Examining folkloric, paranormal & cryptozoological locations in the UK and beyond
Location: Pewsey (Wiltshire) - French Horn public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Pre-1970s
Further Comments: The ghost of a former landlord's wife is said to pop her head around the front door to check everything is okay. The sound of a baby crying would also occasionally be heard.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2009-06-14
Last updated: 2009-06-14
ID: #9518
Location: Pewsey (Wiltshire) - Fyfield Manor, the Monk's Tower
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Monk in mid twentieth century, coach unknown
Further Comments: One man was told by a gardener that a phantom monk could be heard ascending the staircase in the tower. The man went on to spend three years living in the tower and never heard a thing. Another local story states that the driveway of the building is haunted by a phantom coach and four.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2009-06-07
Last updated: 2009-06-07
ID: #9454
Nell Gwyn is said to haunt many a location.
Location: Pewsey (Wiltshire) - The Phoenix Inn (original building no longer stands)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The king's mistress would stay at the inn when the King travelled and resided in a nearby manor house. Her spirit remained until the inn was demolished.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2002-11-14
Last updated: 2002-11-14
ID: #3200
Location: Porton (Wiltshire) - Down, along an ancient track
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: September 2018
Further Comments: A witness spotted a figure in unusual clothing. The figure vanished before the witness could move closer.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2019-12-30
Last updated: 2019-12-30
ID: #13504
Location: Porton Down (Wiltshire) - Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 2016
Further Comments: While rumoured to contain either alien bodies and/or downed UAPs, the Porton Down web entry on gov.uk states 'No aliens, either alive or dead have ever been taken to Porton Down or any other Dstl site'.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2026-02-21
Last updated: 2026-02-21
ID: #16374
Location: Potterne (Wiltshire) - Porch House
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: 1963 or 1964
Further Comments: An archaeologist working on the site noticed someone sitting on a chair by the bed. She assumed it was the owner of the building, but then came across the owner downstairs. The owner investigated but found the room empty.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2009-06-07
Last updated: 2009-06-07
ID: #9442
Location: Potterne (Wiltshire) - Road near the Sandfield Farm gates
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Early twentieth century
Further Comments: A female witness watched this funeral procession, complete with coffin and mourners, pass her by on the opposite side of the road.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2009-05-31
Last updated: 2009-05-31
ID: #9389
Location: Potterne (Wiltshire) - Road near the village
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1936
Further Comments: A driver travelling to pick up his wife from a party pulled over to give a lift to a woman in a green suit standing on the roadside. She climbed into the back of the car, and as he drove away, he felt the air grow cold - the woman in green had vanished.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2009-05-31
Last updated: 2009-05-31
ID: #9393
Location: Potterne (Wiltshire) - Vicarage
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Early / mid twentieth century
Further Comments: One person staying at the vicarage reported the sounds of someone walking down to the study late at night. The only other person in the building, his father the vicar, insisted that he had not stirred during the night.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2009-06-07
Last updated: 2009-06-07
ID: #9447
Location: Poulshot (Wiltshire) - Lemon's Farm
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A woman carrying her head under one arm was said to emerge from around the farm. Her story is unknown.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2009-06-07
Last updated: 2009-06-07
ID: #9459
Location: Purton (Wiltshire) - General area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Phantom children and ghostly teenagers are said to appear and vanish without warning around the village, though this sounds suspiciously like normal teenage behaviour.
Source:
Needs Review
First added: 2008-01-08
Last updated: 2008-01-08
ID: #8144
Location: Purton (Wiltshire) - Purton Church
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: A bricked up woman's skeleton found contained within a hidden room is thought to be related to the ghostly form which haunts the church. Some believe the figure to be a murdered nun, though the truth may never be known.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2006-08-08
Last updated: 2006-08-08
ID: #6915
Location: Purton (Wiltshire) - Roads in the village
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A ghostly horseman has been heard and occasionally observed heading out of the village.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2006-08-08
Last updated: 2006-08-08
ID: #6914
Location: Purton (Wiltshire) - Watkin's Corner - between village and Purton Stoke
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Watkins Jr was hanged at the corner for murder, though a short time later his own father admitted to the crime. Now the younger Watkins haunts the area.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2004-07-11
Last updated: 2004-07-11
ID: #5248
Location: Quemerford (Wiltshire) - Pound's Mill (no longer present), Marlborough Road, and fields in the area
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Pre-First World War
Further Comments: One witness at Pound's Mill spotted a black dog with a chain hanging around its neck. The hound vanished through a closed door. The same creature is also thought to haunt other areas in the hamlet.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2009-05-31
Last updated: 2009-05-31
ID: #9363
An old woodcut of an Elizabethan gentleman.
Location: Quemerford (Wiltshire) - Road near the church
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: December 2013, 01:00h
Further Comments: A driver spotted a shadowy figure dressed in Guy Fawkes style clothing striding across the road in the early hours of the morning. The figure vanished before reaching the other side.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2014-01-06
Last updated: 2014-01-06
ID: #11478
Location: Ramsbury (Wiltshire) - Area between village and Axford
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Late nineteenth century
Further Comments: This phantom hound is said to be looking for its master who was killed while cutting down a tree. The hound's presence is denoted by the dragging of its chain.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2009-05-31
Last updated: 2009-05-31
ID: #9373
Location: Ramsbury (Wiltshire) - Church
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Midnight
Further Comments: It is reported that if anyone counts one hundred studs on the north door at midnight, Wild William Darrell will emerge.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2009-06-07
Last updated: 2009-06-07
ID: #9406
Location: Ramsbury (Wiltshire) - Elm tree in village (now replaced with an oak)
Type: Curse
Date / Time: Oak still present
Further Comments: A hollow elm tree which was killed off by Dutch elm disease was replaced with an oak. One of the reasons for the replacement was that the shade of a local witch had taken up residence in the tree, and locals were worried that she may curse the area if the elm fell.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2005-02-20
Last updated: 2005-02-20
ID: #5888
Location: Ramsbury (Wiltshire) - Old Saddlery (former furniture manufacturing business)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Circa 1964/1965, around 21:00h
Further Comments: While working alone late, one witness was surprised to hear heavy footsteps walking on the floor above. The witness investigated, but the building was devoid of life.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2011-12-30
Last updated: 2011-12-30
ID: #10651
Location: Ramsbury (Wiltshire) - Road near Hare and Hounds
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Carrying a coffin, these two headless men were said to walk close to the old Hare and Hounds pub.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2009-06-07
Last updated: 2009-06-07
ID: #9405
Location: Rodbourne Cheney (Wiltshire) - Church area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Seen moving towards the church, this spectral lady carries in her arms a small baby. She is said to be Mrs Dyer, a local woman convicted and executed for infanticide.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2004-11-25
Last updated: 2004-11-25
ID: #5638
Location: Rodbourne Cheney (Wiltshire) - Old Vicarage
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Wearing period clothing, this pathetic lady sobs as she scours the building in search of her dead baby.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2004-11-25
Last updated: 2004-11-25
ID: #5637
Location: Salisbury (Wiltshire) - Private residence, Balmoral Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1970s-1990s
Further Comments: Crying would be heard from the loft in this property, while at other times something would be heard crashing down the staircase, although nothing would ever be found. An upstairs toilet would also flush itself and on one occasion the chime of a cuckoo clock was heard, one day after the clock had been removed from the site.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2013-06-30
Last updated: 2013-06-30
ID: #11362
Location: Salisbury (Wiltshire) - Salisbury & South Wilts Golf Club
Type: Other
Date / Time: 2001
Further Comments: Four golfers emerged after sheltering from a downpour on the second hole only to find the fairway covered in Koi carp and goldfish. It was speculated that the fish were removed by strong winds or a small whirlwind from a neighbourhood pond, even though no such location was found.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2008-03-23
Last updated: 2008-03-23
ID: #8349