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The Highway Inn, Burford

Ghosts at the Highway Inn, Burford

9 June 2023

117 High St, Burford

This historic Burford pub is said to be haunted by the ghost of a young Victorian woman in a frilly white apron.

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The highwayman Dick Turpin, on horseback, sees a phantom riding next to him. Lithograph by W. Clerk, ca. 1839.

Horace Wright, Oxfordshire's least successful highwayman

18 April 2023

Near Henley-on-Thames

Highwayman-obsessed Horace Wright was described by some as 'the modern Dick Turpin', but by others as 'a candidate for an asylum'!

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Swinbrook Manor

The Highwaymen of Swinbrook Manor

13 January 2023

Swinbrook Manor, Swinbrook

In 1806 Swinbrook locals started to believe there was something decidedly odd about the new tenants for Swinbrook Manor...

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The Crooked Billet pub, Stoke Row

Ghosts and Highwaymen at The Crooked Billet, Stoke Row

9 September 2022

Crooked Billet, Stoke Row, Henley-on-Thames

The Crooked Billet pub in Stoke Row is said to be haunted by the foul-mouthed ghost of a previous landlord!

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The Old George Inn, Burford

Ghosts at the Former George Inn, Burford

7 June 2022

Antiques @ the George, High Street, Burford

Notorious 18th-century criminals Tom and Harry Dunsdon are said to still haunt the pub that their bodies paid a visit to in between their execution and gibbeting!

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John Clavell in Brasenose Lane, Oxford

John Clavell: Scholar, Poet, Highwayman

17 December 2021

Brasenose College, Radcliffe Square

John Clavell became famous in the 1620s for the repentant poetry he wrote while in prison awaiting trial for highway robbery.

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Dick Turpin

A Ghostly Highwayman on the B4047

5 August 2021

B4047, between Witney and Burford.

The old Witney-Burford road is haunted by a black-clad highwayman in the garb of the 18th century.

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Highwayman

Highwaymen of Shotover

25 May 2021

Old Road, Shotover Country Park

The old road through Shotover Forest was in the past notorious as a haunt of highwaymen looking to steal from unwary travellers.

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The Holt Hotel at Hopcrofts Holt

Highwaymen at Hopcrofts Holt

3 March 2021

The Holt Hotel, Hopcrofts Holt, Steeple Aston

The ghost of the famous 17th century highwayman Claude Duval is said to haunt the Holt Hotel. And if you are female, watch out! Even in death Duval is said to have an eye for the ladies!

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