Civil War Ghosts in Dead Man's Walk
26 February 2021
Dead Man's walk, Merton College, Oxford
Royalist Francis Windebank was executed by firing squad outside Oxford Town Hall in 1645. His ghost can be seen walking the nearby path known as Dead Man's Walk.
Ghost of Archbishop Laud at St. John's College, Oxford
26 February 2021
St. John's College, St Giles, Oxford.
The ghost of beheaded Civil War Royalist Archbishop Laud is said to bowl his head across the library floor at St John's College.
St Margaret's Well at Binsey
26 February 2021
Binsey
Every year thousands make a pilgrimage to this well to sample the water which is believed to have miraculous healing properties.
A Poltergeist at the Kenton Theatre, Henley-on-Thames
26 February 2021
Kenton Theatre, New Street, Henley-on-Thames
Does the ghost of Victorian murder Mary Blandy haunt this 200 year-old theatre?
Cowled Figure at the Bull Inn, Henley-on-Thames
26 February 2021
The Bull Inn, Bell Street, Henley-on-Thames
Guests have reported being woken by the figure of a cowled woman leaning over their bed when staying at this 16th century inn.
Sticky End of Father Dominique at Pishall
26 February 2021
The Crown Inn, Pishill, Henley-on-Thames
The ghost of a catholic priest who may have been seduced by a beautiful young woman is one of the ghosts said to haunt the The Crown Inn at Pishall.
Spooks and Stone Circles at Stonor Park
26 February 2021
Stonor Park, Henley-on-Thames
Stonor House is said to be built on the site of a prehistoric stone circle or henge, so it is perhaps unsurprising that it has an air of mystery about it.
Ghost of a Brooding Woman
26 February 2021
Witheridge Hill, Highmoor Cross, Henley-on-Thames.
A ghost is said to haunt a woodland path near Witheridge Hill. The apparition is of a woman sitting brooding on a stone wall.
Ghost of John Thurlow Reade at Ipsden House
26 February 2021
Ipsden House, Ipsden
Despite dying in India in 1857, John Thurlow Reade's ghost is said to have appeared to his mother in Ipsden at the exact time of his death.
Sarah Fletcher's Ghost at Clifton Hampden
26 February 2021
Courtiers, Watery Lane, Clifton Hampden
This house is haunted by the ghost of a woman who killed herself after discovering her husband intend to bigamously marry another woman.