Pub Ghosts, Folklore and Forteana
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Location: SE18 (Greater London) - Fort Tavern, Sandy Hill Road, Woolwich
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Footsteps have been heard many times in this drinking establishment, and the occasional strange fleeting shadow seen.
First added: 2002-11-16 | Last updated: 2002-11-16 | ID #3219
Girl in the Basement
Location: SE19 (Greater London) - White Hart public house, Crystal Palace
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2009 (story reported in national press, but no sighting details)
Further Comments: A little room in the basement, its constructed purpose unknown, is said to be the haunt of a little girl.
First added: 2009-04-04 | Last updated: 2009-04-04 | ID #9154
Singing Lady
Location: SE4 (Greater London) - Brockley Jack public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: The building appeared on the television programme 'Whines and Spirits', where it was said the pub ghosts included a small child on the back stairs, a singing lady in the attic, and a figure in the cellar. Objects moved and a front door reportedly locked and bolted itself.
First added: 2026-01-03 | Last updated: 2026-01-03 | ID #16271
Woman
Location: Sevenoaks (Kent) - Chequers public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This inn is home to a female phantom who watched her son's execution from an upstairs window. Her wails are said to be occasionally heard.
First added: 2008-10-05 | Last updated: 2008-10-05 | ID #9007
Lady in Victorian Clothes
Location: Shardlow (Derbyshire) - The Lady in Grey public house, Wilne Lane
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Mid 1960s
Further Comments: Rumoured to haunt the pub, the lady in the pub's name has been seen or felt as she pushes past those in her way. One businessman staying on the site said he had watched a phantom lady enter his room just before dawn. When he mentioned it to the landlord, he was told, 'Why do you think this place is called The Lady in Grey?!'.
First added: 2002-10-12 | Last updated: 2002-10-12 | ID #2603
Lavender Lady
Location: Sheepscombe (Gloucestershire) - Butchers Arms public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The pub and the surrounding area are haunted by a woman dressed in lavender or mauve coloured clothing. She is thought to be the woman responsible for closing several local pubs at the start of the nineteenth century.
First added: 2008-04-01 | Last updated: 2008-04-01 | ID #8384
Lights
Location: Sheffield (South Yorkshire) - Captive Queen public house (now closed)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Floating lights and strange figures were said to have been seen in this building when it was a pub. Another local legend says that it was an entrance to a nest of secret underground tunnels used by Mary Queen of Scots.
First added: 2018-10-05 | Last updated: 2018-10-05 | ID #12990
Colonel John Bright
Location: Sheffield (South Yorkshire) - Carbrook Hall public house (as of late 2019, a coffee shop)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A close friend and ally of Cromwell, the well-built ghost of Colonel Bright has been observed standing at the top of the stairs. Other ghosts reported here include the sounds of children, an elderly woman from the 1920s, a phantom Roundhead, a monk, and another shadowy figure who throws items around the bar.
First added: 2004-11-13 | Last updated: 2004-11-13 | ID #5541
Peering Face
Location: Sheffield (South Yorkshire) - Industry public house, Darnall
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1997
Further Comments: When the Sheffield Paranormal Society carried out a vigil of this property, photographs were taken inside the back room. When they came back from being developed, a face could be seen peering through a window, even though nothing was seen at the time.
First added: 2012-07-17 | Last updated: 2012-07-17 | ID #10988
Highwayman
Location: Sheffield (South Yorkshire) - Mail Coach public house, 149 West Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1984
Further Comments: Wearing the clothing of a robber, this figure was seen lurking in the shadows prior to mysteriously disappearing.
First added: 2002-12-04 | Last updated: 2002-12-04 | ID #3237
White Figure
Location: Sheffield (South Yorkshire) - Manor Castle public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1983
Further Comments: The landlord of this public house moved out after only three weeks, claiming that his child and pets had been constantly upset by a white human form.
First added: 2002-12-04 | Last updated: 2002-12-04 | ID #3238
Beer Drinker
Location: Sheffield (South Yorkshire) - Old Queen's Head public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Seen and felt sitting by the stone fireplace, the phantom of an aging patron firmly holding his jugs of beer still returns to the oldest pub in Sheffield. A ghostly child is also said to pull people's hair.
First added: 2004-11-13 | Last updated: 2025-02-22 | ID #5542
Horse and Cart
Location: Sheffield (South Yorkshire) - The Crofts public house, Mosborough
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1980s?
Further Comments: This phantom horse and cart would be seen in the car park and were frequently mistaken as being 'real'. When a pond on the grounds was filled in, the apparition never returned.
First added: 2006-04-15 | Last updated: 2006-04-15 | ID #6825
Sobbing Woman
Location: Sheffield (South Yorkshire) - Three Tuns public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Heard but never seen, this crying woman may also haunt the cellar - it is said that no animal has the courage to have gone down. Patrons have reported being prodded by an unseen finger.
First added: 2006-04-15 | Last updated: 2006-04-15 | ID #6823
Dark Figure
Location: Sheffield (South Yorkshire) - Ye Olde Harrow public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: December 1994 - February 2001, and late 1970s
Further Comments: A former tenant reported several strange experiences during their time in this pub, including encountering a dark figure, doors which closed themselves and items which disappeared and reappeared up to a month later. A former occupier of the site remembered the shadow and closing doors from the 1970s.
First added: 2012-02-12 | Last updated: 2012-02-12 | ID #10702
Giles Cannard
Location: Shepton Mallet (Somerset) - Area of Cannard's Grave public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Giles took his own life to escape arrest for sheep stealing (or forgery or robbery, depending on the story); as many suicides in this day, he was buried at a crossroads with a stake through his heart to prevent his return. This preventive measure failed, and now his ghost reportedly walks the area.
First added: 2002-07-18 | Last updated: 2002-07-18 | ID #1812
Oswald
Location: Shifnal (Shropshire) - Jerningham Arms public house (no longer operational)
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: Pre-1950
Further Comments: Two guests claimed to have been tossed out of bed by unseen hands while staying in the 'Pink Room', and the landlord heard footsteps emerging from the same room while empty. It was suggested that this entity and the one which haunted the nearby vicarage were the same presence.
First added: 2023-10-27 | Last updated: 2023-10-27 | ID #15136
Monk
Location: Shrewsbury (Shropshire) - Dun Cow public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1980
Further Comments: Seen in the pub by the wife of the landlord, this phantom monk was said to have bright colours speckled over his habit. A Dutch officer is also rumoured to haunt the building.
First added: 2002-11-12 | Last updated: 2002-11-12 | ID #3145
Lady Sarah
Location: Shrewsbury (Shropshire) - Hole in the Wall public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Appearing during the dead of night, this female phantom walks through the bar area before vanishing.
First added: 2004-08-22 | Last updated: 2004-08-22 | ID #5379
Eerie Sounds
Location: Shrewsbury (Shropshire) - Nag's Head public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: While the haunting entities have yet to be seen, the combined sounds of crying, moaning and footsteps are said to be enough to unnerve the bravest of souls.
First added: 2002-11-12 | Last updated: 2002-11-12 | ID #3143
Sir Robert Earnley
Location: Sidlesham (Sussex) - Crab & Lobster public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Sir Robert Earnley was killed by a gang of Cromwell's soldiers, his dying breath coming from inside the pub after he managed to drag himself there. His tall, proudly uniformed ghost is now seen prior to dawn, though has also been seen once lying on the floor in a pool of blood.
First added: 2002-07-22 | Last updated: 2002-07-22 | ID #1948
Elizabeth Grey
Location: Silsoe (Bedfordshire) - Old George public house, High Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1950s?
Further Comments: Lady Elizabeth Grey was drowned in a coaching accident down the road from this public house. She had been using the building as a hideout while escaping her father who had prevented her marriage to the man she loved. Her grey form was reported several times by the landlady.
First added: 2004-09-17 | Last updated: 2004-09-17 | ID #5452
Silent Woman
Location: Slaithwaite (West Yorkshire) - Silent Woman public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The pub is named after the headless ghost that resides between the canal and a viaduct that carries the railway.
First added: 2002-11-07 | Last updated: 2002-11-07 | ID #3043
Elizabeth Davis
Location: Sling (Gloucestershire) - Miners Arms public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth / early twenty-first century
Further Comments: Formally known as Old Nell, this ghost had a name change after being identified as a landlady from the 1880s. She is described as friendly and enjoys moving items around the building.
First added: 2005-09-14 | Last updated: 2005-09-14 | ID #6560
Lady
Location: Smalley (Derbyshire) - Former Old Nag's Head public house (closed)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: November 2013
Further Comments: Walking past this derelict site, a witness spotted a female figure standing by the window who vanished soon after.
First added: 2015-06-17 | Last updated: 2015-06-17 | ID #11834
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