The Paranormal Database

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.

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.

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.

Aggie

Location: Rochester (Kent) - Nags Head public house
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A former sex worker, Aggie's ghost haunts the site where she took her own life. Her presence is normally denoted by mild poltergeist activity, although her ghost has been reported in the cellar.

Gould

Location: Rochester (Kent) - Queen Charlotte public house
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A German spy, Frederick Adolphus Gould, reputedly haunts the building, while a phantom older lady with grey hair has made the cellar her home. Speaking on LST TV, one landlord said the cellar had negative energy and dogs would become upset, while describing an upstairs spirit as 'fairly calm'.

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.

Figure with a Lamp

Location: Ross on Wye (Herefordshire) - King Charles II public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1990s
Further Comments: A photograph taken at the pub during the 1970s shows what appears to be a Victorian gentleman holding a lamp in the cellar. There have also been reports of apparitions and icy chills in the corridor above the cellar.

Old Jeffrey

Location: Rossett (Clwyd) - Golden Lion public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This ploughman was tried and executed for murder; his body nailed to a wooden board which would later be used in the construction of this pub. His ghost reportedly prefers to frequent Room 2.

Mr White

Location: Rotherham (South Yorkshire) - Cross Keys public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: A former landlord who died in the mid-twentieth century, Mr White now manifests as a dark figure in various parts of the building.

Angry Miner

Location: Rotherham (South Yorkshire) - Winter Green public house
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 2022-2023
Further Comments: A ghostly angry miner who once worked the pits under the pub is blamed for poltergeist activity in the pub and is nicknamed Derek by locals.

Mover

Location: Rothley (Leicestershire) - The Grange public house
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 1970s?
Further Comments: The enthusiastic poltergeist at work in this pub was well known to the locals.

Gregory

Location: Rothley (Leicestershire) - Woodman's Stroke public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A tall ghost nicknamed Gregory is said to bring luck to anyone who spots him in this pub.

Dog

Location: Rusthall (Kent) - Red Lion public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The pub is said to be home to a scruffy phantom hound. The entity sometimes 'sleeps' on the bar floor.

Heavy Trampling

Location: Saffron Walden (Essex) - Cross Keys public house, corner of King Street and High Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 24 December (reoccurring), 23:00h-Midnight
Further Comments: Any listener here is said to hear footsteps marching up and down a passageway. They are rumoured to belong to a soldier of Cromwell. A ghostly woman is said to haunt one of the bedrooms, and it is alleged she was Cromwell's mistress.

Flying Coin

Location: Salford (Greater Manchester) - Black Lion Public House, Chapel Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2008 (and ongoing)
Further Comments: Figures of men, women and a child have been reported in this public house, as well as disembodied voices, opening doors, furniture and glasses moving unaided, and a coin which threw itself across an empty room.

The Haunch of Venison.

Phantom Footfalls

Location: Salisbury (Wiltshire) - Haunch of Venison public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Random days between 11.30 & midnight (footfalls), white lady unknown
Further Comments: The footfalls may belong to the owner of a severed hand which was discovered behind a secret panel within the pub. This ghost is also held responsible for moving dirty glasses in the bar. The hand was stolen from the pub in March 2004. Another phantom, that of a white lady, is said to appear at windows.

Singing

Location: Samlesbury (Lancashire) - New Hall Tavern
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2014 and early 2000s
Further Comments: Filming for a paranormal documentary took place in this public house, inspired by a witness's claims that she had experienced disembodied footsteps and had heard a girl crying when staying at the building as a child.

Sandyman

Location: Sandford on Thames (Oxfordshire) - Catherine Wheel public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Dressed all in black other than a white shirt, this short phantom is thought to be a former landlord and has gained the nickname 'Sandyman'. He sometimes leans against the bar.

Figure in Great Coat

Location: Scottow (Norfolk) - Three Horseshoes public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1990s, 2000s
Further Comments: Once seen sitting in the corner of the pub, this figure is more likely to be heard walking around or blamed for turning electrical items on and off. It is thought a female entity also haunts the building, as her perfume is sometimes caught on a gust of wind, and once she was spotted on the stage area.

Well Woman

Location: Scouthead (Lancashire) - Old Original public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This female entity that haunts the building is said to have been murdered nearby and her body dumped in the pub's well.