Maghull in Lancashire, taken by Peter Crawley.
Sounds of Battle
Location: Maghull (Lancashire) - Exact place not known, but south of the area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: One would have hoped that this Jacobite battle would have finished by now, but it is not the case. The occasional headless horseman is reported in the area. Image (c) Peter Crawley.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2003-08-09
Last updated: 2003-08-09
ID: #4456
Headless Coachman
Location: Maidenwell (Lincolnshire) - Ostler's Lane
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Early twentieth century
Further Comments: A headless coachman, his missing cranium in a box beside him, drives his coach and four along this lane.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2007-12-09
Last updated: 2007-12-09
ID: #8103
Blazing Eyed Dog
Location: Malahide (County Dublin) - Feltrim Hill
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A large black hound with burning red eyes was said to lurk in this area. A phantom grey horse is also reported, as is an old woman laden down with a bundle of faggots, drifting towards the Holy Well.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2007-12-02
Last updated: 2007-12-02
ID: #8084
Horse
Location: Mamhead (Devon) - Area around the obelisk
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: 18 October 2009
Further Comments: Walking her dogs, this witness heard and felt a large horse trotting towards her. She called the dogs to one side, to let the rider pass, but upon turning around, she could see nothing there.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2009-12-29
Last updated: 2009-12-29
ID: #9742
Pounding Hooves
Location: Manifold Valley (Staffordshire) - Road leading to Throwley Hall (no longer standing)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1960s
Further Comments: The local stories state that many years ago, a coach returning guests to the hall crashed along the road, killing all on board. The horses (and sometimes the wheels of the coach) can still be heard on occasion, thundering along the road.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2002-10-09
Last updated: 2002-10-09
ID: #2567
Golden Coach
Location: Manningford Bruce (Wiltshire) - The Hatches
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 01 January (recurring)
Further Comments: Pulled by a team of four headless horses, this golden coach appears at The Hatches.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2009-06-07
Last updated: 2009-06-07
ID: #9466
Georgian Coach
Location: Market Harborough (Leicestershire) - Unidentified long road in the area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Pre-1924
Further Comments: This Georgian-era coach pulled by four ghostly horses is supposed to be connected to a well-known house in the area. One folktale says a young person mistook the phantom coach as 'real' and asked the driver for directions; the coach and horses vanished, leaving only the smell of brimstone.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2023-05-29
Last updated: 2023-05-29
ID: #14960
Roman on Horseback
Location: Market Lavington (Wiltshire) - Ridgeway
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This Roman centurion passes through the area on horseback.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2009-05-31
Last updated: 2009-05-31
ID: #9381
Catherine Ferrers
Location: Markyate Cell (Hertfordshire) - Area around the priory
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Seen riding her horse topless, and swinging around tree branches without a stitch on, the ghost of the highwaywoman Ferrers continues to create the same amount of havoc that she did whilst living.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2002-06-25
Last updated: 2002-06-25
ID: #1485
Coach
Location: Marlborough (Wiltshire) - Granham Hill
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Last sighting unknown, but said to appear at midnight
Further Comments: This coach, driven by a decapitated horseman, manifests on the stroke of midnight and travels through a tiny gap in a hedge.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2009-06-07
Last updated: 2009-06-07
ID: #9429
Racing Driver
Location: Marlow (Buckinghamshire) - Finnamore Wood
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A phantom coach driver dashes through the woods, whipping his horses to breakneck speed.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2007-06-08
Last updated: 2007-06-08
ID: #7557
Lord on Horseback
Location: Marlpool (Derbyshire) - Shipley Hall (no longer standing)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1940s / 1950s lion, other sightings unknown
Further Comments: A former owner of the hall is now said to ride around the area on horseback. A lion was seen by several people just after the Second World War, though no tangible evidence was ever found - it is unclear whether the sighting qualifies as an alien big cat or a feline phantom.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2008-05-05
Last updated: 2008-05-05
ID: #8466
Funeral Procession
Location: Marnhull (Dorset) - Area near quarry, and/or Sackmore Lane
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Always at midnight, thought the date changes
Further Comments: This line of mourners following a black horse drawn carriage has been reported travelling the roads in Marnhull. Another report states that there are only two pallbearers, and they are more likely to be seen along Sackmore Lane.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2002-10-13
Last updated: 2002-10-13
ID: #2610
Phantom Coach and Horses
Location: Mashbury (Essex) - Forecourt of The Fox
Type: Post-Mortem Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Witnessed by the wife of a landlord, a phantom coach pulled by a team of horses entered the courtyard, quickly fading from view.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2000-08-17
Last updated: 2000-08-17
ID: #743
Horseman
Location: Matlock (Derbyshire) - Bakewell Road, outside of the Railway Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: February 2001
Further Comments: One woman being driven along this street reported seeing a dark man on horseback. He wore a long cape and a large floppy hat partly covered his face.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2005-04-13
Last updated: 2005-04-13
ID: #6183
Laird on Horseback
Location: Maxton (Borders) - Littledean Tower
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Weather Dependent: Stormy nights
Further Comments: Killed by a local witch, this former owner of the tower can be seen riding his mare, lost on the barren land. Another ghost story from the area says a woman returned from the grave to ensure that her hidden treasure was given fairly to the landowner and a kind serving girl.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2003-03-20
Last updated: 2003-03-20
ID: #4040
Woman riding Horse towards Clouds
Location: Mayland (Essex) - Skies over the village
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This sight could only be seen while looking through the branches of a certain tree in the area at night. However, the tree has since been cut down...
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2001-09-07
Last updated: 2001-09-07
ID: #617
Mr Baker
Location: Melbury Bubb (Dorset) - Dirt track along Bubdown Hill, known as Murderers Lane?
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 10 November (recurring)
Further Comments: Mr Baker was a farmer murdered on the hill in 1694. His ghost returns on the anniversary of the crime, possibly driving a horse and carriage.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2008-08-30
Last updated: 2008-08-30
ID: #8841
Arthur Bryant Haig
Location: Melrose (Borders) - Bemersyde House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Post-1918
Further Comments: Former owner of the house, Arthur Bryant Haig, is still said to mount his (now phantom) chestnut horse and ride through his lands towards a nearby river.
Source:
Published Media, User Submission
First added: 2019-12-27
Last updated: 2019-12-27
ID: #13477
Coach and Four
Location: Merriott (Somerset) - Manor House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This team of horses, together with their ghostly coach, have been seen approaching the front door to this building.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2003-02-13
Last updated: 2003-02-13
ID: #3842
Danish Brothers
Location: Mersea Island (Essex) - Ray Island (restricted access)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Many moons ago, two Danish brothers fought to discover who should marry a beautiful Saxon girl. They managed to kill each other, and their ghosts continue to fight to this day. Other stories say the island is haunted by the sounds of a horse, the shouts of an abusive man who drowned chasing his wife and daughter, and a Roman centurion.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2000-08-17
Last updated: 2025-04-26
ID: #685
Red Stagecoach
Location: Mevagissey (Cornwall) - Road between Mevagissey and Truro
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: A driver along this road closed his eyes and prepared for a crash when this eighteenth century coach driven by four horses appeared in front of him - but the accident never happened, as the coach vanished into thin air. The witness later said he had also seen the driver and a guard on the coach.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2002-08-08
Last updated: 2002-08-08
ID: #2078
Invisible Carriage
Location: Michelmersh (Hampshire) - Between Manor Farm & Dower House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Heard but not seen, a horse drawn carriage moves between these two buildings, driven by Lord Ogle.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2002-07-03
Last updated: 2002-07-03
ID: #1586
Gentle Music
Location: Middleham (North Yorkshire) - Middleham Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth century
Further Comments: Three children reported hearing a battle coming from outside the castle and seeing a knight on horseback who charged at them. Inside the castle, muffled sixteenth century music has been heard, while there are persistent rumours of buried treasure somewhere in the grounds (which can only be found after running nonstop around the fort nine times and quickly entering the mysterious door which magically opens!).
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2002-10-16
Last updated: 2002-10-16
ID: #2629
Grey Horse
Location: Millbeck (Cumbria) - Stone water trough
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1955
Further Comments: Author Alasdair Alpin MacGregor reported encountering the phantom of a grey horse at an overgrown water trough near Kirkandrews upon Eden. MacGregor relayed his sighting to a local postmaster, who told him reports of the apparition were not uncommon.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2007-03-25
Last updated: 2007-03-25
ID: #7136
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