The Paranormal Database

Buckingham

Location: Portsmouth (Hampshire) - Former Greyhound public house, now a private residence
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Early twentieth century?
Further Comments: The site where John Felton assassinated the Duke of Buckingham was widely believed to be haunted by the tragic figure.

Murdered People

Location: Portsmouth (Hampshire) - Site of the White Garter public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: When the White Garter was pulled down, dozens of bodies were found under the building - it is thought that a landlady and a male 'friend' murdered and stole goods from many of their guests. The ghosts of the murdered people are restless and have been seen around the public house or felt as they pull the sheets off beds.

Old Lady

Location: Potters Bar (Hertfordshire) - The Old Manor Public House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s?
Further Comments: A phantom elderly lady is said to walk through the restaurant, while the staircase in the same area is haunted by a little girl who plays there. Staff report a strange atmosphere in the area after closing.

Three Guests

Location: Prestbury (Gloucestershire) - Plough public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2013
Further Comments: A medium who visited this pub claimed there were three spirits here - a man named Jack and two women. The landlady also reported in the local press that she had experienced poltergeist activity.

Victorian Woman

Location: Preston (Lancashire) - Spindlemakers Arms public house (as of 2017, no longer open)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1980s
Further Comments: This phantom woman was said to be a former landlord's daughter involved in a sensationalist scandal.

Priest

Location: Princetown (Devon) - Prince of Wales public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This forlorn entity is said to quietly drift through the pub, and soft playing music has been reported.

Former Regular

Location: Pulham Market (Norfolk) - Crown public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The ghost of a former regular is said to still sit in his favourite corner, the occasional whiff of tobacco indicating his presence.

Man with Pointed Beard

Location: Pulloxhill (Bedfordshire) - Cross Keys public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s?
Further Comments: Several entities reputedly haunt this pub, including a cavalier with a pointed beard and large plumed hat, a woman in grey, and a landlord who worked here during the 1930s.

Old Man with a Stick

Location: Purley (Surrey) - Royal Oak public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Believed to be the ghost of a timber yard owner, this friendly old man moves across the lounge with the aid of a walking stick before vanishing through a wall.

Folder

Location: Radcliffe on Trent (Nottinghamshire) - Manvers Arms public house
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Rumoured to have been used as a temporary mortuary by the church, this pub is home to a poltergeist that moves beer barrels, folds clothing. and smashes glasses.

School Girl

Location: Rainford (Lancashire) - Golden Lion public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This public house is reportedly haunted by a teenage girl, raped and murdered by her headmaster just outside the building. A phantom soldier has also been reported, the son of a landlord who died during a world war.

Three

Location: Ravenstonedale (Cumbria) - Kings Head public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Early 2000s
Further Comments: The pub was said to be haunted by three 'friendly' ghosts, although it is not known whether the entities have been encountered since the building closed and reopened a couple of years later.

Legs

Location: Rawtenstall (Lancashire) - Craven Heifer public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 26 December 2015
Further Comments: A photograph taken by the landlord in the cellar after it flooded reportedly showed a pair of child's legs, the owner of which could not be accounted for. Taps are also said to turn themselves on.

Pregnant Girl in Dark Dress

Location: Rayleigh (Essex) - Rayleigh Lodge public house and nearby pond
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1970s
Further Comments: A local girl had an affair with the Lord of the Manor. After falling pregnant, the girl drowned herself in a pond opposite the pub. Her ghost, wearing a dark dress, may have last been seen in the 1970s. Other reports from the pub include a pink mist, a phantom dog, and a former customer,

Woman with Long Hair

Location: Rayne (Essex) - Shalford Road, near The Swan Public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 18 September 2014
Further Comments: Three people in a car spotted a woman with long black hair and a pale face standing by the roadside. She wore purple trousers and a ragged yellow shirt. One of the witnesses speculated that the figure was that of the ghost said to haunt the nearby public house.

Weaving Woman

Location: Rayne (Essex) - The Swan public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A suicide victim, this woman hanged herself in the back of this pub.

Nell Gwynne

Location: Redbourne (Lincolnshire) - Red Lion public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: It is almost as if every site Nell Gwynne ever visited is haunted by her. Just saying.

Lanky Woman

Location: Redord (Hampshire) - Plough public house (no longer standing)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This grinning character would suddenly appear behind anyone new in the pub, before vanishing just as quick.

Mary Blandy

Location: Remenham (Berkshire) - Little Angel public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Hanged for poisoning her father to prevent him from objecting to her marriage, Mary is sometimes seen around the pub where she fled.

Nurse

Location: Riseley (Bedfordshire) - Fox and Hounds public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A nurse knocked over and killed by a coach near to the pub was taken here after the accident. Her spirit is thought to remain and is held accountable for phantom footsteps and flicking of light switches.

Betty

Location: Rochdale (Greater Manchester) - Owd Betts public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Betty, or 'Owd Betts, was the landlady at the pub during the mid-nineteenth century. After her death it was believed that she remained on the site, occasionally heard walking around the site while looking out for bar staff.

Smiling Old Man

Location: Rochester (Kent) - George public house, High Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The cellar was once a church crypt and within a small man (sometimes identified as a monk) has been observed.

Grey Monk

Location: Rochester (Kent) - Cooper's Arms public house, St Margaret's Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Once a year in November, late at night (reoccurring)
Further Comments: Bricked up alive for a long forgotten sin, this misty monk emerges from the wall behind the bar in this ancient building that once was a priory.

Alice Lisle public house, Rockford.

Alice Lisle

Location: Rockford (Hampshire) - Area around Alice Lisle public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Alice Lisle was the last woman to be executed by decapitation, at the hands of Judge Jeffreys. Her ghost rides around the area in a driverless coach, pulled by headless horses.

Grey Shadowy Girl

Location: Rodmell (Sussex) - Abergavenny Arms public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1990s
Further Comments: Appearing in front of the fireplace and in the men's toilet, this fleeting female form is also blamed for ringing the 'last orders' bells in the early hours of the morning.