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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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Flying saucer image from Sunday Mirror article

UFO encounter near Stanford in the Vale

29 September 2023

A417 near Stanford in the Vale

In June 1978, the Mann family from Gloucestershire claimed to have encountered a UFO while driving late one night near the Oxfordshire village of Stanford in the Vale.

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Memento Mori tomb at Fyfield

The Cadaver Monument of John Golafre at Fyfield

21 September 2023

St. Nicholas's church, Fyfield

Visitors to the tomb of John Golafre at Fyfield will be confronted by a gruesome statue of his hollow-eyed corpse.

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Dandridge's Mill, East Hanney

Ghost of a suicide at Mill Bridge, East Hanney

3 September 2023

Mill Orchard, East Hanney, Wantage

This spot near Dandridge's Mill has been the site of tragedies, hauntings and more.

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Map of Long Wittenham, 1897

Ghosts of The Manor, Long Wittenham

23 May 2023

The Manor, High Street, Long Wittenham

This Manor house boasts tales of nocturnal visitations, haunted coaches and ghosts laid in ponds!

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The Bell Hotel, Faringdon

Ghosts of the Bell Hotel, Faringdon

30 December 2022

The Bell Hotel, 13 Market Place, Faringdon

This hotel is said to be haunted by the ghosts of either Cistercian monks, or mutinying soldiers from the English Civil War.

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The Old Blueberry Inn, Blewbury

Ghosts and Murders at the Old Blueberry Inn, Blewbury

14 December 2022

The Old Blueberry Inn, London Road, Blewbury

The ghost of an ex-landlord is said to haunt the former Blueberry Inn, but there are also rumours of disappearing guests and bodies buried in the garden!

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