The Ghost at Lufton. A visit to the haunted house. “An old lady in black.” Also “A sort of dog”. One of our Reporters has been to “see the ghost;” and he describes his experience
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Churchill, Somerset (1871)
Mischievous Freaks. A good deal of excitement and gossip, says a correspondent, has been occasioned in the village of Churchill, in consequence of a report that extraordinary noises had been heard in the house of
Continue ReadingTaunton, Somerset (1885)
Remarkable spiritualistic demonstrations. During the past few days considerable excitement has been caused among the inhabitants of King-street and the neighbourhood by what has been termed “a visit from evil spirit,” with which a family
Continue ReadingKeynsham, Somerset (1921)
Haunted House Near Keynsham. The haunted house at Hornsey has a rival in a village near Keynsham, but the spirit is more reasonable than at Keynsham, where, according to Mr Froist, the tenant, it manifests
Continue ReadingWeston-super-Mare, Somerset (1851)
A Strange Ghost Story. Much gossip has been occasioned at Weston-super-Mare by a ghost story. John Clark, a gardener, living in a small house near the Infant School, declares that his family, and two labouring
Continue ReadingCoker Hill, Yeovil, Somerset (1880)
A report is current that a house at Coker-hill, Yeovil, is “haunted.” It is sated that at certain periods of the day strange noises are heard in the house, that during the “manifestations” the woman
Continue ReadingWeston-super-Mare, Somerset (1868)
A Ghost Mystery has now been solved here. In a house in Alfred-street in this town strange noises had been heard, furniture displaced, and others of the vagaries practised in which disembodied spirits are supposed
Continue ReadingFrome, Somerset (1963)
It all began when flying crockery hit the wall… Flying crockery started all the trouble. It came whirling across the room and crashed in splinters against the lean-to kitchen wall of an old cottage at
Continue ReadingNorth Wootton, Somerset (1869)
North Wootton. The repose of this quiet little village has recently been sadly disturbed by a ghost, which appears to have taken up its winter quarters in the vicinity of a carpenter’s shop. A few
Continue ReadingBath, Somerset (1846)
A Ghost. For some time past the establishment of a linen-draper in this city has been thrown into a state of excitement in consequence of the unusual (and as yet perfectly unaccountable) noises which nightly
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