Corpse Trouble at Iffley Lock Toll
Iffley Lock, Church Way, Iffley
A superstition about corpses passing through toll gates has caused trouble for the operators of Iffley Lock toll on a number of occasions.
A Ghostly Highwayman on the B4047
B4047, between Witney and Burford.
The old Witney-Burford road is haunted by a black-clad highwayman in the garb of the 18th century.
The Ghost of Swinbrook Bridge
The Bridge, Swinbrook
Could the bridge at Swinbrook be haunted by the ghost of a young woman searching for her baby?
Isaac Grubb and the 1867 Bread Riots
Somerville House, 130 Banbury Road, Oxford
Baker Isaac Grubb incurred the town's anger when it was revealed he was selling bread to the university on the cheap.
Cabbage Theft Ends in Tragedy at Headingon Church
St. Andrew's Church, St, Headington
A misunderstanding ended in tragedy in 1872, when the Parish Clerk of Headington was accused of stealing cabbages from a neighbour.
A Suicide Buried Near Donnington Bridge
Donnington Bridge Road
In 1803 the body of a perfidious harness maker was buried at the junction of Donnington Bridge Road and the Iffley Road.
A Pentagram at Adderbury Church
Church of St. Mary the Virgin, 1 Mill Ln, Adderbury
On the exterior wall at Adderbury church can be found a symbol that many would associate with the occult, paganism and witchcraft.
The Hound of the Baskervilles in Oxfordshire?
Crowsley Park, Binfield Heath, Oxfordshire
Hell hounds, legends and a real-life Henry Baskerville link this Oxfordshire house to the famous Sherlock Holmes adventure.
A Haunted Wardrobe at Carterton Manor
Priory Manor Farm, Manor Road, Brize Norton
An advert in the London Morning Post on 19 August 1937, offered for sale a large Victorian wardrobe, complete with ghost!
Arrested for Palmistry at St John's College
St John's College, St. Giles, Oxford
In 1893 a woman was fined 10 shillings for practicing 'unlawful and subtle craft' in the gardens of St. John's College.