Archive for Supernaturalearth.myfreeforum.org A forum to talk about / tell us your stories about ghosts, U.F.O's, strange but true, living wonders , the occult and any other paranormal events, happening.
|
admin sinfulldude
|
Turret House of Manor Castle & Noose & Gibbet InnEvery city or town seems to have it’s own legion of ghost stories or legends, but Sheffield has more than it’s fair share, everything from spooky spectres to hellish hobgoblins, Sheffield seems to have them all...
Perhaps the famous and well known of all Sheffield ghosts has to be the apparition of Mary Queen of Scots that haunts Manor Castle. Now the ghost of Mary Queen of Scots has appeared all over the country, but seems to be a regular inhabitant of the old Turret House of Manor Castle.
Way back in the 15th century the castle was the property of the Earl of Shrewsbury and on the orders of Queen Elizabeth, the young Scottish Queen was imprisoned there and so the Turret House became Mary’s prison for fourteen long years.
The strange happenings were first recorded by the caretakers of the building during the 1930’s and tales of a beautiful lady, dressed in black, gliding across the floor and through walls were also circulating. Although the people who lived in the house at the time refused to discuss the ghost, it was reported to have been seen by many people.
People who stayed at the house often left in the middle of the night and refused to go back again even in daylight. The dog that lived there would bark and whimper frantically if left outside on its own and cower in a corner if let inside.
Perhaps the strangest of all the occurrences that happened at the Castle was the story of an old extremely heavy incense burner kept on the top floor in the shape of an imp used to keep evil spirits away. One night everyone in the house was awakened by loud banging coming from upstairs. Upon checking the entire house it was found nothing was amiss. A while later the noises started again. Again nothing was found to be amiss, but to be sure they marked a chalk circle around the burner and again retired to bed. After a very sleepless night they awoke the next morning and went to check the burner, which although far too heavy to move by even four grown men was completely outside the circle.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Noose & Gibbet Inn, Broughton Lane, Sheffield
The land lady at the Noose & Gibbet Inn tells us that there was about a dozen resident spirits including one named spence broughton, who was a highway man who used to rob people on the Broughton Lane road, he was hung somewhere close by, apparently he walks up and down infront of the bar area in the pub. Another member of staff who works there and didn't believe in ghosts before she worked there, says she does now after having an encounter with a ghost in the dining area late one night. The land lady goes on to say that she no longer lives in the pub and that she now travels there for work after strange things were happening like things moving and loud bangs and other wierd things, she says that ia lot of people have some times seen something but it is usually people who go there alot that tend to see anything, some people stay here regularly and say they have had strange experiences while being here,
|
|
|
|