The Paranormal Database

James Martin

Location: Fawley (Hampshire) - Jolly Sailor public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2020s
Further Comments: One employee told the local press that she would hear whispering and spot fleeting shadows when locking up at night. Snacks would occasionally fly off the wall and other items tipped over. Some people named James Martin, a nineteenth century landlord, as the responsible party.

Rocking Lady

Location: Ferndown (Dorset) - Old Thatch public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Seen in this pub on a rocking chair, this phantom elderly lady caused one former landlord to run out of the building in fear.

Flying Coke

Location: Fethard (County Tipperary) - McCarthy's public house
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 2006-2015
Further Comments: A few strange occurrences are said to have occurred here, such as doors which open and close unaided, a Coke bottle which flew through a doorway, and heavy items which move themselves in the kitchen. One barmaid claimed to have seen a man in the bar who had died two weeks previous - he tipped his hat to her before leaving the room.

Little Charlie

Location: Filey (North Yorkshire) - Yorkshire Rose public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: A twelve year old boy murdered in this building in the early 1900s is blamed whenever ashtrays jump off tables or when pictures fall off walls.

Woman

Location: Finchampstead (Berkshire) - Queen's Oak public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A phantom elderly woman is said to sit by the bar, always on the same stall. The pub appeared on the TV entertainment show 'Help! My House is Haunted', in which a demonic spirit is encountered before being removed.

Old lady in White Blouse

Location: Five Oak Green (Kent) - The Kings Head public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Friendly in nature, this lady in a black dress wears a large cameo broach. Her activities include removing lipsticks and earrings, and locking doors.

Innkeeper's Wife

Location: Flockton (West Yorkshire) - George and Dragon public house (aka Jack's Craft Ale House)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Somewhere in the deep past, the innkeeper's wife was found murdered and hanged on chains in front of the fireplace. The woman's ghost is said to remain on site.

Children

Location: Fordham (Essex) - Shoulder of Mutton public house (currently an antiques shop)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twenty-first century
Further Comments: A priest hole within this former pub is said to be haunted by two children. The same area is subject to poltergeist activity.

Cellar Dweller

Location: Forfar (Angus) - Osnaburg Bar (public house)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The entity which lurks in the cellar is said to have unnerved several members of staff.

Child

Location: Framlingham (Suffolk) - Crown & Anchor Public House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: This pub was visited by a Suffolk medium who declared it to be haunted by a young child who had moved in after being banished from a house across the road.

Footfalls

Location: Freshwater (Isle of Wight) - Red Lion public house, Church Place
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Different owners have reported the sounds of booted feet moving across the floors in the building.

Nun

Location: Galway (County Galway) - Hole in the Wall public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The ghost of a nun has been seen descending the staircase before vanishing.

Middle Aged Man

Location: Gateshead (Tyne and Wear) - Beeswing public house (no longer open), Felling
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2008
Further Comments: A middle-aged man in a waistcoat and spats would stand at the bar with an old-fashioned glass containing ale. Newcomers to the bar were said to have engaged the man in conversation, although no one else could see him. It was speculated that the man may have been connected to one of the Felling pit disasters.

Black Shape

Location: Gateshead (Tyne and Wear) - Three Tuns public house, Sheriffs Hill
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: December 2017
Further Comments: A member of staff was left in tears after being approached by a black shape. An article in the local paper claimed that there had been a hundred incidents over the years which resulted in people encountering something or leaving the site out of fear.

Tapping

Location: Gerrards Cross (Buckinghamshire) - French Horn public house (demolished 2010)
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: Pre 1965
Further Comments: On one occasion the landlord, while changing barrels in the cellar, felt a tap on his shoulder. Assuming it to be his wife, he turned around but found no one there. The poltergeist was considered not particularly vicious but quite memorable.

Young Girl with Golden Hair

Location: Glossop (Derbyshire) - Norfolk Arms public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1990s, 2020
Further Comments: One of two ghosts sighted here, the jolly spirit of a young girl with golden hair runs and plays in the bar area. She was last heard laughing in 2020. The other entity, a former coachman, was observed in two places during the 1990s - sitting in a corner near the bar and standing by the side entrance.

Pale Little Girl

Location: Gloucester (Gloucestershire) - Coach and Horses public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1997
Further Comments: A new landlord to the pub reported that he and his family had heard strange sounds, while his son had spotted a phantom little girl wearing white. The family were said to be too afraid to sleep upstairs.

Hunched Figure

Location: Gloucester (Gloucestershire) - Dick Whittington's public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2005
Further Comments: A hunched figure seen walking around the cellar was just one of the ghosts which caused the owners of this public house to call in paranormal investigators. Lights have also been seen floating over the bar, while furniture moves itself around the building. Previously, a ghostly man wearing a flat cap caused workmen to flee the building.

Flying Beer

Location: Gloucester (Gloucestershire) - New Inn public house
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: May 2010
Further Comments: CCTV in this pub recorded a pint of beer as it was 'pushed' off the table by an unseen hand, although it has been suggested that it slipped off on its own accord. The building is said to be haunted by an unknown number of children who died in a fire on site.

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.

The Griffon public house, Godshill, Isle of Wight.

Woman in Black

Location: Godshill (Isle of Wight) - Griffon public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1990s-2000s
Further Comments: Both staff and customers reported seeing a woman in black who would appear and disappear around the site. Items were also said to occasionally throw themselves off surfaces.

Headless Coachman

Location: Grafty Green (Kent) - Road past King's Head public house and old rectory
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A driver lost control of his coach and crashed into a large tree near the old rectory, killing all the passengers. The coachman lost his head in the accident. Legends say the scene repeats itself, though now it tends to be heard and not seen. A twist to this tale is that the ghost of 'Dover Bill', a local smuggler who turned King's Evidence, was said to have appeared and caused the accident in the first place.

Toilet Haunter

Location: Grasscroft (Lancashire) - Farrars Arms public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: This public house is home to a male spook that haunts the woman's bathroom area. The upper part of the building is said to be haunted by a maid who died on site.

Two Lads

Location: Gravesend (Kent) - Hearts of Oak public house (no longer standing)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Early twentieth century
Further Comments: A couple of young boys were said to haunt this pub, playing tricks and making fleeting appearances until finally disappearing once the building was taken down.

Livvy

Location: Great Urswick (Cumbria) - General Burgoyne public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2016
Further Comments: The bar manager watched a faceless girl in a white nightgown walk through the closed front door. The ghost is thought to be Livvy, who drowned in the Urswick Tarn. A skull nicknamed 'Jimmy', believed to be bad luck if touched, is kept in a cupboard that sometimes opens on its own.