Library Ghosts, Folklore and Forteana
Mr Naylor
Location: Souldern (Oxfordshire) - Rector's Cottage library
Type: Crisis Manifestation
Date / Time: 1706
Further Comments: Mr Naylor, dead for five years, appeared to the rector here; they sat and chattered for ninety minutes. The ghost finally announced that the rector would soon pass away himself, and a few days later the man of the cloth died mid-sermon.
First added: 2002-07-11 | Last updated: 2002-07-11 | ID #1686
Crying Man
Location: WC1 (Greater London) - New British Library
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A crying man dressed in eighteenth century garb has been seen on the new site, and builders reported the sound of chains during construction.
First added: 2002-06-12 | Last updated: 2002-06-12 | ID #1161
The Yorkshire Museum Library in York.
Old Searcher
Location: York (North Yorkshire) - Yorkshire Museum Library
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1954
Further Comments: For several weeks one particular book in the library would be found on the floor on Sunday evening - the mystery was 'solved' when a caretaker reported seeing a ghostly old man looking through the shelves, as if trying to find reading material.
First added: 2002-10-18 | Last updated: 2002-10-18 | ID #2733
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