Category: North Yorkshire

 In the parish of Hovingham, North Yorkshire, in March 1707, something was amiss. The household of John Fawcet was suffering a haunting that was causing a ‘great disturbance’ to the family, disrupting their sleep and

 North Ormesby “Ghost” Excitement caused by youth’s story. Residents of North Ormesby, Middlesborough, have been excited this week over a ghost story which received wide credence and attracted hundreds of people nightly to its haunt.

 More food for superstition. A singular occurrence has recently taken place at Mytton Old Hall, near Boroughbridge, Yorkshire. This house had for a considerable time been untenanted, owing to a rumour very generally circulated in

 The ghost they can’t bust. Exclusive by Gordon Stott. A foul-mouthed ghost took possession of three-year-old Kimberley Kewley to force her family out of their home. Little Kimberley screamed obscenities and threats at her parents

 Keeper of museum resigns at York after “hauntings”. From our own correspondent, York, Monday.  A special meeting of the council of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society at York today decided to accept the resignation of the

 Ghost Story. An old house at Knaresborough. A puzzle of the so-called “ghostly” order awaits solution at Knaresborough. There (writes a correspondent), on the banks of the Nidd, is a charming old dwelling, parts of

 The Camblesforth Boggard. During the last week the peaceable village of Camblesforth, near Selby, has been kept in a state of the greatest excitement by the alarms created in a most unaccountable manner, in the

 Singular Story. A considerable sensation was caused in Skeldergate, in this city (York), on Sunday morning last, by the report that a Mrs Tyndall, who resides there, had seen her mother, who had been dead

 Mysterious knockings at a house in Londesdale street, Middlesborough, caused inquisitive crowds to gather on Wednesday night, and the police were notified. So strong were the knockings that plaster fell from the walls of the