Rider
Location: Compton Abdale (Gloucestershire) - Puesdown Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2014
Further Comments: A man on horseback, considered to be a highwayman, reportedly haunts this building. It may have been this entity which created the loud heavy footsteps from above which followed one witness along the corridor to the back rooms; when asked, the owners said no one else was upstairs at the time.
Source:
Published Media, User Submission
First added: 2002-12-05
Last updated: 2024-11-23
ID: #3252
Horsemen
Location: Dartford (Kent) - Dartford Heath
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2006 (cats)
Further Comments: The heath is home to three different ghostly horsemen - an English Civil War soldier, a Saxon warrior, and the highwayman Dick Turpin. Two other talking phantoms have manifested in the area, and in 2006, multiple sightings of big cats were reported.
Source:
Published Media, User Submission
First added: 2026-05-24
Last updated: 2026-05-24
ID: #16593
Highwayman
Location: Dartmoor (Devon) - Beetor Cross
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: This cloaked figure has been known to stand by the cross, empty eye sockets watching the road ahead.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2003-12-27
Last updated: 2003-12-27
ID: #4945
Clibbon
Location: Datchworth (Hertfordshire) - Area around the station
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Found guilty of highway robbery, Clibbon was tied to the back of a horse and dragged around the town until he was dead. His screams are sometimes heard. The same area is also home to a headless horse, though it may not be the same creature associated with the highwayman.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2002-10-31
Last updated: 2002-10-31
ID: #2986
Highwayman
Location: Dewsbury (West Yorkshire) - Cow field, Thornhill Edge
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 26 December 1982
Further Comments: Two friends out sledging spotted a figure on horseback, resembling a highwayman in tutor style clothing, staring at them. The friends were terrified and left the area. They returned the following day and although their sledge marks were visible in the snow, there was no sign of any horse tracks. The area is said to be haunted by Black Dick of the North (aka Sir Richard Beaumont).
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2013-03-30
Last updated: 2013-03-30
ID: #11297
Black Dick of the North
Location: Dewsbury (West Yorkshire) - The Temple, aka Black Dick's Tower
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 05 July (recurring)
Further Comments: Known locally as Black Dick's Tower, this building is said to be the home of a phantom highwayman once a year.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2013-03-30
Last updated: 2013-03-30
ID: #11298
Highwayman
Location: Durham (Durham) - A1 heading towards Durham
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2015
Further Comments: A horse-mounted highwayman stood on the roadside, looking towards Durham. The legs of the horse disappeared at the knee, and the ghost would vanish if approached.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2018-02-24
Last updated: 2018-02-24
ID: #12773
Highwayman
Location: Eryri (Snowdonia) (Gwynedd) - Access road east of Plas Tan y Bwlch
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Around 1997, midnight
Further Comments: A witness spotted a man standing in trees on the top of a bank. The man wore typical highwayman garb, and glowed white in the otherwise pitch black environment. Locals later told the witness that the ghost was known to them and had been seen by others.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2026-07-26
Last updated: 2026-07-26
ID: #16763
Highwayman
Location: Evershot (Dorset) - Acorn Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This sixteenth century inn is said to be home to a phantom highwayman.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2008-08-31
Last updated: 2008-08-31
ID: #8882
Young Girl
Location: Finchampstead (Berkshire) - Heath Pool (aka Heath Pond), Simons Woods, and Devil's Highway
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A young girl who drowned while holidaying in the early twentieth century is said to remain in the area. A highwayman who used the woods is also reputed to haunt the woods, with people either feeling his presence or hearing his horse.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2025-12-29
Last updated: 2025-12-29
ID: #16240
Jangling Highwayman
Location: Gillingham (Norfolk) - Road past the War Memorial
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The sound of chains that can be heard crossing the road as the church bells ring are attributed to a phantom highwayman. He prowled on people using the road between Beccles and Great Yarmouth, and when caught the man was chained and hanged.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2007-07-15
Last updated: 2007-07-15
ID: #7642
Highwayman
Location: Godmanchester (Cambridgeshire) - Black Bull public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Circa 1980s
Further Comments: A ghostly highwayman is said to haunt this site, which also contains occasional poltergeist activity.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2021-12-11
Last updated: 2021-12-11
ID: #14332
Mandeville
Location: Great Barton (Suffolk) - Bridge over River Lark
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A phantom highwayman who likes to hang out near the bridge is named Mandeville. Anyone who opens a gate for the ghost or follows any of his instructions is taken to places unknown, never to be seen again.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2026-05-17
Last updated: 2026-05-17
ID: #16564
Woman in a Crinoline Gown
Location: Great Holland (Essex) - Treasure Holt - farmhouse in marshes
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1990s?
Further Comments: The history of this building goes back to 1138, and several ghosts have attached themselves to it and the surrounding area. The woman dressed in a crinoline gown drifts silently through the house, while a woman with blonde hair sits in front of the fireplace. This may be the same ghost who rides a white horse down the lane outside. A cavalier has been observed in the lounge, and a phantom monk walks a foot above the ground outside in the garden. Finally, just around the corner of the building the spectre of a highwayman still hangs from a tree.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2004-06-20
Last updated: 2004-06-20
ID: #5194
Highwayman
Location: Gussage All Saints (Dorset) - Drovers Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A phantom highwayman is said to haunt this pub's cellar.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2008-08-10
Last updated: 2008-08-10
ID: #8744
Could be Dick
Location: Hastings (Sussex) - The Stag Inn, All Saints Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1988
Further Comments: Thought to be Dick Turpin by the witness, no real evidence exists to back this claim up.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2002-07-21
Last updated: 2002-07-21
ID: #1875
Dancing Robert
Location: Hemel Hempstead (Hertfordshire) - Boxmoor Common
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Midnight
Further Comments: The site where the body of Robert Snooks lays, the last highwayman to be hanged in England. Anyone who dances around the grave twelve times will summon him to join the jig.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2002-11-07
Last updated: 2002-11-07
ID: #3029
Headless Highwayman
Location: Hickleton (South Yorkshire) - Area near the church
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: This ghostly figure still rides his horse, still seeking his head that was taken from him as punishment for his crimes.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2002-10-17
Last updated: 2002-10-17
ID: #2713
Highwayman
Location: Horsford (Norfolk) - Holt Road, north of village
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: June / July over several years in 2000s
Further Comments: A phantom highwayman with his cloak thrown over one shoulder is reputed to haunt this road. The figure disappears as any witness approaches.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2012-10-21
Last updated: 2012-10-21
ID: #11157
Robert the Wizard
Location: Hothfield (Kent) - Estate near Hothfield Common
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1974
Further Comments: A highwayman of local fame and folklore, the headless ghost of Robert appeared to a local woman who had recently moved to her new home.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2002-06-03
Last updated: 2002-06-03
ID: #1078
Highwaymen
Location: How Hill (Suffolk) - London Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A popular place to display the corpses of highway robbers, their shades now walk where the bodies hanged.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2003-02-13
Last updated: 2003-02-13
ID: #3818
Ned King
Location: Hurst Green (Lancashire) - Punch Bowl Inn (demolished June 2021), and general area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A highwayman caught at the public house and hanged nearby, Mr King returned post-mortem for several years after the event, knocking on doors and windows late at night.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media, User Submission
First added: 2003-05-31
Last updated: 2021-06-19
ID: #4263
Headless Shape on Horseback
Location: Icklingham (Suffolk) - Icklingham Way, southern corner
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The Archbishop of Sudbury (or another senior religious figure) was decapitated near to this point by his enemies, the man now returns on dark nights to retrace the route of his death. Another story names the headless horseman as a highwayman, or one of three rebels executed nearby for the murder of the Archbishop.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2000-08-21
Last updated: 2024-07-15
ID: #536
Highwayman in Grey Coat
Location: Knipton (Leicestershire) - Belvoir Castle rally track
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: January 1967, & 1994
Further Comments: Mounted on horseback, this figure stands in the way of oncoming traffic, though by all accounts only the driver can see him. The last known witness to see the entity only saw the man and not the horse.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2003-02-06
Last updated: 2003-02-06
ID: #3758
Highwayman
Location: Knockholt (Kent) - Harrow Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A highwayman hanged on gallows that once stood outside this building is still said to make his presence known in the area.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2008-10-14
Last updated: 2008-10-14
ID: #9017
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