Haunted Britain

Thema: Haunted Britain Mo Mai 12, 2008 11:02 pm

The Black Bull, Yorkshire

History: This is an old-world pub, which has stood on this spot for more than 300 years.
Little is known about the history of the building. The attic used to be a dormitory and the upstairs bedrooms were hotel rooms until last year. This was the pub in which Branwell Bronte drank his health away (he bought his Opium in the Apothecary across the cobbled street) whilst his sisters were writing their novels in the Parsonage behind the pub (both Charlotte and Emily also died in the parsonage) and their father, Patrick, was the vicar at the church next door. Freemasonry meetings were originally held at the Black Bull also, but then moved to Lodge Street. The chair on the stairway in the pub is a Mason's Chair and is known as Branwell's chair. In the pub there's a print of a picture of Branwell and his famous sisters which he painted himself out of after a family falling out - the story is that he was the actual author of Wuthering Heights and Emily took the manuscript and made slight changes and sold it as her own work. There is a big graveyard behind the church and it's thought to contain 40,000 bodies, it's also thought that due to subsidence over the years some of these bodies have slipped down the hill and now lie under the pub.

Phenomena: Many ghostly figures are see and heard in and around the pub, including a man dressed in beige and a girl, who is heard crying outside in the car park. A man in a top hat is often seen sitting at one of the tables, while elsewhere a child has been seen offering sweets to someone no-one else can see. In the upstairs rooms, people have woken up to see the dark figures and the figure of a maid, who also rearranges the guests' items. Glasses and ashtrays fly to the floor when no-one is around and the bell the by the fireplace in the corner rings of its own accord. Also every morning the light above the Bronte picture has moved by itself. People are tapped or brushed by unseen forces and cigar smoke and sulphur are smelt.

Team from Most Haunted, Living tv, UK
Investigation: Both Derek and David Wells, pick up on the spirit of Bramwell Bronte, whose hectic energy may cause things to move and the bell to ring. David also connects the chair in the bar as Bramwell's chair. During a table-tipping experiment, the table moves violently. In the graveyard, many eerie sounds are heard and a strange atmosphere descends.... Stuart is momentarily lost as he falls down a hole

http://www.livingtv.co.uk/mosthaunted/186.php

seen that episode of most haunted, it was quiet funny as stuart fell down that hole Laughing

anyway, i have been a few times myself in that pub and its not bad at all.you even get a decent pint of stella artois served there Cool

http://www.afallon.com/

http://www.hauntedbritain.co.uk/
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Thema: Re: Haunted Britain Mo Mai 12, 2008 11:04 pm

History
This is a picturesque, 'olde worlde' little inn with a golden ram hanging above the door. It has a wooden frame and no foundation, giving it crooked ceilings and uneven floors. The building was first mentioned in the archives in 1503 and served as a coaching inn for generations. It is thought to be the oldest licensed premises in York. The inn gets its present name and distinctive sign from The Merchant Adventurers who owned it and who were responsible for the burgeoning woollen trade based on the River Ouse. Richard Booth, the landlord of the inn in 1667, minted his own coin - as a number of York merchants were allowed to do at this time - showing the pub sign on one side. After the Restoration an Effigy of Oliver Cromwell hung for some years in the pavement opposite the inn. The yard at the rear is named after Lady Alice Peckett, whose husband John was the Lord Mayor of York and also owned this historic inn around 1702. In times gone by, the cellar was used to store the bodies of people who were hung at Bale Hill before the families came to claim them. In 1852 it was re-named the Golden Hart but then reverted to the Golden Fleece. During WWII a Canadian Airman died here but it isn't clear whether he committed suicide by hanging himself, or fell out of a window while drunk.

Phenomena
In the bottom bar, patrons have been known to be joined by 'One Eyed Jack', a ghost dressed in 16th/17th century dress including a red coat and carrying a pistol. In a tiny alcove in the bottom bar a phantom grumpy old man has been seen by many visitors, while the top bar plays host to the ghost of a young boy dressed in Victorian attire. Upstairs in the function room, a spectral woman has been seen walking through a wall as well as staring out of the window. The ghost of an old lady has been seen in both the Shambles Room and Lady Peckett's Room. A younger lady dressed in black has been seen walking past the window inside St. Catherine's Room. This has actually been caught on video by a guest staying in the Shambles Room when all the other guests were at breakfast. Many people have reported doors banging and people running up and down the corridors and stairs, knocking on doors and mysterious lights have been seen inside the bottom bar from the road.

http://www.livingtv.co.uk/mosthaunted/217.php
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