The Paranormal Database

Father Dominique

Location: Pishill (Oxfordshire) - The Crown public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Dying while defending the name of the girl he loved, Father Dominique can be heard moving around the upper parts of the building. Some say his shadowy form with a wide brimmed hat can be seen in the corner of the bar.

The Black Horse at Pluckley.

Invisible Hand

Location: Pluckley (Kent) - Black Horse Public House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1970s onwards (pub), 1970s (house)
Further Comments: This non-alcoholic spirit moves items across the bar, tidies, and sometimes hides coats and wallets, with a particular interest in black cardigans. The site is also home to disembodied screaming. In an interview with the Evening News, a former owner of the adjoining property claimed to have seen a tall dark figure appear in the bedroom.

Tudor Maid

Location: Pluckley (Kent) - Blacksmiths Arms public house (aka Spectres Arms, aka Ghosts, aka Blacksmith's Forge tearoom), no longer open
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1995 (boy), others unknown
Further Comments: This now closed establishment changed its name a few times to cash in on its haunted reputation, with one publican blaming evil spirits for going bankrupt. A Tudor maid, a coachman (or old lady) who stood by the fireplace, and a Cavalier are named as the ghosts which made their home here, although the daughter of one owner once spotted a phantom little boy.

The Dering Arms.

Victorian Woman

Location: Pluckley (Kent) - Dering Arms public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This pub is said to be home to a phantom woman in Victorian clothing who lurks by the bar (or the window).

Murder Victim

Location: Plymouth (Devon) - Admiral MacBride public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: One story, the events of which were said to have occurred hundreds of years ago, has a woman pursued into the cellar where she was murdered. Her spirit remains. It is unknown if she is also the fleeting shadow seen in the kitchen.

Smuggler

Location: Plymouth (Devon) - Minerva public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2015
Further Comments: The Haunted Plymouth team in the local media claimed four entities haunted this pub; a smuggler, a ghostly child and two women.

Footsteps

Location: Pontefract (West Yorkshire) - Red Lion public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2007
Further Comments: Phantom figures have been reported standing behind the bar, and one manager watched a ghostly young boy walk past in the same area. Loud footsteps have been heard, while poltergeist-like activities include bangs, crashes and glasses which fly off tables.

Laurel

Location: Pontypool (Gwent) - Hanbury Arms public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 21 September 2014, 25 August 2021, 09 February 2022
Further Comments: In 2014, the Spectral Quest company reported recording the sounds of laughter and the word 'Laurel' using EVP equipment. A tall man was also caught on thermal camera and an investigator reported feeling a hand touch their leg. In 2021 the disembodied voice of a man singing within the bar area could be heard along with a girl crying in the portrait room and footsteps on the landing. A year later, a male figure was observed walking the downstairs corridor. A local legend declared the site haunted by a former executioner.

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.

Ostler

Location: Portsmouth (Hampshire) - Milton Arms public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The ostler who haunted the building fell in love with the landlord's wife and killed himself when her husband found out.

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.