Is Pluckley England's Most Haunted Village?


 In 1989 the Kent village of Pluckley was named England's most haunted village by The Guiness Book of Records, it is reputed to be haunted by between 12 and 16 ghosts including:

The Screaming Man ~ Tayler Jay Smith was a worker at the Pluckley Brickworks who died when a drying clay wall fell on him.

The Watercress Lady ~ Watercress seller Abigail Nicolas accidentally set herself alight when smoking a pipe and burned to death.

The Highwayman ~ who jumps out at people at what is now known as Fright Corner.

The Hanged Man ~ Teacher Henry Turff hanged himself, he now appears as hanging from the tree where he killed himself dressed in a green blazer and striped trousers.

The Colonel of Park Woods ~ A military man seen marching through Park Woods.

The Phantom of The Pinnocks ~ The black silhouette of a man appears before a storm.

The Screaming Woods ~ Actually Dering Woods where apparently the screams of people who have died in the woods can be heard.

The Monk of Greystones ~ Haunts the old Rectory Cottage now known as Greystones.

The Farmer  Edward Brett ~ who committed ‘suicide whilst temporarily insane’ and has been seen around Elvey Farm.

The Phantom Coach and horses ~ A phantom carriage  is sometimes seen on Maltman's Hill.

And then there are three Dering lady ghosts ~ one the Lady of Rose Court is thought to have been a mistress of one of the Dering family and two Lady Derings, The White Lady and The Red Lady.

 Here you can watch the 1995 TV Strange but True? episode about Pluckley


 

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