Gloucestershire Ghosts, Folklore and Forteana
Floating Monk
Location: Winchcombe - Railway station
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Dressed in a dark robe, this holy figure floats a half a metre above the ground.
First added: 2003-02-12 | Last updated: 2003-02-12 | ID #3796
Choir
Location: Winchcombe - Site of Abbey
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Midnight (reoccurring)
Further Comments: Plainchant and other religious songs have been heard emanating from the site of the old abbey, burnt down hundreds of years ago.
First added: 2003-02-12 | Last updated: 2003-02-12 | ID #3795
Patter of Feet
Location: Winchcombe - (Ye Old) Corner Cupboard Public House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: The sound of a child's feet running around the building has been reported several times, even though no children have been present.
First added: 2003-08-09 | Last updated: 2003-08-09 | ID #4450
Flecked cat
Location: Winchcombe - Area around Mount View Drive
Type: ABC
Date / Time: April 2012
Further Comments: Several witnesses reported seeing a large cat around this new housing estate. One woman said it was the size of a Labrador with a flecked brown coloured coat. Fur from the creature had been recovered, but at the time of writing, DNA analysis has not been carried out on the evidence.
First added: 2012-07-29 | Last updated: 2012-07-29 | ID #11057
Monk-Like Figure
Location: Withington - Terrace house (now demolished), Hill Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1973
Further Comments: One occupant of this property twice spotted a small monk-like figure in brown run across the landing from a bedroom to their parent's room. On another occasion, the witness awoke to see a projection of light on the wall showing a dozen decapitated people pleading and speaking French.
First added: 2025-02-15 | Last updated: 2025-02-15 | ID #15808
Fading Trio
Location: Withington - The Mill Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth century
Further Comments: Seen standing by the fireplace together, this small group of shades featured a woman with a large hat being flanked by two men. She could be a former landlady who drowned in the nearby river.
First added: 2002-11-12 | Last updated: 2002-11-12 | ID #3146
Dead Pagans
Location: Wotton under Edge - Ancient Ram Inn, currently a private house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Built on the site of a burial pit, this former public house is said to have a heavy, oppressive atmosphere. A misty entity appeared in one photograph taken here, while several ghost hunts have turned up numerous displaced spirits.
First added: 2002-08-27 | Last updated: 2002-08-27 | ID #2336
Rattling Chains
Location: Wotton under Edge - Newark Park hunting lodge
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A classic sign of a haunting, the sounds would often be accompanied by the silken rustling of an invisible dress passing, thumps, bangs, and a sense of intense cold.
First added: 2002-10-03 | Last updated: 2002-10-03 | ID #2514
Geoffrey
Location: Wyck - Wyck Rissington Rectory
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Canon Cheales carried out an exorcism of his home after being repeatedly disturbed between 22:00 - 02:00 by strange noises and rattling door handles by a presence known as Geoffrey.
First added: 2012-07-20 | Last updated: 2012-07-20 | ID #11016
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