Shadows in the Nave A Guide to the Haunted Churches of England

by Adams, Paul; Brazil, Eddie; Underwood, Peter

• ISBN13: 9780752459202
• ISBN10: 0752459201
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-11-01
• Publisher: The History Press

Summary

A comprehensive history and guide to England's 75 most haunted churches, chapels, and churchyards The haunted history of England's churches and chapels is brought vividly to life in this comprehensive and beautifully illustrated modern guide. Readers will encounter the compelling world of the unseen linked with a thousand years of worship, including the Tudor phantom of Rycote, the lonely monk of Minsden Chapel, and the black-magic ghosts of Clophill, to name but a few. Combining a wealth of historical and paranormal information with stunning original and atmospheric photographs, this volume is perfect for researchers and armchair ghost hunters alike.

Author Biography

Paul Adams and Eddie Brazil have contributed articles to such publications as Ghost Voices, Paranormal, and Vision. Peter Underwood is the author of more than 40 books on the paranormal, including Guide to Ghosts and Haunted Places and Haunted London.

Table of Contents

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