The Paranormal Database

Anne George

Location: Sennen (Cornwall) - First and Last Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2004
Further Comments: Anne was the wife of a fence who profited from smuggling. She turned King's evidence against her husband's 'business' partner but was soon drowned by several villagers who were also involved in the trade. Anne continues to haunt the inn, manifesting in black clothing, and has been observed many times by the current owners.

Highwaymen

Location: Setley (Hampshire) - Filly Inn (formally Fillie Inne)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: This inn was built where a much older one once stood. The old building was demolished soon after three men were arrested for murder and highway robbery. It is said that one of the robbers tried to repent but was hanged regardless. The entity makes his presence known by throwing things around the room.

Mill Worker

Location: Shalfleet (Isle of Wight) - New Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: As well as the normal pub poltergeist activity, the inn is haunted by a worker who died in an accident at the nearby mill.

Girl in Blue

Location: Shanklin (Isle of Wight) - Chine Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Two ghosts are reputed to haunt this site - an older man and a young girl in blue. The inn is also said to have a secret tunnel leading to the nearby Vernon Cottage, once used by smugglers.

Little Girl

Location: Shebbear (Devon) - Devil's Stone Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1982
Further Comments: Sometimes seen on site with a man thought to be her father, this youngster is also blamed when pictures fall from the walls. The pub is named after a local stone that is turned over once a year (5 November) to protect the village from the Devil.

Pregnant Girl

Location: Sheffield (South Yorkshire) - Ball Inn, Darnall (no longer operating)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: This thin, grey ghost is said to be a member of staff who committed suicide at the inn when she discovered she was with child. She walks the upstairs corridors, while in other parts of the building, strange noises are heard in the night and well secured shelves fall without warning.

Smugglers

Location: Sheffield (South Yorkshire) - Ship Inn, Shalesmoor
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The cellar of the inn is reputedly haunted by two smugglers who drowned during the Great Sheffield Flood of 1864.

Elizabeth Smith

Location: Shepley (South Yorkshire) - Sovereign Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Elizabeth is said to sit in a room upstairs and can be seen watching from a window. The cellar is also said to be haunted by a man who died down there in the 1960s.

Whispering

Location: Shipton Oliffe (Gloucestershire) - Frogmill Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1940/50
Further Comments: Still considered haunted today, though to a much lesser degree, the inn was home to strange mist and whispering voices. Three ghostly card players once appeared to a guest in one of the rooms.

Crying Man

Location: Shoreham (Kent) - Crown Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Appearing outside the inn, this phantom man died of a broken heart. He was married to the landlord's daughter but was press ganged and sent to sea. By the time he returned, his wife had died.

Woman in Black

Location: Shorwell (Isle of Wight) - Crown Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: February 2019
Further Comments: A female entity reputedly haunts the dining area, while a male ghost lurks in the attic. In 2019 a reviewer on the TripAdvisor website claimed their dad had spoken to an old woman dressed in black who vanished without trace.

Dark Haired Young Lady

Location: Sible Hedingham (Essex) - The Bell Inn, 46 Swan Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1970s
Further Comments: The lady haunts one of the building's bedrooms and has been known to remove the bed covers of any who sleep in her room.

Turpin

Location: Sibson (Leicestershire) - Road close to Cock Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A ghostly highwayman, wearing a tricorn hat with a red coat and identified as Dick Turpin as many phantom highwaymen are, would occasionally be seen at night.

Cavalier

Location: Sidlesham (Sussex) - Crab and Lobster Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1960s
Further Comments: A tall, cloaked figure has been seen both inside and outside the inn. He is thought to be a Cavalier taken to the building after being mortally shot. A visiting medium claimed to see the dying form of the man on the floor of the bar in 1969.

Footsteps

Location: Sidley (Sussex) - New Inn
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 1970s
Further Comments: The normal pub poltergeist antics apply here (electrical items operating themselves, lighting turning on and off), though on one occasion footsteps were heard coming from an empty room by a visiting journalist.

Woman

Location: Skipton (North Yorkshire) - Woolly Sheep Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This inn is reputed to be haunted by a woman in a flowing dress.

Small French Man

Location: Smarden (Kent) - The Chequers Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late Spring (reoccurring)
Further Comments: The ghost of a French POW from the Napoleonic war is said to move small items around the premises and upset pets in the building.

Black Dog

Location: Snitterfield (Warwickshire) - Brook House (AKA Bell Brook Inn)
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: 1940s
Further Comments: An unnaturally large dark hound ran across the lawn.

Waxwork of King Charles the First.

King Charles I

Location: Southwell (Nottinghamshire) - Saracen's Head Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: King Charles I is said to have used this building as a hideout whilst on the run, and his phantom now appears in the King Charles Suite. Another man, sporting a powdered wig, also haunts the building, as does a woman in eighteenth century dress.

Faith

Location: Soyland (West Yorkshire) - Bluebell (or Blue Ball) Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Drowned after an affair with the landlord resulted in an unwanted pregnancy, Faith is heard running along the corridors of the public house after hours; protesting that while all knew her death was murder, no one questioned the official finding that called it a suicide.

Giggling Child

Location: Sparkford (Somerset) - Sparkford Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The ghost of a small boy, giggling even though wearing scorched clothing, runs through the bar and dining room. Other entities are blamed for the whispers emerging from empty rooms and mild poltergeist activities.

Woman in Black

Location: St Brelade (Jersey) - Smugglers Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A ghostly woman in black is said to still haunt this building.

Ghostly Monk

Location: St Briavels (Gloucestershire) - George Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Human inhabitants at the pub have learnt to share the building with the spirit of this former monk.

Ianto Ffranc

Location: St Hilary (Cornwall) - Bush Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Highwayman (or pirate) Ianto Ffranc was discovered hiding in a cave close to the inn - he was caught and executed. Ffranc's ghost now haunts the bar.

Hugh Edwards

Location: St Ives (Cornwall) - Globe Inn (aka Tap House), no longer operational
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Nineteenth century
Further Comments: Once the residence of the Edwards family, the inn was said to be haunted by Hugh, who accidentally rode his horse down an open mine shaft at night. The ghost would be heard walking loudly up the staircase and using his riding crop to strike thrice on a bedroom door.