A “Haunted House” in Somersetshire. Great alarm has prevailed in the village of Goathurst, a few miles from Bridgwater, during the past fortnight, an idea being entertained by many of the inhabitants that a large
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Monkton Heathfield, Taunton, Somerset (1923)
Xmas Ghost with a Good Aim. Well-thrown Orange Finds Its Mark. Weird Happenings. The Christmas festivities of Monkton Heathfield, a village near Taunton, are being enlivened by the doings of a ghost, who, forsaking ivy-clad
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Mischievous Ghost. The village of Monckton-Combe, about 3 miles from Bath, has been thrown into considerable alarm, throughout last week, in consequence of the house of a miller being assailed by some mischievous agent, which
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A Somersetshire Mystery. For the last few days the good people of Yatton have been in such a state of open-mouthed amazement relative to certain peculiar goings on in their midst, that had the heights
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A Ghost At High Littleton.The inhabitants of this sober and well conducted village have been thrown into a state of great perturbation of late in consequence of an alleged being from another world. The ghost
Continue ReadingMuchelney, Somerset (1868)
A Ghost Story has caused considerable excitement at a village a short distance from here during the past few days. For a long period, some of the servants living at a farm-house have declared that
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