South Yorkshire Ghosts, Folklore and Forteana
Naked Man
Location: Sheffield - Area around Burngreave Cemetery
Type: Other
Date / Time: 28 October 1933
Further Comments: Two witnesses spotted a naked man run past them in the rain, heading in the direction of the cemetery. The police were summoned but were unable to find either the man or any footprints in the mud of the cemetery, leading to a rumour that the figure may have been a ghost.
First added: 2025-09-10 | Last updated: 2025-09-10 | ID #16072
Gabriel Hounds
Location: Sheffield - Area around parish church
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: These hounds are said to have the faces of men, and have been heard passing the church on dark, still nights.
First added: 2002-10-27 | Last updated: 2002-10-27 | ID #2833
Former Maid
Location: Sheffield - Ashdell Grove house, Westbourne Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth century
Further Comments: This building is reportedly haunted by a maid who committed suicide after her secret lover, a local policeman, left her. Her pacing has been heard down a corridor, and she also moves items around in the building's offices. The figure of a middle aged man has also been seen.
First added: 2002-10-16 | Last updated: 2002-10-16 | ID #2626
Pregnant Girl
Location: Sheffield - Ball Inn, Darnall (no longer operating)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: This thin, grey ghost is said to be a member of staff who committed suicide at the inn when she discovered she was with child. She walks the upstairs corridors, while in other parts of the building, strange noises are heard in the night and well secured shelves fall without warning.
First added: 2006-02-26 | Last updated: 2024-02-10 | ID #6751
Apprentice
Location: Sheffield - Barker's Pool
Type: Other
Date / Time: 1875
Further Comments: Around a thousand people assembled on the street to watch a glowing figure, named as the ghost of an apprentice, in the window of a building. A police officer pointed out that the 'entity' resembled a light being reflected in a window moving in the wind. Once the window had been secured, the ghost could no longer be seen.
First added: 2021-05-29 | Last updated: 2021-05-29 | ID #14217
White Lady
Location: Sheffield - Beauchief Abbey and Hall
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This traditional white figure supposedly haunts the grounds of both the hall and the abbey. The latter location is also the home to a spectral monk.
First added: 2002-10-17 | Last updated: 2002-10-17 | ID #2674
Black Figure
Location: Sheffield - Birley Woods and Golf Course
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Circa 2011
Further Comments: A local lad's grandfather told him that a wispy black figure in a cloak and hood was trapped in the wood and had been for hundreds of years. After the grandfather died, one of the lad's friends confided that he had encountered the figure while out in the woods.
First added: 2015-05-16 | Last updated: 2015-05-16 | ID #11811
Boggards
Location: Sheffield - Boggard Lane, Oughtibridge
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This lane is said to be named after the entities which live (or lived) down there. A private house along the lane is also said to be haunted by a phantom woodworker.
First added: 2006-04-15 | Last updated: 2006-04-15 | ID #6827
White Woman
Location: Sheffield - Bowshaw House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Wearing a flowing dress, this pale spirit has occasionally been reported.
First added: 2006-04-15 | Last updated: 2006-04-15 | ID #6834
Broken Necked Lovers
Location: Sheffield - Bunting Nook
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A pair of eloping lovers were thrown off their horse down this lane - the fall broke both their necks. They now haunt this area where no bird is said to sing.
First added: 2005-06-19 | Last updated: 2005-06-19 | ID #6368
Saucer Eyed Dog
Location: Sheffield - Bunting Nook, Graves Park
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: 2012?
Further Comments: This creature, with its unusually large eyes, has been known to turn itself into mist if threatened. A ghost hunter in the area reported to have spoken to a couple who witnessed a large black dog appear out of nowhere as they travelled down the lane.
First added: 2002-10-17 | Last updated: 2002-10-17 | ID #2720
Lights
Location: Sheffield - 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 - 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
Riot
Location: Sheffield - Cholera Monument Grounds
Type: Other
Date / Time: May 1873
Further Comments: Around two thousand men and young boys gathered at this site after a rumour started a ghost had been seen (although the local press declared the entity was really a 'young fellow of weak intellect'). Neighbours complained, the police arrived, scuffles occurred, no ghost appeared, and people went home. Rumours of a ghostly figure in the area continued throughout the rest of the month.
First added: 2021-05-31 | Last updated: 2021-05-31 | ID #14218
Rings
Location: Sheffield - Dead Man's Lane (aka Dead Lane), Ecclesall (lane may have been renamed, but in Greystones area)
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Nineteenth century?
Further Comments: An overgrown lane in the village (now a Sheffield suburb) was said to be home to fairies, with distinct fairy circles spotted in the grass. A headless woman also haunted the lane.
First added: 2021-05-25 | Last updated: 2021-05-25 | ID #14196
Pilot?
Location: Sheffield - Endcliffe Park
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late 1990s, around February
Further Comments: A man spotted a figure wearing a flying jacket and scarf walking across the foggy, open playing fields. While walking towards the witness, the figure suddenly vanished.
First added: 2009-12-27 | Last updated: 2009-12-27 | ID #9727
Large Cat
Location: Sheffield - Field near Wales Bar Petrol Station, now a golf course
Type: ABC
Date / Time: 1987 or 1988
Further Comments: While crossing a field of sheep, a group of friends watched a large, cat-shaped creature amongst the sheep. The creature spotted the group and crouched, resulting in the friends fleeing the area.
First added: 2012-04-08 | Last updated: 2012-04-08 | ID #10835
Tunnel
Location: Sheffield - Norton Church
Type: Other
Date / Time: Treasure unknown, woman in 1840
Further Comments: A secret tunnel containing a box of treasure was said to connect the church to Beauchief Abbey. The box could only be removed by a white horse wearing shoes which faced the wrong way. The horse would have to approach the treasure tail first and could only drag the box out using rope tied around its head. In 1840 a ghostly woman was spotted watching the parish clerk play the organ at dusk - the clerk and his apprentice fled and vowed never to play the organ in the evening again.
First added: 2021-05-20 | Last updated: 2021-05-20 | ID #14185
Fireman
Location: Sheffield - Old Fire Station
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Perhaps unsurprisingly, the male entity said to haunt this building is named as a former fireman.
First added: 2015-01-04 | Last updated: 2015-01-04 | ID #11694
Beer Drinker
Location: Sheffield - 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
Crossing the Road
Location: Sheffield - Packman Lane
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s?
Further Comments: A local story says that a figure or ball of light can be seen crossing the road, although some believe that it is an optical illusion caused by environmental effects.
First added: 2015-12-05 | Last updated: 2015-12-05 | ID #11991
Smoker
Location: Sheffield - Private house in Swallownest area
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This poltergeist would hide and move objects, blow light bulbs, stack cigarette butts, and create the smell of pipe smoke. A phantom black dog was also seen by a child on the site.
First added: 2006-04-15 | Last updated: 2006-04-15 | ID #6824
No Head
Location: Sheffield - Private residence along Townhead Road, Dore
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1960s?
Further Comments: A 23 year old woman encountered a phantom woman floating slightly above the floor of her home. The witness said that the entity wore a green Elizabethan style dress, had beautiful hands, and while the base of the neck appeared solid, the top had faded to nothing and the entity had no head. When Dore stood as a village, rather than a Sheffield suburb, the area was believed to be haunted by a young girl upon a white horse.
First added: 2007-04-28 | Last updated: 2007-04-28 | ID #7335
Man in a Mask
Location: Sheffield - Private residence, Brushes Estate
Type: Post-Mortem Manifestation
Date / Time: 09 December 2011, 20:07h
Further Comments: A child told his father that he had seen a black man in a mask at the door of the living room. A few hours later the child's Jamaican grandfather died in hospital, wearing a face mask.
First added: 2012-04-08 | Last updated: 2012-04-08 | ID #10834
Sitting Man
Location: Sheffield - Private residence, Crookes Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Spring 2006
Further Comments: A resident reported seeing a phantom man sitting in a chair that was not there and a woman would walk up to the attic bedroom. After experiencing poltergeist activity in the bathroom, the witness shouted out in frustration - the haunting ceased after the witness's outburst.
First added: 2012-05-07 | Last updated: 2012-05-07 | ID #10886
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