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Bridge Ghosts, Folklore and Forteana

Phantom Coach

Location: Wroxham (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.

Source: Published Media
First added: 2000-08-17   Last updated: 2000-08-17   ID: #127

Wild Hunt

Location: Yeolmbridge (Cornwall) - Village bridge
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A local man once crossed the bridge as the wild hunt was coming the other way - he was warned that if he ever passed that way again, he would die. For many years he avoided the area, until the day he grabbed a lift from a stranger who crossed the bridge... He was found dead soon after.

Source: Historical Record
First added: 2002-12-31   Last updated: 2002-12-31   ID: #3347

The Foss Bridge in York.

The Foss Bridge in York.

Shrouded Woman

Location: York (North Yorkshire) - Foss Bridge
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This figure is reputed to leave St Crux and head towards the Foss Bridge where she vanishes - this may be the same entity which leaves the same church but disappears at Spen Lane.

Source: Published Media
First added: 2005-09-13   Last updated: 2005-09-13   ID: #6542

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