The Paranormal Database

Gun Shots

Location: Feniscowles (Lancashire) - Sheep Brook Bridge
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 20 June 2018, 15:30h
Further Comments: A former forensic scientist out shooting in woodland heard male voices shouting and single gunshots close by, but on investigation, nobody was present. He then had an item he was carrying pushed by an unseen force.

Bottled Spirit

Location: Finnis (County Down) - Dead sycamore tree in the village (no longer standing), near the Dree Hill Road bridge
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Early twentieth century (tree fell in July 2009)
Further Comments: The bridge was once home to a malevolent spirit, until a brave village priest exorcised the ghost, trapping it in a bottle which was placed in the sycamore tree. It is said that no villager will touch the tree, and locals will prevent visitors to the area from doing so. The tree fell during a storm in July 2009, but an isolated patch of grass marks the spot where it once stood.

A skeleton holding an hourglass and an arrow, from an engraving circa 1757.

Skeletal Woman

Location: Garstang (Lancashire) - Bridge and lanes around the area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Murdered on the bridge, this ghoul now extracts revenge by standing by the roadside with a hood covering her face - when approached, she reveals the white skull that is now her face. She was said to have chased a postman, only ceasing the pursuit when he ran past a churchyard and she disappear within.

Susan and Grumpy

Location: Geldeston (Norfolk) - Lock bridge and the old Lock House (now an inn), next to the river Waveney
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1989, Summer, 02:30h
Further Comments: Camping outside the pub, a witness awoke needing to visit the bathroom. While looking for a suitable location, he watched an old lady appear on the lock footbridge, holding a candle in an old jam jar, closely followed by a large goose. The duo disappeared next to the closed doors of the inn. The following morning, the witness asked the landlord about the sighting and was told that the old woman he had described was Susan, who had died a few years previous, and her pet goose named 'Grumpy'.

Young Girl in Black

Location: Gillingham (Kent) - Railway bridge along Woodlands Road, and Ferndale Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1980s-1990s
Further Comments: A witness who asked this young girl in black clothing where she was going was told 'I'm going to church'. As the witness continued to watch the girl, she vanished. Later at work the witness mentioned the sighting to a couple who said they had also engaged the figure in conversation, who at the time had been sitting on a wall close to the railway bridge. A year later the witness briefly spotted the girl again, as he appeared and disappeared along Ferndale Road.

Suicide

Location: Glasgow (Lanarkshire) - Dalmarnock Road Bridge
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1972
Further Comments: A man in his 30s wearing black trousers and a blue coat was seen to leap over the bridge by one witness, only to vanish into thin air.

Phantom mill workers.

Children

Location: Gonalston (Nottinghamshire) - Gonalston Mill (now a block of flats), and nearby bridge
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Before being converted into residential housing, the building had a reputation of being haunted by the children who died working in the mill. The sounds of the children are also said to be heard under the bridge.

Monk

Location: Great Barford (Northamptonshire) - General area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Known as an accident blackspot, roads in the area were considered home to a phantom monk-like figure. Local stories have drivers stopping, concerned they have either hit someone (although nothing is ever found), or they have seen a strange face in their rear-view mirror.

Built in a Night

Location: Grosmont (Gwent) - Bridge between Grosmont and Kentchurch
Type: Legend - Old Nick
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The Devil agreed to build a bridge between the two locations over the river Monnow, but on condition that he would have the soul of the first creature to cross. Before using the bridge for the first time, a local woman threw a bone for her dog across the bridge - the canine ran to fetch it, and thus cheated the Devil of his human soul.

Railway Carriages

Location: Halsall (Lancashire) - Disused railway bridge at a nature reserve
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: While videoing on the bridge, one man picked up the sounds of railway carriages running along the disused tracks, though nothing could be seen.

Suicidal Leap

Location: Harston (Cambridgeshire) - Road bridge en route to Haslingfield
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Here a white lady has been seen throwing herself off the bridge, but like so many other ghost stories, the reason behind it is unclear.

Light Coloured Car

Location: Hatton (Warwickshire) - Humped back bridge, Hockley Road onto Dark Lane
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: 27 October 2007, approximately 13:45h
Further Comments: A driver spotted a car, light or silver in colour, heading towards the bridge travelling on the wrong side of the road. The driver held back, to allow the ongoing car to pass, but it had vanished, with nowhere to turn off.

Sir Thomas

Location: Hautbois (Norfolk) - Bridge
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 19 May (reoccurring)
Further Comments: A ghostly coach and four passes over this bridge once a year. It is said to be driven by a headless Sir Thomas Boleyn and is one of eleven bridges that he passes over on the night of his daughter Anne's execution.

Cavalier

Location: Hawton (Nottinghamshire) - Road across the bridge
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A fisherman encountered a spectral Cavalier passing over the bridge on horseback. The entity faded away.

Screaming

Location: Hayton (Cumbria) - Gelt Bridge (unlikely to be site of current bridge?)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Midnight (reoccurring)
Further Comments: It was said that several troops loyal to Bonnie Prince Charlie were executed and tortured here, their screams still heard for years after their deaths.

The Devil's Bridge

Location: Hebdon (North Yorkshire) - Dibble's Bridge, Yorkshire Dales National Park
Type: Legend - Old Nick
Date / Time: Bridge still present
Further Comments: In a rare moment of generosity, the Devil built the bridge for a local shoemaker who had shared a drink with him. Another version says the Devil lost a wrestling match with the shoemaker.

Anne Boleyn

Location: Hever (Kent) - Bridge over the Eden
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 24 December (reoccurring)
Further Comments: Boleyn's spirit crosses the bridge once a year. The area is also haunted by a farmer, robbed and murdered nearby.

Coach

Location: Holnest (Dorset) - Hunter's Bridge, heading towards Broke Wood
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: An accident resulted in a team of horses and their coach crashing into the stream - their phantom forms are said to remain.

Screams of the Drowning

Location: Holt (Clwyd) - Bridge over the Dee
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Two young lads were thrown into the icy water beneath the bridge by their trustees, to prevent the children from inheriting a large amount of money and land. Their pitiful yelps can be heard coming from the river at night.

Howling

Location: Homersfield (Suffolk) - Bridge
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A noisy ghost (perhaps the entity from the Homersfield house that was exorcised) was laid under this bridge. Unfortunately, during repair work on the structure, the ghost was freed; it can now be heard moaning and howling under the bridge.

Coach

Location: Horstead (Norfolk) - Meyton bridge
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 19 May (reoccurring)
Further Comments: A ghostly coach and four passes over this bridge once a year. It is said to be driven by a headless Sir Thomas Boleyn and is one of eleven (or twelve) bridges that he passes over on the night of his daughter Anne's execution.

Glint of King Edmund's Spurs

Location: Hoxne (Suffolk) - Goldbrook Bridge
Type: Curse
Date / Time: 870 onwards
Further Comments: Discovered hiding under the bridge after the glint of his spurs attracted the attention of a pair of newlyweds, Edmund was taken and beheaded. The glint is still seen, and it is considered unlucky for newly wedded couples to cross the bridge.

Nun and Nurse

Location: Huntingdon (Cambridgeshire) - Nun's Bridge over Alconbury Brook
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1965
Further Comments: It is unknown where the nurse's ghost came from, but the nun is thought to have had an affair with a monk during her lifetime. After the affair was discovered, the nun was killed for her 'crime'.

Bull

Location: Hyssington (Shropshire) - Hyssington church, and Bagbury Bridge
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This ghostly bull, the animalistic ghostly manifestation of an evil squire, haunted a local farmhouse - a group of clergymen lured it into the church, where it was exorcised. The exorcism was said to have been so fierce that the wall of the church cracked. However, locals once believed the bull was only relocated to Bagbury Bridge, and they always walked their horses across in fear of waking the spirit up.

The footbridge at Ingatestone station.

Heavy Footsteps

Location: Ingatestone (Essex) - Footbridge at Ingatestone station
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: 1980s
Further Comments: These disembodied footsteps were heard by a couple from London; the witnesses listened as the footfalls climbed the stairs of the bridge and down the other side before trailing off further down the platform.