However, their plan was uncovered and on the night they had planned to make their escape, Dorothy’s brothers ambushed de Houghton and killed him and his companions. All three were buried in the chapel grounds at Samlesbury Hall and young Dorothy witnessed it all. Whilst Lancashire has been established as a county for some 800 years, this still actually makes it the baby of the bunch when compared to the founding dates of other counties across our nation. i have been there three times, first with family,then twice with mates and didnt see a thing in the 3 times i have been there. All the ghostly events surrounding the house are quite intriguing, but i am pretty sure a good amount of all this tale is merely IMAGINATION. can anyone suggest any where me and a few work collegues could spend night at haunted houses for charity.we tried chingle hall but like some one said on here they dont do this anymore

It is said that the Pendle Hill witches still haunt the area and the buildings in it. Visitors often describe feeling anger when visiting the hill and local people even fear discussing the events that took place during the witch trials. Shortly after the Norman Invasion of 1066 the land here, was given to Ughtred de Singleton. Once known as Singleton Hall, the cross shaped building was built in 1260.in 1735 (fn. 15); Peter Armstrong Whittle, born at Inglewhite in 1789, a miscellaneous writer who publiihed Sometimes the spectre manifests like a poltergeist, for example visitors have been pushed violently from behind. Flowers move as if blown by a frigid breeze, and pictures swing like they were touched by an invisible hand. The priest hole, Elizabeth I, and catholic plots Pic: Tama66 / Pixabay

was succeeded by a son William, (fn. 31) who made numerous grants of lands to his children, (fn. 32) and was We are not afraid nor even belive in ghosts - they is a group of 10 of us - we will raise money for charity and all stay over in the house - we will record the whole thing and set the record straight - where do we sign? I was one of the tour guides there from 1991 I remember a number of these stories. We did many over nights there during this time.None of it was staged at all.Those of you that remember the lavendar smell that was a freshsir spray used by the owner in the private room at the time Find news by category, select an category of your choice to be kept up to date with the latest goings on. BULSNAPE, (fn. 48) and on the partition became the residence of Thomas Procter in right of his wife Elizabeth daughter of Thomas Catterall (1579). (fn. 49) AfterI was sitting on my own in the haunted bedroom and my friends were in the hall downstairs. I was reading a paper when I heard a lot of banging noises from the room beneath me. I thought my friends were making the noise. After about ten minutes they came up stairs and they asked me why I had been banging about. I told them I had been sitting quietly. well, while there are a number of well documented cases of phenomena at the Hall i have it on exceptionally good authority from a former workmate who has worked on TV productions there that the guides are not above putting lavender pot pourri around as the tours arrive and while i have personally experienced some odd events there i would say that for genuine hauntings Hoghton Tower is hard to beat I stopped at chingle hall in 1989. It was the most terrifying experience i have ever encontered. I was desperately uneasy throughout the entire experience. We stopped there for charity and nothing worked - watches, cameras, walkmans, well anything with a battery. we also experienced problems with doors being held shut and then opening without anyone being there and also footseps coming down the stairs but no shadows on the white walls of the staircase. I have never summed up the courage to revisit. The ice rink is also frequented by a mysterious haunting. A phantom skater is often heard, well after the venue has closed for the night. Also, staff working at night have reported feeling an awful presence hovering over them as they work. Winter Gardens, Morecambe