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Thurgoland, Barnsley
Low Valley Arms, Barnsley
Location: Low Valley Arms, Darfield, Barnsley
Date/Time: April 2006 approx 0100 hours
The landlord of Low Valley Arms was woken one night when he thought the pub was being burgled, upon investigating the noises, he found that all the TVs in the pub were switched on. While his wife turned the TVs off he went to check the bar toilets, has he entered the ladies toilet the figure of a woman could be seen standing in the door way. The landlord described the woman as just flesh and muscle with part of her jaw missing.
Scared of what he had just seen he called the Police. Upon the arrival of the Police they entered the toilets and witnessed the toilets flushing by themselves. The landlord was always very sceptical of such sightings until that evening in April 2006!!!!
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Lowes Stand, Hoyland
Location: Lowe Stand, Hoyland
Date: February 2006
The stand was built around 1720 and stands proud towering above Hoyland Common along side an old grave yard at the side of St Peters church.
A young man named Jason was walking his dog
Storey submitted by Jason Howell from Barnsley.
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The Room, Barnsley
The Room is one of Barnsleys most famous haunted pubs, it was built at the turn of the 19th century and has in turn seen many land lords and ladies pass through, many of whom have seen manifestations on all 4 floors of the establishment. These have ranged from an old man wondering around in the cellar to a woman from a different era wondering around the main bar area. The Red Rum, Barnsley
The Red Rum public house in
Knowing that nobody could have entered the premises, and the doors were locked, he quickly described what he had seen to the landlady ... who confirmed that he had indeed seen the resident ghost!
Thurgoland, Barnsley
Location:
Date/Time:
A taxi-driver from Kendray, John Cullen, 29, was driving with his wife Diana, 33, and their three children, along this dark back lane between Thurgoland and Hood Green, when a ghostly figure floated out in front of their car near the Eastfield Inn, causing it to stall.
"This ghost-type figure floated about three feet above the road in front of our Orion car," said Mr Cullen. "The car just stopped - it stalled on me. The featureless shape, which drooped down like a policeman's cape, glided to my wife's side of the car and into woodlands at her side of the road."
The couple, who didn't previously believe in ghosts, just looked at each other.
Mr Cullen claimed to have seen it before, but didn't mention it for fear people might think him crazy. Since on this occasion his wife saw it also, they decided to report it to the police.
Elsecar Steam Railway, Barnsley
Edwardian Lady
Location: Elsecar; Steam Railway, Elsecar, near Wentworth
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / time if known: Unknown
Further comments: This white woman has been seen near the railway, melting away if approached. It is thought that the woman may have come with one of the steam engines that are displayed there.
Goldthorpe, Barnsley
Location: Goldthorpe - Colliery
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: July 1985
Further Comments: A worker fled this coalfield after he watched a pair of disembodied boots moving towards him deep underground.
Grimethorpe Colliery, Barnsley
The occasional appearance of a gentleman wearing a grey suit, with no helmet or lamp and seemingly not connected with the colliery at all, startled several miners working underground at Grimethorpe in Barnsley. Rumors of the inexplicable figure soon spread throughout the workforce, who nicknamed him 'Charlie'. Although at first thought to be a hoax, the sightings continued until certain colliers refused to visit the seam where he had been seen alone. No clue to his identity was ever forthcoming, and Charlie remained a mystery... or perhaps a hoax planned by one of the workforce!
A more specific, but unconnected sighting, from 1978, is reported by a former Grimethorpe miner, Jim (whose full name has been withheld on request.) As an engineer, Jim often worked alone on haulage engines in an isolated area of the pit. On one particular night shift, he was joined by a man he didn't recognize, whom he assumed had been drafted in from another colliery.
The stranger introduced himself as 'Joe', they chatted together, and worked for a while until a message came over the tannoy for Jim to stop the haulage and leave the site. When the deputy informed him that the belt needed shunting, Jim replied that Joe, who was still on site, could operate it without the need for him to return. The deputy had no record of anybody else in that area of the pit, and pointed out that, if a man had entered or left, his only route would have been to pass them directly, which nobody had. Two deputies and three staff immediately went to the haulage area, and found it empty.
However, a shovel and a half-cleared pile of coal were in place where Jim had last seen Joe working. Jim had spent enough time with the mystery miner to give a good description, and he had also been told his full name (also withheld here on request). On reporting this to control, it was confirmed that nobody of this name was underground. However, from the description given by Jim, the mystery miner was identified shortly afterwards by a colleague who had worked with him over thirty years before ... until his death in the 1940's.
Interestingly enough, in this case, rather than disbelieving Jim's story, pit officials asked him to keep quiet about it, so that men did not refuse to work in this area of the pit. The immediate family of the ghostly miner soon heard of the sighting, and approached Jim themselves. He gave them the same description of "Joe" and they, too, confirmed that Jim had indeed seemingly talked to a relative of theirs, the ghost of a man he had never met!
Kingwell Woods in Barnsley
Many sights have been seen on this old woodland sight, which include dark shapes moving around, light formations and unexplained noises including footsteps. Legend has it that a miner hadn't returned home from work, so his wife went looking for him and fell down a mine shaft which used to be quite close to the entrance, unfortunately she died in the shaft before she was found.Barnsley, Area of the Lundhill Colliery
Victorian Miners
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Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: The ghosts of several miners killed in a disaster in the 1850s were reported when the surrounding pits were in operation during the twentieth century..
The Storey: 1850-1875 wasn't a good time to be a coal miner in the
Nearly 200 men and boys were killed in Lundhill Colliery, near Wombwell, on
The explosion was heard and felt over two miles away from the colliery and when rescuers tried to go down the shaft to look for survivors they found the coal was on fire and had to abandon any attempts at rescue. Shortly after flames started pouring up out of the shaft, becoming a mass of flames which observers reported as illuminating the countryside for a great distance around the pit.
The fire was eventually put out by diverting a local stream into the shaft and flooding the colliery. It was several months later that 185 bodies were eventually recovered ( some were never found) and 146 of them were buried at
The cause of the explosion was declared as accidental but an inquiry did find that there had been criminal negligence at the colliery in using naked lamps and candles for working instead of safety lamps.
Monk Bretton, Barnsley
Location: Monk Bretton Village
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / time if known: Present day
Further comments: The vague shapes of men in long gowns have been seen running around this area. And near the priory is the Mill of the Black Monks, which claims to be the oldest inn in England - and which some people say is also haunted...
Monk Bretton, The Bailey Club, Barnsley
Location: Monk Bretton - Baily Club
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: The sounds of a hymn being played on the club's organ were reported, though there was no one on the instrument at the time. A shadowy figure has also been reported, as have cold spots and strong bursts of wind.
The Mill of the Black Monks, Barnsley
This ancient building in Cundy Cross, just outside
The building lay in ruins for many years before extensive renovations returned its former glory, and today it is a beautiful roadside tavern. Rather than its haunted history putting off the drinkers, psychic experts who have claimed to be in contact with the Mill's several ghosts have encouraged the curious to visit. Conversion work, which began in 1991, saw a number of disturbances - a common factor in haunted houses. Barmaids have described how unseen hands have touched them, and white shapes have floated through the walls. Customers have seen small objects such as ashtrays and glasses move of their own free will, and the figure of a 'solid-looking' ghostly monk standing in the shadows has manifested itself on several occasions.
New Miller Dam, Barnsley
A Tall Man
Location: New Miller Dam,
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / time if known: many
Further comments: A ghostly gentleman over six foot tall makes several appearances at this site mainly at dusk.
Old St Helen's Maternity Hostpital, Barnsley
Barnsley District General Hospital Delaney Hall On the site where the hospital stands now, the old
Rockliegh Furnace, Barnsley
The furnace just outside Hoyland at Barnsley is said to be a place where various strange goings on have been seen by witnesses. these include a man walking his dog seeing another man from another time working at the furnace, to strange lights been seen coming from the tower.
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Royston Train, Barnsley
The Royston Ghost Train
On a cold, wet night, the 12b train was heading on its journey from Royston to Monkton, bringing workers home from the coking factory. Mist had swept in from the coast, masking the moon - it was pitch black.
As the train approached a tunnel, the driver was surprised to see an old man slowly tottering across the tracks. He put the brakes on, but it was too late, and the train hit the man.
The driver stopped the train and got out, but he couldn’t find any trace of the old man, or any sign that the train had hit anyone.
He started the train up again, but just before the train arrived at Royston, an apparition of the old man appeared in front of him, and whispered the words, "Sleep safely this night, as it will be your last."
“All the passengers on the train died mysteriously that night, and the line was closed”.
Please Note the following:-
A Rotherham-ghosts visitor passed some information on regarding this story, please see his comments below, we would like to thank Lee for bringing this to our attention.
I know it's only a story but it's completely untrue...
Firstly 12B wasn't a train number that ever ran on the Royston main line - trains had a seven digit number back then!
Second although there was / still is a Coke Works at Monkton it's only a 2 minute walk away from the former Royston railway station site, so there would be no need
to catch a train home, not that they could anyway, Monkton NEVER had a railway station. Also there is no tunnel anywhere on the Royston branch line.
The tracks are still used to this day (for freight only) and have never closed, although the accompanying sheds and station were closed in the early 1960's as part of Dr Beechams streamlining of the rail network, 1962 to be exact!
Just to clear things up :-)
Best Regards
Lee
Silverstone Scout Camp, Barnsley
A Scout Leader took a group of boys to Silverstone Scout camp in
The summer camp was always held during the first week of the Summer Holidays at the end of July. On the night in question, one of the Scout Leaders went to the Pub at the bottom of the hill and said that he would return about
Andrew left his wife and son in the tent and looked over the views over the
Andrew then saw a figure coming towards him across the field which he presumed was his friend returning from the pub, however, this figure, seemed to be dressed in a dark uniform, Andrew called over to him but he just ignored him. The figure carried on walking towards Andrew until it was about a metre away from him then it turned very sharply approx 180 degrees. Andrew followed him, annoyed that he hadn't acknowledged him, and tried to tap him on the shoulder... at which point, he just vanished into thin air!
As far as Andrew was concerned, it was totally illogical. Then a couple of seconds later, it suddenly dawned on him what had happened - He'd seen a
ghost! He rushed back to the tent to tell his wife, who in her state, just didn't want to know. Ten minutes later, the friend returned from the pub and he told him what had happened!
The next morning, the part-time camp warden came to see them like he did most mornings. Andrew told him what he'd seen, and he just said casually, "You've only seen the old railway guard - loads of people have seen him!".
It turned out that the guard had lived in the village and was dropped off each night from the mineral railway line at the back of the camp site behind the
woods there. One evening, he'd gone a different way to normal, and had accidentally fallen down one of the open cast mine workings that had existed in the woods many years ago and had died of exposure before he was found the next day!
Storey submitted by Andy Beecroft, Hull
Tankersley Moor, Tankersley, Barnsley
Wombwell Woods, Barnsley
After a night out in Barnsley 1964 a couple were coming through Wombwell Woods. As they turned a corner on to the road a man jumped out dressed like Guy Fawkes, he threw his cape over his face and they drove straight through him. Needless to say they they left the area quickly.
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