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‘Antiques Centre’
Antiques Centre’ Staff of the Antiques Centre, Devizes have reported hearing the sound of footsteps and the smell of smoke. This was also experienced by a team of ghost hunters who Investigated the building on the 15th April 2006.. ‘
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‘Blackswan’
‘The Black Swan hotel’ In Room 4 on the top floor the presents of a young woman has been seen walking across the floor and leaving via a wall. Her spirit which is believed to have been pregnant when she died, has also been seen sat at the window crying, while looking out onto the market place below.
In the conference room on the first floor a door handle has been known to rattle and the sound of footsteps has often been heard.
A ghostly figure of a man in a top hat and shabby coat has been seen sat in the corner of the restaurant. When staff return to serve him believing that he is a customer then they find that he is no longer in the room.Do you know this story? Please help this website develop by emailing me an update
‘castle’
Story by webmaster
The ghost of an elderly woman on the upper level gallery of the castle at Devizes has been seen by the residents dog which have a fear of this ghost.
This ghost when she appears is dressed in grey and has been seen with a walking stick.Do you know this story? Please help this website develop by emailing me an update
‘museum’
‘Maud Cunnington’
The ghost of Maud Cunnington, a Wiltshire archaeologist has been seen sat at her desk on the lower floors of devizes museum.. Do you know this story? Please help this website develop by emailing me this story
‘Old Cinema’
‘Old Cinema’. The sound of footsteps had been heard on the first floor of the cinema. Do you know this story? Please help this website develop by emailing me this story
‘Roundway Hospital’
Story by Anna of Devizes.. Ghostly experiences are usually all very personal. It’s a rare occurrence that two or more people will both see the same ghost or experience the same disturbances at the same time. I believe that any experiences from ‘beyond the grave’ can be greatly influenced by a host of different external things. We may be extremely tired, agitated or stressed by emotional trauma, and these personal things should be taken into account when trying to determine the truth behind an ‘experience’ I also believe that being in specific places can influence our imaginations. Old musty churches, the cellar of an 17th century cottage or walking through a dark wooded area where there is nothing but darkness and silence can set off even the most lame of imaginations. The truth is if we want to believe in something, then we will believe in that something – but that doesn’t necessarily make it true.
At the time of my ‘experience’ and within the few days surrounding it, I was convinced that something unusual, not of this earth, had happened to me. However as months passed on and the experience became just a dim memory, I had tended to dismiss my story’s validity more and more.
My experience happened back in early spring, when I was walking through Roundway Park in Devizes on a lovely Sunday afternoon. I must admit I had a few drinks the night before and my brain wasn’t firing on all cylinders so I will try and explain (to the best of my memory) what took place that afternoon. My friend and I were walking her dog around Drews Pond and eventually ended up at Roundway Park. For the locals, Roundway’s notoriety is known, not as the residential area that now resides there, but as Wiltshire’s now redundant Mental Asylum. People from all over Wiltshire were treated here from 1851 until the early 90’s. Aliments from being drunk and disorderly, young pregnancies and sometimes just the homeless were sent to Roundway in order to ‘cure’ them Some people made this place their home when then had no where else to go, and some people were even buried on the grounds of Roundway Hospital. The graves are still there but cannot be seen.
My experience happened when we were walking across a small grassy area just off the hospital. I felt someone walking behind me and glanced back to see who was there. There was no-one there so I carried on walking and chatting to my friend but always slightly aware that there was someone behind me. I kept looking but again saw no-one. I also heard what I would describe as a jangling sound, like keys or something metal being rattled. It didn’t bother me until we had passed this place through a wooden gate and then I asked my friend if she had heard anyone behind us. She just promptly blurted, “Probably the Roundway Ghosts!” Later when I told my boyfriend (he’s more local to Devizes than me) what I had experienced he asked where it had happened, and where I explained he had no hesitation in telling me that this was the area where patients had previously been buried. I had to check this out and bought a book on the history of the hospital, and to my knowledge this is correct. What ever was walking behind me on that day didn’t seem a threat and I didn’t feel afraid. I have wondered however during the last few months about the state of my head that day. Having ‘a few’ the night before can cloud judgements as we all know, but strangely I wasn’t thinking about ghosts of anything like that when my experience happened , it just came out of the blue and with no straight explanation for it. Maybe alcohol can make us more sensitive and aware of things – who knows. Just wish we could record things like this on tape…..
Have you walked in this area and had the simular experience? Email Me
‘The Grey Lady’
‘The Grey Lady’.
The non active spirit of a hooded women dressed in grey has been known to haunt the reception area of the Bear Hotel. It is unknown of who she was but she has been seen walking along a corridor before entering a wall.
Do you know this story? Please help this website develop by emailing me this story
‘Three Crowns Inn’
‘Three Crowns Inn, devizes’. Do you know this story? Please help this website develop by emailing me this story
Do you know this story? Please help this website develop by emailing me this story
- ‘Blackswan’
‘The Black Swan hotel’ In Room 4 on the top floor the presents of a young woman has been seen walking across the floor and leaving via a wall. Her spirit which is believed to have been pregnant when she died, has also been seen sat at the window crying, while looking out onto the market place below.
In the conference room on the first floor a door handle has been known to rattle and the sound of footsteps has often been heard.
A ghostly figure of a man in a top hat and shabby coat has been seen sat in the corner of the restaurant. When staff return to serve him believing that he is a customer then they find that he is no longer in the room.Do you know this story? Please help this website develop by emailing me an update
‘castle’
Story by webmaster
The ghost of an elderly woman on the upper level gallery of the castle at Devizes has been seen by the residents dog which have a fear of this ghost.
This ghost when she appears is dressed in grey and has been seen with a walking stick.Do you know this story? Please help this website develop by emailing me an update
‘museum’
‘Maud Cunnington’
The ghost of Maud Cunnington, a Wiltshire archaeologist has been seen sat at her desk on the lower floors of devizes museum.. Do you know this story? Please help this website develop by emailing me this story
‘Old Cinema’
‘Old Cinema’. The sound of footsteps had been heard on the first floor of the cinema. Do you know this story? Please help this website develop by emailing me this story
‘Roundway Hospital’
Story by Anna of Devizes.. Ghostly experiences are usually all very personal. It’s a rare occurrence that two or more people will both see the same ghost or experience the same disturbances at the same time. I believe that any experiences from ‘beyond the grave’ can be greatly influenced by a host of different external things. We may be extremely tired, agitated or stressed by emotional trauma, and these personal things should be taken into account when trying to determine the truth behind an ‘experience’ I also believe that being in specific places can influence our imaginations. Old musty churches, the cellar of an 17th century cottage or walking through a dark wooded area where there is nothing but darkness and silence can set off even the most lame of imaginations. The truth is if we want to believe in something, then we will believe in that something – but that doesn’t necessarily make it true.
At the time of my ‘experience’ and within the few days surrounding it, I was convinced that something unusual, not of this earth, had happened to me. However as months passed on and the experience became just a dim memory, I had tended to dismiss my story’s validity more and more.
My experience happened back in early spring, when I was walking through Roundway Park in Devizes on a lovely Sunday afternoon. I must admit I had a few drinks the night before and my brain wasn’t firing on all cylinders so I will try and explain (to the best of my memory) what took place that afternoon. My friend and I were walking her dog around Drews Pond and eventually ended up at Roundway Park. For the locals, Roundway’s notoriety is known, not as the residential area that now resides there, but as Wiltshire’s now redundant Mental Asylum. People from all over Wiltshire were treated here from 1851 until the early 90’s. Aliments from being drunk and disorderly, young pregnancies and sometimes just the homeless were sent to Roundway in order to ‘cure’ them Some people made this place their home when then had no where else to go, and some people were even buried on the grounds of Roundway Hospital. The graves are still there but cannot be seen.
My experience happened when we were walking across a small grassy area just off the hospital. I felt someone walking behind me and glanced back to see who was there. There was no-one there so I carried on walking and chatting to my friend but always slightly aware that there was someone behind me. I kept looking but again saw no-one. I also heard what I would describe as a jangling sound, like keys or something metal being rattled. It didn’t bother me until we had passed this place through a wooden gate and then I asked my friend if she had heard anyone behind us. She just promptly blurted, “Probably the Roundway Ghosts!” Later when I told my boyfriend (he’s more local to Devizes than me) what I had experienced he asked where it had happened, and where I explained he had no hesitation in telling me that this was the area where patients had previously been buried. I had to check this out and bought a book on the history of the hospital, and to my knowledge this is correct. What ever was walking behind me on that day didn’t seem a threat and I didn’t feel afraid. I have wondered however during the last few months about the state of my head that day. Having ‘a few’ the night before can cloud judgements as we all know, but strangely I wasn’t thinking about ghosts of anything like that when my experience happened , it just came out of the blue and with no straight explanation for it. Maybe alcohol can make us more sensitive and aware of things – who knows. Just wish we could record things like this on tape…..
Have you walked in this area and had the simular experience? Email Me
‘The Grey Lady’
‘The Grey Lady’.
The non active spirit of a hooded women dressed in grey has been known to haunt the reception area of the Bear Hotel. It is unknown of who she was but she has been seen walking along a corridor before entering a wall.
Do you know this story? Please help this website develop by emailing me this story
‘Three Crowns Inn’
‘Three Crowns Inn, devizes’. Do you know this story? Please help this website develop by emailing me this story
The ghost of an elderly woman on the upper level gallery of the castle at Devizes has been seen by the residents dog which have a fear of this ghost.
This ghost when she appears is dressed in grey and has been seen with a walking stick.Do you know this story? Please help this website develop by emailing me an update
- ‘museum’
‘Maud Cunnington’
The ghost of Maud Cunnington, a Wiltshire archaeologist has been seen sat at her desk on the lower floors of devizes museum.. Do you know this story? Please help this website develop by emailing me this story
‘Old Cinema’
‘Old Cinema’. The sound of footsteps had been heard on the first floor of the cinema. Do you know this story? Please help this website develop by emailing me this story
‘Roundway Hospital’
Story by Anna of Devizes.. Ghostly experiences are usually all very personal. It’s a rare occurrence that two or more people will both see the same ghost or experience the same disturbances at the same time. I believe that any experiences from ‘beyond the grave’ can be greatly influenced by a host of different external things. We may be extremely tired, agitated or stressed by emotional trauma, and these personal things should be taken into account when trying to determine the truth behind an ‘experience’ I also believe that being in specific places can influence our imaginations. Old musty churches, the cellar of an 17th century cottage or walking through a dark wooded area where there is nothing but darkness and silence can set off even the most lame of imaginations. The truth is if we want to believe in something, then we will believe in that something – but that doesn’t necessarily make it true.
At the time of my ‘experience’ and within the few days surrounding it, I was convinced that something unusual, not of this earth, had happened to me. However as months passed on and the experience became just a dim memory, I had tended to dismiss my story’s validity more and more.
My experience happened back in early spring, when I was walking through Roundway Park in Devizes on a lovely Sunday afternoon. I must admit I had a few drinks the night before and my brain wasn’t firing on all cylinders so I will try and explain (to the best of my memory) what took place that afternoon. My friend and I were walking her dog around Drews Pond and eventually ended up at Roundway Park. For the locals, Roundway’s notoriety is known, not as the residential area that now resides there, but as Wiltshire’s now redundant Mental Asylum. People from all over Wiltshire were treated here from 1851 until the early 90’s. Aliments from being drunk and disorderly, young pregnancies and sometimes just the homeless were sent to Roundway in order to ‘cure’ them Some people made this place their home when then had no where else to go, and some people were even buried on the grounds of Roundway Hospital. The graves are still there but cannot be seen.
My experience happened when we were walking across a small grassy area just off the hospital. I felt someone walking behind me and glanced back to see who was there. There was no-one there so I carried on walking and chatting to my friend but always slightly aware that there was someone behind me. I kept looking but again saw no-one. I also heard what I would describe as a jangling sound, like keys or something metal being rattled. It didn’t bother me until we had passed this place through a wooden gate and then I asked my friend if she had heard anyone behind us. She just promptly blurted, “Probably the Roundway Ghosts!” Later when I told my boyfriend (he’s more local to Devizes than me) what I had experienced he asked where it had happened, and where I explained he had no hesitation in telling me that this was the area where patients had previously been buried. I had to check this out and bought a book on the history of the hospital, and to my knowledge this is correct. What ever was walking behind me on that day didn’t seem a threat and I didn’t feel afraid. I have wondered however during the last few months about the state of my head that day. Having ‘a few’ the night before can cloud judgements as we all know, but strangely I wasn’t thinking about ghosts of anything like that when my experience happened , it just came out of the blue and with no straight explanation for it. Maybe alcohol can make us more sensitive and aware of things – who knows. Just wish we could record things like this on tape…..
Have you walked in this area and had the simular experience? Email Me
‘The Grey Lady’
‘The Grey Lady’.
The non active spirit of a hooded women dressed in grey has been known to haunt the reception area of the Bear Hotel. It is unknown of who she was but she has been seen walking along a corridor before entering a wall.
Do you know this story? Please help this website develop by emailing me this story
‘Three Crowns Inn’
‘Three Crowns Inn, devizes’. Do you know this story? Please help this website develop by emailing me this story
- ‘Roundway Hospital’
Story by Anna of Devizes.. Ghostly experiences are usually all very personal. It’s a rare occurrence that two or more people will both see the same ghost or experience the same disturbances at the same time. I believe that any experiences from ‘beyond the grave’ can be greatly influenced by a host of different external things. We may be extremely tired, agitated or stressed by emotional trauma, and these personal things should be taken into account when trying to determine the truth behind an ‘experience’ I also believe that being in specific places can influence our imaginations. Old musty churches, the cellar of an 17th century cottage or walking through a dark wooded area where there is nothing but darkness and silence can set off even the most lame of imaginations. The truth is if we want to believe in something, then we will believe in that something – but that doesn’t necessarily make it true.
At the time of my ‘experience’ and within the few days surrounding it, I was convinced that something unusual, not of this earth, had happened to me. However as months passed on and the experience became just a dim memory, I had tended to dismiss my story’s validity more and more.
My experience happened back in early spring, when I was walking through Roundway Park in Devizes on a lovely Sunday afternoon. I must admit I had a few drinks the night before and my brain wasn’t firing on all cylinders so I will try and explain (to the best of my memory) what took place that afternoon. My friend and I were walking her dog around Drews Pond and eventually ended up at Roundway Park. For the locals, Roundway’s notoriety is known, not as the residential area that now resides there, but as Wiltshire’s now redundant Mental Asylum. People from all over Wiltshire were treated here from 1851 until the early 90’s. Aliments from being drunk and disorderly, young pregnancies and sometimes just the homeless were sent to Roundway in order to ‘cure’ them Some people made this place their home when then had no where else to go, and some people were even buried on the grounds of Roundway Hospital. The graves are still there but cannot be seen.
My experience happened when we were walking across a small grassy area just off the hospital. I felt someone walking behind me and glanced back to see who was there. There was no-one there so I carried on walking and chatting to my friend but always slightly aware that there was someone behind me. I kept looking but again saw no-one. I also heard what I would describe as a jangling sound, like keys or something metal being rattled. It didn’t bother me until we had passed this place through a wooden gate and then I asked my friend if she had heard anyone behind us. She just promptly blurted, “Probably the Roundway Ghosts!” Later when I told my boyfriend (he’s more local to Devizes than me) what I had experienced he asked where it had happened, and where I explained he had no hesitation in telling me that this was the area where patients had previously been buried. I had to check this out and bought a book on the history of the hospital, and to my knowledge this is correct. What ever was walking behind me on that day didn’t seem a threat and I didn’t feel afraid. I have wondered however during the last few months about the state of my head that day. Having ‘a few’ the night before can cloud judgements as we all know, but strangely I wasn’t thinking about ghosts of anything like that when my experience happened , it just came out of the blue and with no straight explanation for it. Maybe alcohol can make us more sensitive and aware of things – who knows. Just wish we could record things like this on tape…..
Have you walked in this area and had the simular experience? Email Me
‘The Grey Lady’
‘The Grey Lady’.
The non active spirit of a hooded women dressed in grey has been known to haunt the reception area of the Bear Hotel. It is unknown of who she was but she has been seen walking along a corridor before entering a wall.
Do you know this story? Please help this website develop by emailing me this story
‘Three Crowns Inn’
‘Three Crowns Inn, devizes’. Do you know this story? Please help this website develop by emailing me this story
The non active spirit of a hooded women dressed in grey has been known to haunt the reception area of the Bear Hotel. It is unknown of who she was but she has been seen walking along a corridor before entering a wall.
Do you know this story? Please help this website develop by emailing me this story
- ‘Three Crowns Inn’
‘Three Crowns Inn, devizes’. Do you know this story? Please help this website develop by emailing me this story
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Are you experiencing something strange in your home from the sound of footsteps, knockings or some other unexplained phenomenon.
Have you seen a ghost in your home.
Are you experiencing Smells or oders in the home, that can not be explained, for example pipe tobacco smells, perfume or aftershave.
Do you ever get a feeling that you are not alone in the home.
Have you seen objects moving around by unseen hands in your home or work place.
Many of these experiences are never reported because people don’t want to feel weird and odd.
People are frightened to talk because of skepticism (it’s all in your head, it’s only your eye’s playing tricks, you’re hallucinating, its a misinterpretation of something natural or some other reply) and are talked out of what may of been a real paranormal experience.
So if you are witnessing events and need someone to talk too, please post your comment below or If you prefer that you and your experience to stay private from public eyes then thats not a problem.
Please contact me on email or mobile.
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