Further Comments: A phantom woman in white, with a hood covering her face, was seen to rush into a hedge. Following this, the sounds of a horse and cart could be heard travelling through woodland, though nothing could be seen.

Army

Location: Winterborne Abbas - Nearby hill
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 29 June 1662?
Further Comments: Two men out riding spotted, from a distance, many horsemen sporting military colours upon the hill. Expecting to cross paths with the army further down the road, they were surprised when they did not, and upon further investigation, there were no other sightings or reports.

Frozen Figures

Location: Winterborne Abbas - Nine Stones (stone circle)
Type: Legend - Old Nick
Date / Time: Still present
Further Comments: The stones are said to be either children (or maidens) who were petrified for dancing on the Sabbath, or the Devil, his wife, and his children.

Coffin

Location: Winterborne Kingston - Barrow
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Dismissed 1858
Further Comments: It was once thought that a golden coffin was buried here, though a dig in 1858 discovered a lead one containing a Roman body.

Dressed Up

Location: Winterborne Monkton - General area
Type: Other
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Smugglers in the area would dress up as ghosts in this village to scare off curious customs officers.

Coach

Location: Winterborne Monkton - Pool of water off the A354 near Winterborne Monkton
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: An accident resulted in a coach, passengers and a team of horses all drowning in this pool. The accident is said to periodically reoccur.

Romans

Location: Winterborne St Martin - Maiden Castle (hill fort)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1980s?
Further Comments: Phantom soldiers have been reported in this area, while legend says this Iron Age hillfort was built by a race of giants.

Church at Winterborne Whitechurch.

Relocation

Location: Winterborne Whitechurch (aka Winterborne Whitchurch) - Church
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Church still present
Further Comments: Construction on the church at this village began in Round Meadow, but the stones were all moved to another field by an unseen hand. Villagers (wisely) decided to finish the building in the new locale.

Wet Hay

Location: Winterborne Whitechurch (aka Winterborne Whitchurch) - Farmer's field in the area
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A field in the area is said to be cursed, and no matter what the weather has occurred over summer, the crops will always be harvested wet.

Monk

Location: Witchampton - Area around the church
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Once the site of an abbey, this area is now haunted by a former monk who disappears into the entrance of a concealed tunnel.

Monk

Location: Witchampton - Old Manor House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The headless ghost which was said to haunt the ruins was thought to be a monk. There was a local myth that a tunnel connected the manor to the church, and that the headless spirit would vanish into the concealed entrance.

Ghostly Dog

Location: Woodcutts - Ruins of Priory
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Early twentieth century
Further Comments: A large black hound has been observed here several times, recognisable from its lack of ears and saucer-sized eyes.

Coach

Location: Wool - Hethfelton House and/or stone bridge close to Bindon Abbey
Type: Crisis Manifestation
Date / Time: Midnight, prior to disaster (reoccurring)
Further Comments: This horse drawn coach drawn by four horses drives by the house, heading towards the River Frome (or Bindon Abbey passing over the fifteenth century stone bridge over the river. Only those who have Turbeville blood can view the phantom.

Woman

Location: Wool - Ruins of Bindon Abbey
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This phantom woman wearing a flowing grey dress is said to be quite beautiful and walks from the ruins to the nearby River Frome.

Phantom Coach

Location: Wool - Woolbridge Manor House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Mentioned in the novel Tess of the D'Urbervilles, a phantom coach is reputed to cross the bridge by Woolbridge Manor at night with only members of the Turberville family able to see it. Some believe that John Turberville and Anne Howard are within, rebelling against their parents and eloping.

Army

Location: Worth Matravers - Priests Way (aka Priests Track)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: An army is said to march along in this area, though no description is forthcoming.