Table of Contents
Authors' Note 5
Haunted Churches: An Introduction 7
London and Suburbs 15
1 St Peter ad Vincula, Tower of London 15
2 Christ Church Newgate/Grey friars Churchyard, City of London 18
3 St James's Church, Garlick Hill, City of London 20
4 St Magnus the Martyr, City of London 22
5 St Michael's Church, Highgate, North London 25
6 Westminster Abbey, Central London 28
7 St Dunston's Church, East Acton, West London 32
8 St Giles Church, Camberwell, South East London 33
South East 36
9 Chapel of St Peter on the Wall, Bradwell-on-Sea, Essex 36
10 St Nicholas Church, Canewdon, Essex 38
11 St George's Church, Anstey, near Buntingford, Hertfordslure 41
12 St Lawrence Church, Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire 44
13 Minsden Chapel, near Hitchen, Hertfordshire 45
14 Thundridge Old Church, near Ware, Hertfordshire 49
15 St Nicholas Church, Stevenage, Hertfordshire 50
16 St Mary's Church, Ashwell, Hertfordshire 51
17 St Lawrence Church, Bovingdon, near Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire 53
18 Church of St Peter and St Paid, Tring, Hertfordshire 54
19 St Michael and All Angels, Aston Sandford, Buckinghamshire 56
20 Church of St Peter and St Paid, Ellesborough, Buckinghamshire 59
21 Holy Trinity Church, Penn, Buckinghamshire 60
22 St Lawrence Church, West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire 62
23 Priory Church of St Mary the Virgin, Hurley, Berkshire 65
24 Church of St Mary and St Nicholas, Leatherhead, Surrey 67
25 St Andrew's Parish Church, Farnham, Surrey 69
26 Bayham Abbey, near Tunbridge Wells, Kent 71
27 St Nicholas Church, Pluckley, Kent 71
28 Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Clapham, near Worthing, West Sussex 73
29 Netley Abbey, near Southampton, Hampshire 76
30 Beaulieu Abbey, near Lyndhurst, Hampshire 78
31 St Lawrence Parish Church, Alton, Hampshire 79
32 St Mary's Church, Bramshott, near Liphook; Hampshire 80
33 All Saints' Church, Crondall, Hampshire 81
34 St Peter and Holy Cross, Wherwell, near Andover, Hampshire 83
35 Winchester Cathedral, Hampshire 83
36 Former Church of St Barnabas, Blackwater, near Newport, Isle of Wight 85
37 St Olave's Church, Gatcombe, Isle of Wight 87
South West 90
38 Knowlton Church, near Wimborne Minster, Dorset 90
39 Forde Abbey, near Chard, Dorset 92
40 St Nicholas Church, Sandford Orcas, Dorset 93
41 St James's Church, Luffincott, Devon 96
42 St Mary's Church, Ottery St Mary, Devon 97
43 St John the Apostle, Torquay, Devon 97
Eastern 100
44 St Mary's Church, Snettisham, Norfolk 100
45 St Michael's Church, Didlington, Norfolk 102
46 Thetford Priory, near Bury St Edmunds, Norfolk 104
47 Dunwich Village, Suffolk 107
48 Borley Church, Borley, Essex 109
49 St Mary the Virgin, Great Leighs, Essex 113
50 Langenhoe Church, Essex 115
51 St Osyth Priory, near Clacton-on-Sea, Essex 117
Midlands 120
52 St Mary's Old Church, Clophill, Bedfordshire 120
53 St Margaret's Church, Streatley, near Luton, Bedfordshire 123
54 All Saints' Church, Great Faringdon, Oxfordshire 124
55 St Nicholas Church, Emmington, Oxfordshire 126
56 Church of St Michael, Rycote, Oxfordshire 128
57 St Mary Magdalene, Sherborne, Gloucestershire 130
58 St Peter's Church, Hereford, Herefordshire 132
59 Ettington Park Church, Warwickshire 133
60 St Nicholas and St Peter ad Vincula, Curdworth, Warwickshire 134
61 St John the Baptist, Boughton, Northamptonshire 135
62 St Lawrence's Church, Ludlow, Shropshire 136
63 St Andrew's Church, Stoke Dry, near Uppingham, Rutland 137
64 All Saints' Church, Ashover, Derbyshire 139
65 Lincoln Cathedral, Lincolnshire 139
66 Epworth Rectory, Lincolnshire 140
North 142
67 St Mary's in the Baum, Rochdale, Lancashire 142
68 St Mary's and St Benedict's Church, Bamber Bridge, Preston, Lancashire 143
69 Holy Trinity Church, Micklegate, York, North Yorkshire 144
70 York Minster, North Yorkshire 144
71 Whitby Abbey, North Yorkshire 146
72 St Andrew's Church, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear 148
73 The Cathedral Church of St Nicholas, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear 150
74 Former Church of St Mary, Woodhorn, Northumberland 151
75 Thursby Church, between Wigton and Carlisle, Cumbria 152
Appendix: Additional Church Hauntings in Brief 155
Select Bibliography 160
