ePrivacy and GPDR Cookie Consent by Cookie Consent
Skip to content

Explore - West Oxfordshire

Lodge Cottage, Blenheim Estate

Murder and Madness on Blenheim Estate

7 April 2021

Water Meadow Gate, Blenheim Park, Bladon

Petty grievances can get out of hand among people who are forced to work together, as is shown by the murder of William Beckley.

Read more

Hampden House, Cassington

The Murder of Mary Hanna Allen at Cassington

3 April 2021

Hampton House, The Green, Cassington

A broken love affair ended in tragedy when the wayward Harry Rowles murdered Mary Hanna Allen at her home in Cassington in December 1877.

Read more

Pudlicote Lane

A White Lady and Hidden Treasure at Pudlicote

29 March 2021

A361, Pudlicote, Chipping Norton

The ghost of a 'white lady' known as 'Gran' is said to haunt a junction near Pudlicote, Chipping Norton. Some say she hid a hoard of sovereigns nearby.

Read more

Meeting House Lane

The Murder of Ann Merrick at Witney

29 March 2021

Meeting House Lane, Witney

"I shall kill Ann Merrick tonight or tomorrow night. And there's another down the street I'd like to serve the same. My sister!"

Read more

The Hoar Stone, Enstone

The Hoar Stone at Enstone

16 March 2021

B4022, Enstone

This Neolithic monument stands at the intersection of two lay lines. The largest stone is believed to walk to the pub on Midsummer's eve for a drink.

Read more

Hawk Stone at Dean

The Hawk Stone at Dean

16 March 2021

Dean, near Spelsbury

It is believed that the cleft at the top of this standing stone was made by the chains of the witches who were chained to the stone to be burned.

Read more

Saint Mary the Virgin, Chipping Norton

Ghost of a Hanged Vicar at Chipping Norton

16 March 2021

St Mary's Church, Church Street, Chipping Norton

Vicar Henry Joyes was hanged in chains from Chipping Norton church tower for his part in the Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Rising of 1549.

Read more

Wychwood Way

Murder in Wychwood Forest

16 March 2021

Wychwood Forest, West Oxfordshire

"My neck is but very short now, perhaps it may be longer at midsummer!" - William James, who was hanged for the murder of gamekeeper James Millen in 1824.

Read more

Wilcote House, Wilcote

A Wilcote Haunting

12 March 2021

Wilcote, North Leigh, West Oxfordshire

The ghosts of the wicked Lord and Lady Wilcote are said to haunt the church and surrounding lanes around Wilcote.

Read more