A Ghost Story! The usually quiet town of Melksham has lately been thrown into a state of some confusion by the repeated visits of a poor ghost to the Primitive Methodist Chapel, at Melksham Forest.
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Kingston Deverill, Wiltshire (c1915)
A ghost returns to his old haunt. Western Daily Press Reporter. Things have been going bump in the night down Warminster way lately – and it now seems that a ghost is working overtime on
Continue ReadingSalisbury, Wiltshire (1669)
A Salisbury Ghost Story of 1669. The following succinct and circumstantial narration of an occurrence at Salisbury, nearly 200 years since, is recorded in a contemporaneous M.S. of the period: – Some particular circumstances concerning
Continue ReadingUpavon, Wiltshire (1861)
The Upavon Ghost Story. During the past few weeks the inhabitants of Upavon, and the surrounding villages have been kept in a state of excitement by mysterious rumours that at Upavon a real ghost had
Continue ReadingLongleat House, Wiltshire (traditional)
Longleat ghost laid by fire. Longleat House, the ancestral home of the Thynne family, which has recently been in the news, once had its own ghost. It was nearing the end of the 13th century
Continue ReadingSevenhampton, Wiltshire (1891)
Sevenhampton. Rural superstition: A haunted house. If credence may be given to the reports which have recently emanated from Sevenhampton, public schools, penny libraries, and the like have not yet destroyed the belief in supernatural
Continue ReadingSwindon, Wiltshire (1985)
Help, my house is haunted. A young mother is pleading to be rehoused because she says a ghost is haunting her council home. Beverley Walsh, 22, said: “In the last two weeks my bed has
Continue ReadingBulkington, Wiltshire (1843)
The Bulkington Ghost. In the parish of Bulkington, about five or six miles from Devizes, there is an antiquated building, occupied by an aged couple, named Tuckey Gaisford and his wife, and this antiquated building,
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‘Ghost’ drives family out of council house. A family of four have been moved to another council house because they claimed their house was haunted. The trouble began a few months ago when Mrs Gladys
Continue ReadingMalmesbury, Wiltshire (1881)
A Singular Incident. Early in last week, some little alarm was occasioned at No. 4, Ferndale Terrace, the residence of Mr F E Smith, solicitor, through the ringing at intervals of the street door bell,
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