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Ashdown House by Giles Watson 2

Ghosts of Ashdown House

24 October 2025

Ashdown House, Lambourn, Oxfordshire

The beautiful dollhouse-like appearance and majestic landscaped parkland of Ashdown House hides a dark history of tragedy, death and ghosts, so many ghost!

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St. Peter's, Drayton, Abingdon

The Great Fire of Drayton

23 October 2025

Drayton, Near Abingdon, Oxfordshire

In April 1780, a devastating fire ripped through the village of Drayton, destroying almost the entire High Street and spreading detritus for miles around. The tragedy became known as the 'Great Fire of Drayton'.

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West Hendred

Road Ghosts of West Hendred

2 August 2025

A417, West Hendred

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Letcombe Regis Manor map

The Grey Lady of Letcombe Regis Manor

25 April 2025

Richmond Villages, Letcombe Regis

The ghost of a bride who drowned on her wedding day is said to haunt the grounds of this former manor house.

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Shrivenham Rail Disaster 1936

Death and Disaster at Shrivenham Railway Station

19 September 2024

Station Road, Shrivenham

The now-closed Shrivenham Station was the scene of some of the worst railway disasters in the region's history.

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Map of south Faringdon 1898

The Haunting of Oriel Cottages, Faringdon

16 September 2024

Oriel Cottages, Park Road, Faringdon

In the 1960s, an exorcism was performed to rid the Wheeler family of the troublesome ghost of a former lodger who was making their lives a misery.

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An old map showing Black Jack's Spring, at Sparsholt

Black Jack's Well: Sparsholt's healing spring

5 February 2024

Sparsholt Park, Sparsholt

Black Jack's Well in Sparsholt is a natural spring said to have miraculous healing properties.

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Charney Manor

The Ghostly Monks of Charney Manor

13 December 2023

Charney Manor, Charney Bassett

The picturesque 13th-century manor house at Charney Bassett was once a grange for Abingdon Abbey, and it seems that some of its former monastic residents still haunt the corridors.

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The Devil's Punchbowl, map circa 1913

The Devil's Punchbowl, Childrey

25 October 2023

Childrey Parish, Vale of the White Horse

How this smooth-sided Oxfordshire valley close to the Ridgeway got its devilish name is somewhat mysterious.

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