So this week I thought I tell you all about my home city of
Sheffield, and the past residents who are still living there.
Growing up I always heard the stories of ghosts related to
the city as 2 haunted places were within a few miles of where I lived. The
first was around Beauchief Abbey a former monastery and the hall just up the
road. There is a white lady who is associated with the grounds of both locations
has been seen on the road and also on the golf course which is now on the land
the monastery once stood on. There are also sightings of the monks still going
about their daily lives.
So let’s move up to Norton and the second location I knew
about as a child, Bunting Nook. This is a small road by the church which has at
least 3 ghosts. Firstly is another grey lady who has been seen but she may be
part of the second haunting which is supposedly a couple who were eloping to the
church to marry and fell from their horse and died (Norton Church was well
known for not asking any question and marrying people even if she was
pregnant). Then there is the demonic dog that has been seen as just eyes or
even a black mist.
Fancy wandering around the area surrounding the Cathedral?
Voices are heard and faces seen. Is it the dead whose graves were moved in the
1990’s protesting?
The former graveyard in front of Sheffield Cathedral |
Off to Mosborough now and the old hall which is a hotel these
days. The grey lady governess can be seen here and the argument between her and
her employer can be heard as she threatens to tell his wife of their dalliance.
It’s alleged he murdered her to keep her quite.
Now fancy a visit to a haunted pub, Sheffield has you
covered. There are several pubs in the Darnall area where apparitions are seen.
In the area of Sheffield I’m from the Woodseats hotel is haunted by a man who
has attacked staff. Or how about the former Old Harrow where apparitions were
seen and things went missing and then reappeared sometime late. You could
always try the Queens Head Inn, possibly the oldest building in Sheffield. You
may come across the dog who likes sit by people, the white lady who sits and
watches people, the civil war era solider who sits by the fire or even hear the
voice of a little girl. Fancy a coffee from a chain then I dare you to try
Carbrook Hall near Meadowhall. It’s though Oliver Cromwell’s close ally Colonel
Bright can be seen on the stairs as well as another roundhead soldier. Also a
spirit likes to throw things around. It may be worse now as it’s well
documented that spirits don’t like change and renovations of their space.
Now do you fancy visiting the National Emergency Services
Museum in the city? I’ve been years ago, I got a plastic fireman’s helmet. Many
groups have been to the venue and seen and heard many unexplained phenomena. Things
are thrown when there is no one else around, voices are heard and many believe
there is a negative entity who has taken up residence, is it Charlie Peace who
was hung for murder?
So do you want to meet Mary Queen of Scots then you need to
go to Sheffield Manor Lodge. This is where Mary was held on and off for years.
She is seen in a flowing black gown and appears to walk through walls.
Sheffield Manor the once jail of Mary Queen of Scots |
Now no discussion about hauntings in the city would be
complete without a mention of the Stocksbridge bypass just outside the city.
It’s not the road that’s haunted but the land. Even when the road was being
built in the 1980’s things were seen. Children where heard playing at night
when the site was closed. They were sometimes seen to disappear right in front
of people’s eyes. A figure was seen on the bridge being constructed over the
road that again just disappeared. 2 policemen witness the torso of a person
against the side of their car which move extremely fast to the other side of
the car and then vanished. As they drove away the car shook and things were
thrown at it but there was no one around. Others have heard what sounds like
someone on the roof of the car as they drive along. Finally how about seeing
the torso of a monk crossing the road, no legs just a torso, as they walk along
at the height the land was at during their lifetime.
So how about a visit to Sheffield? I’ve never seen anything in city but I’m not
visiting the locations at night. I’ve seen things in Derbyshire though.
So happy Halloween and goodnight out there whatever you are!
(If you know where this quote came from then you had an awesome childhood).