The Paranormal Database

A female ghost was spotted here in the 1960s.

Box Carriage

Location: A31 (Surrey) - Hogs Back, Guildford bound. 1 mile Northeast of Tongham junction
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: 08 January 2007, 22:40h, and 1960s (around 03:00h)
Further Comments: Travelling home in 2007, a driver watched a horse drawn box carriage cross the road around 100 metres in front of him. The witness reported that he could not make out too many details as it was raining hard, though he was able to see a dim lantern towards the front of the carriage. As the driver reached the spot where he had seen the vehicle pass, he realised there was no side road where the coach and horses could have crossed. Another witness in the 1960s spotted a female figure with long hair, wearing a white dress, standing by the roadside. The witness stopped to see if she was lost or needed a lift, but she had vanished. Mentioning the encounter to a work colleague the following day, the colleague described the figure which was encountered and said the area was haunted.

White Lady

Location: Aberdeen (Aberdeenshire) - Ardoe House Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1990?
Further Comments: The daughter of a previous owner, this shade is thought to have returned after the girl's suicide. She is said to walk down the staircase dressed in nightwear.

White Lady

Location: Abergavenny (Gwent) - Llanvihangel Court
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This pallid woman is said to leave the house at midnight and walk into a nearby wood. The White Room is said to be haunted by a little man with green eyes. It is not known for sure whether these ghosts are connected to a series of dark stains on the staircases of the building.

Coloured Women

Location: Abergele (Clwyd) - Gwrych Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1950s
Further Comments: This castle is haunted by both a white woman and a lady in red, the latter thought to have been killed during a fox hunt, while the former returned after being buried in unconsecrated ground. Another story says that the white woman was the former owner of the castle (Winifred Cochrane, Countess of Dundonald) who returned after her bitter husband, written out of her will, purchased the site and destroyed the contents.

Shrouded Woman, public domain.

White Lady

Location: Aberhafesp (Powys) - Aberhafesp Hall
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The phantom white woman is said to make her way from the nearby church to a door on the east side of the hall.

A photograph of Acton Burnell Castle, copyright 2006 Lawson Clout.

Girl in White Lace

Location: Acton Burnell (Shropshire) - Acton Burnell Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2004
Further Comments: A ghostly girl dressed in white lace is said to haunt this ruined site. A student managed to photograph a strange misty 'face' in 2004 and reported hearing scratching noises. (Image copyright 2006 Lawson Clout)

Lady in White

Location: Alcester (Warwickshire) - Ragley Hall
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Midnight
Further Comments: A woman in white is said to appear at midnight, sit for a while, and move off to a nearby stream to drink.

Woman in White

Location: Allington (Wiltshire) - Road to Horton, near Tan Hill
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 30 October 1904
Further Comments: Seen by two lay preachers driving a horse and trap, this phantom was mistaken for a real woman as she walked towards them in the rain. They could see she had auburn hair and a beautiful face, before she vanished without trace.

Burnt Dog

Location: Alton (Hampshire) - Crown Hotel, High Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Mid 1990s
Further Comments: A phantom dog reportedly haunts the hotel, where it was kicked to death by a drunken customer. Some say that a white (or grey) woman also glides around inside the building; the girl was a kitchen maid murdered in the hotel. Finally, the ghost of an old man haunts room number three.

A phantom white lady.

White Lady

Location: Altrincham (Greater Manchester) - Ashley Hall (no longer standing)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This flitting entity was seen several times in a particular room of the hall, her large black eyes staring into the empty space ahead. The room was sealed up as the haunting presence was so strong.

Woman in White

Location: Annagh (County Cork) - Unstated property
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1927
Further Comments: While camping close to this property, one traveller awoke to see a white female form standing at a gate. He woke one of his friends who also observed the ghostly figure. The following day the travellers moved on and never returned (special thanks to the Churchtown Village Renewal Trust, from their 'The Annals of Churchtown').

White Lady

Location: Annesley (Nottinghamshire) - Annesley Hall
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1970, 25 September 2012 and 10 October 2012
Further Comments: Dying in childbirth, this mistress of a former owner still walks the walls. The ghost, or perhaps another, was seen in 1970 as it crossed the road outside the hall; the driver of a car drove straight through the figure. In October 2012, one team of ghost hunters recorded laughter in the stable when the area was empty - the area is reputed to be the location where a serving girl hanged herself - while another team in September spotted a black dog.

Woman in White

Location: Armagh (County Armagh) - Armagh Gaol
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: August 2010
Further Comments: During a fashion shoot in this former prison, studio photographer Alan Wells caught a strange white female apparition in the background of one of his images.

Swimming Horseman

Location: Ashford (Kent) - Eastwell Park and Manor House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 20 June - Horseman seen (reoccurring)
Further Comments: Riding towards the park house, this phantom horseman veers off at the last minute and enters the nearby lake. A white lady haunts the house itself, seen by porters on the night shift. In the seventeenth century, the Earl of Winchelsea cut down several oak trees, bestowing a curse on his family which took the life of his wife and son shortly after.

Gliding Lady

Location: Ashford (Kent) - Repton Manor
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1940s
Further Comments: The phantom white lady here was reportedly seen by soldiers using the building during the Second World War and was thought to be the murdered wife of a former owner. Within the manor she would ascend the staircase holding a candle, while one person who observed her outside said she had no feet and had drifted across a nearby field. The kitchen area was also reputedly haunted by a ghostly monk.

White Woman

Location: Ashmore (Dorset) - Ashmore - area between Washer's Pit and Spinney's Pond
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A local story says that a woman hanged over the pit was saved by a washer woman. This did not prevent the woman's ghost from returning to the area when she later died.

Avebury Manor, Wiltshire.

White Lady

Location: Avebury (Wiltshire) - Avebury Manor
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A white lady drifts around the grounds of the manor and sometimes the nearby henge and stone circles. The phantom woman's face is covered by a large hood. The inside of the manor house is said to be haunted by several other entities. One spirit would scatter rose petals across the floor of the Crimson Room, and a phantom monk was once spotted in the library. A ghostly Cavalier also occasionally makes an appearance.

Lady in White

Location: Avebury (Wiltshire) - Footpath by Trusloe Manor
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Mid twentieth century?
Further Comments: A government worker walking from Avebury Manor reported encountering a ghostly woman in white lace and a white hood at an iron gate close to Truslow. The witness said the woman appeared from nowhere, took his shoulders, and spun him around before pushing him away.

Tabby Cat

Location: Axbridge (Somerset) - King John's Hunting Lodge
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1970s
Further Comments: This feline apparition has been observed padding around on the first floor, vanishing when it sits down. A white Elizabethan lady is also reported to haunt the same floor, seen sitting in a chair.

White Lady

Location: Aycliffe (Durham) - A167 north of town
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth century, though sightings may go back to eighteenth century
Further Comments: While the clothing of the woman varies (from wearing a raincoat to a wedding dress), the figure is always white. In true 'phantom hitchhiker' style, the woman had been picked up by passing drivers, only to vanish a few miles down the road.

White Lady

Location: Aylmerton (Norfolk) - Circular Hollows (local name Shrieking Pits)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1700s onwards
Further Comments: The White Lady has been observed looking into each pit, crying out in pity. Her origin is unknown, but she could just be a story concocted by local smugglers. The sound of the screams heard in the pits, which local folklore attributes to the woman's phantom, is more likely to be the wind.

White Woman

Location: Ballincollig (County Cork) - Oriel Lodge
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Pre-1930s
Further Comments: A husband and wife encountered a white female phantom standing by the kitchen door, after which they had their bed covers pulled from them by an unseen hand on three consecutive nights.

White Woman

Location: Ballygarvan (County Cork) - Small bridge over a stream
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A small bridge over a stream near Ballygarvan was home to a white woman. After appearing to one man who fell critically ill the following day, a priest went to the site and banished her.

White Lady

Location: Barnsdale Forest (Yorkshire) - Robin Hood's Grave
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth century
Further Comments: The area around the site thought to be Robin Hood's final resting place (one of them!) is said to be haunted by a white lady who drifts around the area.

Phantom lady in white.

White Woman

Location: Barthomley (Cheshire) - Church field
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A lady in white haunts this field, while the road nearby is home to a phantom dog.