The Paranormal Database

Echoing Footfalls

Location: Monkton Farleigh (Wiltshire) - King's Arms public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: These footsteps, associated with long dead feet, have been reported moving around the building. One group of people in the bar heard the swooping of wings close above them, though no birds could be seen. The pub is also haunted by the sounds of a wailing woman, said to cry on the anniversary of her death, caused when her runaway coach smashed into a wall of the building.

The Press-Ganged

Location: Morecambe (Lancashire) - Golden Ball public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This site is said to have been a popular place to press-gang sailors and is still home to phantoms who object to being forced to sea.

Sword

Location: Morecombelake (Dorset) - Five Bells public house
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Still present?
Further Comments: A sword hanging in the cupboard here was said to prevent a haunting - if the sword were removed, the ghost or ghosts would return.

Horse & Cart

Location: Mosbrough (South Yorkshire) - The Crofts public house, road leading to
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1980s
Further Comments: Patrons of this pub reported seeing a ghostly cart being pulled by a horse, in turn being led by a farmer. The apparition would disappear at a nearby pond.

EVP

Location: Motherwell (Lanarkshire) - Burns Tavern
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: May 2009
Further Comments: This site was investigated by Spirit Finders Scotland in 2009. The group recorded EVP and picked up EMF readings when they asked the entity to flash the lights to answer yes/no questions.

Lavina

Location: Mulbarton (Norfolk) - World's End public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Lavina, a former barmaid, was said to have been murdered after refusing his advances. Even though the crime happened over two hundred years ago, the room where the murder occurred remains sealed.

The Rose & Crown Pub at Mundy Bois.

Moving Items

Location: Mundy Bois (Kent) - Rose & Crown public house
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 1975 - 1978
Further Comments: Publican Mrs Motley wrote to a local paper to say while she did not think they had a poltergeist, small items would be constantly moved without reason around the site.

Young Girl

Location: N1 (Greater London) - Old Queen's Head public house, Essex Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century sightings, running sounds occur on first Sunday of the month
Further Comments: This young girl has been heard running around the upper part of the pub and has pushed against at least one member of staff. Other reports exist of an unknown woman in Tudor dress seen drifting around the site, and gentle moaning coming from the upper part of the house.

Mother Marnes

Location: N6 (Greater London) - Ye Olde Gatehouse public house, Highgate
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown (Marnes), 2012 (Bacon)
Further Comments: Murdered many moons ago for her money, Mother Marnes now meanders around the building with her pet cat. A ghost hunting team claimed to have contacted Francis Bacon (philosopher, not painter) in the basement during an investigation.

Former Maid

Location: N6 (Greater London) - Flask public house, Highgate
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: This long dead woman is reported to haunt the main bar area, creating cold spots and gently stroking the back of patrons' necks.

Videoed Shade

Location: Neath (West Glamorgan) - Duke of Wellington public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1993
Further Comments: A misty male figure caught on CCTV in the pub could be seen entering through a door that swings open.

Bryn

Location: Neath (West Glamorgan) - The Greyhound public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: A former drinker at the pub, Bryn has returned several years after he died. The cellar is said to be haunted by a more sinister entity, though details are fleeting.

Robert Adams

Location: Nelson (Lancashire) - Engineers' Arms public house (no longer open)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Circa April 1905
Further Comments: After landlord Robert Adams died, his phantom returned. He would be seen drinking behind the bar through a window, although when the new landlord turned up to investigate, the ghost disappeared upstairs and created a great deal of noise.

Humphrey Kynaston

Location: Nesscliffe (Shropshire) - Old Three Pigeons public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Wild Humphrey Kynaston, a local highwayman who robbed the rich to give to the poor, is said to haunt the building where his chair remains.

POWs

Location: Netherfield (Nottinghamshire) - Railway track behind Jackie Bells public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2005
Further Comments: A CCTV system at the pub was said to have picked up the sounds of German prisoners of war singing, the sound coming from the area of the railway line. The track was once used to transport POWs, and the area beyond the pub was a holding area. The ghostly figure of a man has also been observed walking along the track, vanishing without warning.

Stomper

Location: Newark (Nottinghamshire) - Old Kings Arms public house
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 2000s?
Further Comments: This poltergeist opens and slams doors, moves furniture around and creates stomping noises.

Lady Ossington

Location: Newark (Nottinghamshire) - Ossington Coffee Tavern
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Circa 1980
Further Comments: The coffee shop was constructed by Lady Ossington as a temperance tavern. Opening in 1882, the building failed to attract a crowd and soon became a hotel, but remained alcohol free. It is said that when alcohol was finally sold on the site, a portrait of Lady Ossington would leap off the wall in protest.

Piano

Location: Newark (Nottinghamshire) - Spread Eagle public house (ceased operation in 1968)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Pre-1968
Further Comments: The family running this venue were awoken by the sound of the piano playing downstairs. Fearing an intruder, they investigated - opening the locked door to the room where the piano stood, the music suddenly ceased, and no one could be found. The building was also home to disembodied footsteps.

Hanged Man

Location: Newark (Nottinghamshire) - White Hart public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This pub was said to be home to the ghost of a man hanged for a forgotten crime close by.

Grey Lady

Location: Newark (Nottinghamshire) - Woolpack public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This phantom grey woman is said to haunt the bar area.

Footsteps

Location: Newbold (Derbyshire) - Nag's Head public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1960
Further Comments: Heard by the landlord and his family, these phantom footsteps were described as quick and heavy.

Hair Puller

Location: Newbury (Berkshire) - Jack O'Newbury public house (was known as The Catherine Wheel)
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: Twenty-first century
Further Comments: The phantom at work in this pub is said to pull hair, unlock doors and move items around. CCTV footage from February 2011 shows two glasses falling from a shelf without human aid.

Henry Hardwick

Location: Newcastle upon Tyne (Tyne and Wear) - The Cooperage public house, alleyways near the building
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Trying to escape pressgangers, Hardwick was murdered, and has been seen near to where he died. A man dressed in Edwardian garb has also been seen in the area.

Longhaired Man

Location: Newcastle upon Tyne (Tyne and Wear) - Unnamed public house along Westgate Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1974
Further Comments: This ghostly figure wearing a red coat walked through a barman closing the bar.

Woman's Voice

Location: Newcastle upon Tyne (Tyne and Wear) - Blackie Boy public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: A woman's voice was heard screaming 'Get out! Get Out!' from an empty cubicle in the men's toilets, causing a member of staff in the room to flee.