Most Haunted

York is a city in the north of England, it is a place I have visited many times, it is a town I love to visit, as it is steeped in history, and culture, and ghostly goings on. York is an ancient city, which dates back to the Roman conquest, and it is reputedly the most haunted city in the world, with around 500 separate haunting or haunted sites. The treasurers house in York was built upon the site of an ancient Roman road, and this is where our first haunting takes place. While working as an apprentice plumber in the basements of the treasurers house, young Harry Martindale, heard the sounds of a horn in the distance, the sound got closer and louder then after a short while a large horse appeared to come through the wall, and it was ridden by a Roman soldier, the soldier was followed by a number of foot soldiers, all dressed in green tunics,and complete with plumed helmets, the soldiers appeared to be marching on their knees until they came to a part of the cellars that had been excavated, then they appeared as though they were walking on the old Roman road.

Moving on a few hundred years, we come to the sixteenth century, and the reign of Queen Elizabeth the 1st, the queen being a protestant had a great deal of opposition from the catholics of the time, some even plotted to over throw her, one such man was Thomas Percy The Earl of Northumberland, Percy was captured, tried and then beheaded in the city of York, to deter other potential usurpers, his head was set upon a pole at a place known as Micklegate, the head was left there to rot, and the body was buried separately in the grounds of The Holy Trinity Church, and even today his headless body can be seen staggering among the tombstones, presumably looking for his long lost head.

Staying with the Tudors, Cathrine Howard the 4th wife of Henry the 8th stayed at the old Kings Manor shortly before her execution in 1541, she can be seen from time to time walking through what used to be the old gardens, she is usually seen carrying roses.

Does the spirit of Alice Smith haunt Lunds Court (formerly Mad Alice Lane) Alice was hanged in 1825 at York Castle for the heinous crime of being insane.