Examining folkloric, paranormal & cryptozoological locations in the UK and beyond
Location: Duddlestone (Somerset) - Exact location not known
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This decapitated male wearing a flowing cape passes through the village on an off-white horse.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2003-02-14
Last updated: 2003-02-14
ID: #3848
Location: Dumfries (Dumfries and Galloway) - Castle Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1940s
Further Comments: This figure rides the area in search of his head that was removed as he hit a low branch while galloping at fantastic speed, escaping from his girlfriend's overprotective brothers. Two more ghosts have been reported in the same area, both running away from a murder site.
Source:
Published Media, User Submission
First added: 2003-04-26
Last updated: 2003-04-26
ID: #4178
Location: Dunsford (Devon) - Roads in area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Driving a coach pulled by four headless horsemen, the squire passes though the village only at certain times of the year.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2003-12-27
Last updated: 2003-12-27
ID: #4951
Dunwich Heath, Suffolk.
Location: Dunwich (Suffolk) - Heathland in the area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Nights of the full moon (recurring)
Further Comments: Riding his fastest racehorse, this phantom landowner charges around the heathland worrying the locals.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2002-09-12
Last updated: 2002-09-12
ID: #2414
Location: Durham (Durham) - Langley Hall
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Seen galloping towards the hall, this coach is pulled by four black, headless horses. One legend says the coach contains a coffin.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2002-10-27
Last updated: 2002-10-27
ID: #2838
Location: Durnford (Wiltshire) - Salisbury Road between Durnford & Amesbury, near Chalk Pit Hill
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This creature, only heard and not seen, would gallop on the road and in the fields in this area.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2002-07-04
Last updated: 2002-07-04
ID: #1600
Location: Durweston (Dorset) - River Stour
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The phantom horse and cart that haunts this area came into being after falling into the river and vanishing without trace.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2009-06-28
Last updated: 2009-06-28
ID: #9554
Location: East Boldre (Hampshire) - Cold Pixie's Cave (Bronze Age barrow), Beaulieu Heath
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: An equine pixie, this fairy entity would play mild pranks and call out to horses, the distraction causing the creatures to become lost.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2008-10-19
Last updated: 2025-07-15
ID: #9071
Location: East Chinnock (Somerset) - Main road in the village
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Midnight
Further Comments: The sounds of a horse have been heard as it gallops down the street. Some believe it carries two eloping lovers from the rectory.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2009-04-12
Last updated: 2009-04-12
ID: #9197
Location: East Coker (Somerset) - Coker Court
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: A phantom horse and carriage arrive in the courtyard, picking up an unidentifiable person before once again vanishing to the ether.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2003-02-13
Last updated: 2003-02-13
ID: #3841
Location: East Malling (Kent) - Barming Woods
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: January (normally) (recurring). Seen last in 1971
Further Comments: This figure has been both seen and heard as he darts around trees and over roads. One witness said the entity charged towards their car, disappearing on impact.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2002-10-28
Last updated: 2002-10-28
ID: #2904
Location: East Woodyates (Dorset) - Old coaching house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The Duke is said to return to the place where he rested while escaping to the coast after the Battle of Sedgemoor. The grounds of the inn are also said to be haunted by the disembodied head of a white horse.
Source:
Needs Review
First added: 2011-01-09
Last updated: 2011-01-09
ID: #10142
Location: Eckington (Derbyshire) - Moss valley, between town and Ridgeway
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 24 August 2002 (rider), 16 May 2022 (grey lady)
Further Comments: Two women out walking their dogs watched a white female figure on horseback in the woods. The entity vanished as it rounded a non-existent corner. A local piece of folklore says the area is haunted by a white horse, although traditionally riderless. In 2022, witnesses spotted a hooded grey lady carrying a basket who disappeared into bushes.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media, User Submission
First added: 2002-11-07
Last updated: 2023-02-11
ID: #3044
Location: Edale (Derbyshire) - Crossroads between church and railway station
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Early twentieth century?
Further Comments: Three farmers walking home from a village meeting heard horses running towards them. The men made ready to stop the runaway but were amazed when the sounds passed straight through where they stood and they could see nothing.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2004-11-14
Last updated: 2004-11-14
ID: #5581
Castle Hill and The Royal Mile, Edinburgh.
Location: Edinburgh (Lothian) - Castle Hill and Royal Mile
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Brodie is reputed to walk this area, carrying a lantern. A coach pulled by a team of black horses (which sometimes breathe fire) is also said to start its journey here before travelling along the royal mile. The coach is filled with people in black garb. Another phantom, General Dalzell, rides the same route, but this time on a white horse.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2010-04-18
Last updated: 2010-04-18
ID: #9893
Grassmarket, Edinburgh.
Location: Edinburgh (Lothian) - Grassmarket
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The face of this lady, heavily scarred by fire, has been seen around the area of the Grassmarket - her and her brother were killed by the local authorities for sex crimes and black magic. Some people have also reported seeing her in a phantom coach being pulled by a team of six horses.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2002-06-25
Last updated: 2002-06-25
ID: #1484
Location: Edinburgh (Lothian) - Lochend Loch, Restalrig
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: Sixteenth century
Further Comments: As Bessie Dunlop tied her horse to the edge of the loch, she heard dozens of people on horseback dash past her into the water, although nothing could be seen.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2010-04-18
Last updated: 2010-04-18
ID: #9918
Ellingham Drove.
Location: Ellingham (Hampshire) - Ellingham Drove
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The driverless phantom coach is said to contain Lady Alice Lisle, one of three locations where her ghost haunts. Though the coach and horses have not been seen for many years, it has been said that the sound of a carriage can still be heard.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2008-04-01
Last updated: 2025-07-16
ID: #8387
Location: Ellingham (Hampshire) - Moyles Court
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: For assisting two fugitives, Alice Lisle was hanged in 1685 - though her defence argued that Alice did what any good Christian would do. The rustling of Alice's silken dress and footfalls could be heard echoing down the corridors for many years after her death. Alice also haunted the road outside the hall, appearing in a coach pulled by headless horses.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2002-07-02
Last updated: 2002-07-02
ID: #1529
Location: Ellistoun (Renfrewshire) - Ellistoun Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: December nights (recurring)
Further Comments: Possessing a grinning skull barren of flesh, this dark horseman and his black steed gallop furiously down muddy paths towards the nearby waterfalls.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2003-12-21
Last updated: 2003-12-21
ID: #4783
Location: Elsing (Norfolk) - Belaugh Wall, between Elsing and Bawdswell
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Midnight, though date(s) not known
Further Comments: This decapitated phantom on his steed is said to ride along the wall before leaping over the stonework on the stroke of midnight.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2004-12-27
Last updated: 2004-12-27
ID: #5717
Location: Enchmarsh (Shropshire) - Road leading through the village
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: April 1965
Further Comments: Two men driving through the village encountered a 'colourless' horse and rider standing in the middle of the road. The rider appeared to be dressed in 17th century clothing. The horse then galloped away across a nearby field.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2007-04-06
Last updated: 2007-04-06
ID: #7199
Location: Erlestoke (Wiltshire) - Erlestoke Prison and village
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Both prison workers and villagers have reported seeing this phantom lady inspecting the prison grounds, and even driving her horse and carriage over a road close by where a bridge once stood.
Source:
Historical Record, User Submission
First added: 2005-05-18
Last updated: 2005-05-18
ID: #6261
Location: Ewell (Surrey) - St Mary The Virgin
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Several graves belonging to plague victims are thought to be haunted by their occupiers.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2008-02-24
Last updated: 2008-02-24
ID: #8215
Location: Ewell (Surrey) - William IV Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The sounds of a horse pulling a coach have been heard outside this inn, though never seen.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2008-02-24
Last updated: 2008-02-24
ID: #8214