Haunted Isles -in the company of spirits

In his 1980's book "Timpson's England a look beyond the obvious" author and broadcaster John Timpson writes of Barnwell Abbey: "For sheer variety in ghosts it would have been difficult to beat Barnwell Abbey House in Cambridge. There was a squire, and a White Lady, and a poltergiest, and a disembodied head. There was also the statutory clanking chain and, less likely, a ghostly squirrel and a hare." Timpson goes on to suggest combining all the above into one ghost story but concludes with: "But alas it is too late. All that remains is a building called Cellarers Chequer and these restless spirits with their ghostly menagerie must have long since departed." But have they? Barnwell Priory itself fell victim to the Reformation and was dissolved in 1538 subsequently falling into ruin, Abbey House was built on priory land and Abbey House is reputed to be very haunted.   One ghost is that of Squire Jacob Butler, the oldest barrister in En...

Frances Eliza Griffith,  Lady Daresbury, first left in the above photograph and pictured below with her husband Gilbert Greenall, Baron Daresbury (on the right) is believed to be one of the ghosts that haunt  Walton Hall near Warrington. Lady Daresbury died in her bathroom in the 20th century, Walton Hall is now open to the public and apparently those visiting her adjoining bedroom risk something unpleasant happening to them if the ghost of Lady Daresbury does not approve of them!  Lady Daresbury's ghost has been seen on the main staircase where some people have felt as if they have been pushed. Are those who have been pushed the one's who did not win the approval of Lady Daresbury? In his 1970's book, "Haunted Britain A guide to the supernatural in England, Scotland and Wales",   Antony D. Hippisley Coxe writes about an occurrence that takes place in June where a bolted door opens then slams shut after about 30 seconds. This is attributed to the gh...

Here's an interesting ghost story from The Coach House Inn, Northgate Street, Chester, formerly known as The Coach and Horses Hotel, the event described below took place in 1988. A room was booked and paid for in cash by an elderly gentleman who had been drinking in the hotel bar, he said he was going to take a walk around the city walls before retiring but never returned. The barmaid who'd taken the booking was concerned for the man's safety as he had told her that his wife had recently died and that he really didn't want to go back to his own house, so the police were called. The police checked the address the gentleman had given to the hotel but was told by neighbours that both the man and his wife had died some eight years previously. A ghost who is able to purchase drinks and pay for a room with real, not ghostly, money! Is this possible?