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Do you dare explore Battle Abbey in the dark this Halloween? Join their storytellers as they guide you on a journey through the past. With tales of ghosts, supernatural sightings and horrors from history. Don't forget to bring a torch – things are going to get dark... These tours are suitable for those aged 16-plus. Tours are at 6pm, 7.15pm and 8.30pm. Nevertheless, the police returned with him to the scene, and sure enough, the search proved fruitless. Ian Sharpe later described it as the most terrifying experience of his life.

Hundreds of cars had to be abandoned on Blue Bell Hill and Detling Hill as snow lashed the north of Kent, just when people thought the county had escaped the worst.As described in Ghosthunter Walks in Kent, Lady Blanche appears hundreds of years after her death with her long hair fluttering in the breeze. Most people are aware that Anne Boleyn was beheaded in 1536 after her husband grew tired of her, but few are familiar with the stories of her ghost haunting the place of her birth. Seasonal fun with a children's Halloween party. Music, fun and games - even a spookiest fancy-dress competition. The chefs will also be preparing a ghoulish menu, with devilish food and drink available from the café from 4-7pm. And to balance any 'scariness’, the adorable resident alpacas, Nuzzle and Scratch, will make an appearance. Although it remained armed, Deal Castle was adapted by Sir John Norris and Lord Carrington during the 18th and 19th centuries to form a more suitable private house for the castle's captain, which was an honorary position. Home to numerous ghosts, the most famous to haunt Kent's most impressive castle is that of a headless drummer boy from Napoleonic times.

This was to guard the high ground northeast of the strategic port of Dover, just north of Dover Castle. Interestingly, despite the fact that the ex-Archbishop's head was buried in a different place from his body, he does not appear as a headless ghost.On August 19 1971, another twist in the tale came when the Hull Daily Mail ran an article from the Home Office which stated they had launched a full and thorough investigation into the claims that prisoners and staff had reported anything ghostly at the prison. Signing up to the KentLive newsletter means you'll get the latest news direct to your inbox twice a day. An isolated and remote setting amidst marshland and mudflats, lends this three hundred year old, weather-boarded hostelry, an eerie and timeless aura. It is a single bar pub, the walls of which are adorned with nautical fittings and where the wraith of a salty old sea dog has been making a decided nuisance of himself for as long as anyone can remember. Like so many other haunted locations around the United Kingdom, Bilsington Priory was originally a monastery, and was founded in the early 13 th Century by Sir John Mansell.

It is thought the chariot, which bears a warrior grasping a spear, is on its way to join a fight against the invading Romans. We are excited to announce that Walking With Ghosts will return to the Folkestone Harbour arm on 11 and 12 November 2023. Hull in 1852 was rapidly expanding but many parts of the city we know today were still agricultural. Strange goings on are commonplace at the theatre. In 1966, Alfred Tanner, who was working on its redecoration, encountered several spooky happenings including strange noises, and the apparition of a ghostly head.

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Obviously, there has been much good at this priory, but it was also the sight of many morally questionable deeds, which may account for the tempestuous relationship between this world and the unseen world which exists in the area. Her family rubbished the idea until Friday, August 23 1935, when the Hull Daily Mail reported that a dig on Day street, with a view to installing petrol pumps at Riley’s Dairies, unearthed three skeletons. Read More Related Articles The bulk of his wealth stemmed from the church which provided a stream of incomes, some more above board than others. Wolsey was in charge of choosing who fulfilled ecclesial posts and using his position he could demand a sizable fee to ensure the right candidate was appointed. Despite the shady nature of his accounts, Wolsey wasn't shy at showing off his wealth and indulged in a number of vanity projects - including Hampton Court, one of four palaces he owned.

As stated in Haunted Kent, it is believed young babies may have been used as sacrifices and placed in the foundations to protect the fort from evil spirits. Cries are said to haunt Reculver. Pic: Lynette Coleman Despite a common belief that she died on the road, it was actually her friend, Judith Lingham, who lost her life there. Miss Browne and Patricia Ferguson died a few days later in Maidstone Hospital.

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The chilling cries are therefore thought to be calls for freedom from their endless entrapment in the stonework. Hovis used these hand painted signs to advertise all over the UK- from the smallest towns to the largest of cities. Unlike many of the branded signs that were popping up, Hovis credited the local baker as well as their own product. In exchange for the 'free' advertising the baker would use Hovis - allowing the relatively new flour brand to spread its name up and down the country. Has Tina ever felt anything spooky herself? "All the time," she says. "It's around that corner there, and it's around November time when the guy died here, it always feels freezing, although it could be something to do with the wind going down the chimney."