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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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Mists in the Evenlode valley at Swinbrook.

The Ghost of Swinbrook Bridge

4 August 2021

The Bridge, Swinbrook

Could the bridge at Swinbrook be haunted by the ghost of a young woman searching for her baby?

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Victorian bedroom

A Haunted Wardrobe at Carterton Manor

4 July 2021

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!

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Towersey Church

The Headless Horseman of Towersey

10 June 2021

St Catherine's Church, Church Lane, Towersey

The ghost of a headless Civil War cavalier can reportedly be seen riding between the place of his death and St Catherine's Church, Towersey.

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Map of Frogwelldown Lane, Yarnton

Civil War Ghosts in Froggledown Lane, Yarnton

6 June 2021

Froggledown Lane, Yarnton

The sound of the Royalist troops marching through is said to haunt this footpath near Yarnton.

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The Trout Inn, Godstow

Fair Rosamund's Ghost at the Trout Inn

1 June 2021

The Trout Inn, Godstow Road, Wolvercote

The ghost of 'Fair Rosamund' Clifford, mistress to Henry II, is said to haunt the scene of their secret trysts at the Trout Inn at Godstow.

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Asthall

Phantom Hitch-hiker at Asthall

29 May 2021

Asthall Manor, Asthall

Asthall has its own variant on the classic phantom hitch-hiker urban legend concerning a vanishing 'gypsy-like' girl.

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The B4100 at Souldern

Ghostly Morris 1000 Traveller at Souldern

27 May 2021

B4100 near Souldern

The B4100 Bicester to Banbury road near Souldern is the site of a curious haunting involving a disappearing car!

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