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The Hoar Stone at Steeple Barton

Hoar Stones and Burial Mounds at Barton Park

4 June 2021

Barton Park, A4260

In the grounds of Barton Park can be found the remains of a long barrow marked by a group of stones. Move these stones at your peril!

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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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George Cruikshank's engraving of The Gin Shop (1829)

Death by Gin at Brize Norton

18 May 2021

Brize Norton, West Oxfordshire

In 1858 five people became sick and two died after drinking from the same bottle of gin. Was a poisoner at large in Brize Norton?

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Doom Painting at South Leigh

Doom Painting at South Leigh

7 May 2021

St. James the Great Church, Church End, South Leigh

South Leigh church has a great example of a 15th-century doom painting, complete with smiling demons dragging sinners to hell.

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Symon Wysdom's House, Burford

Wife Selling and Rough Music in Burford

4 May 2021

Symon Wysdom's House, 1 High Street, Burford

A Burford man who attempted to 'sell' his wife at Chipping Norton market in 1855 got more than he bargained for!

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St Michael's Church, Stanton Harcourt

Adultery, Murder and Hauntings at Stanton Harcourt

3 May 2021

Main Road, Stanton Harcourt

The Lady Pool at Stanton Harcourt is believed to house two restless spirits, both of whom met their deaths in connection to adultery.

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Blenheim Palace

The 'Royalist Devil' of Blenheim Palace

2 May 2021

Blenheim Palace, Woodstock

In Autumn 1649 the Parliamentary forces stationed at Woodstock Manor were subject to a terrifying and prolonged supernatural assault.

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The Iron Well at Cornbury Park

Spanish Liquor Day in Wychwood Forest

30 April 2021

Cornbury Park, Charlbury

On Palm Sunday it is traditional for villagers to walk into Wychwood forest to collect spring water to mix with liquorice to make 'Spanish Water'.

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Chipping Norton map

A Cut Throat at Chipping Norton

10 April 2021

Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire

The troubled marriage of Joseph and Henrietta Walker ended in murder in 1887.

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