Beaulieu Abbey Ghosts

One of us was slightly time challenged and found herself awake very early this morning ( it wasn't me) and could not wait until I woke up to go have a hot breakfast.

We were not disappointed - it was a full hot breakfast with the works after which cameras were loaded up and we drove into Guildford so I could go to a TK MAXX and buy some summer PJ's and not boil nor expose my very saggy bottom to Anne any longer.

Unfortunately, we struck a Farmer's Market in the town (auww sad...said no one ever) and took in the free offerings of tastings and everything looked beautiful and fresh and delicious.

I got my PJ's and we sat inside the local graveyard with a hot coffee and a small pastry of cream cheese and berries.

Finally my vertigo was starting to lift and it was an awesome feeling getting into the car and going for a drive.

I had the bright idea to head to Beaulieu, which is in the New Forest area, as that was our destination for the night anyway, to see if we could go to an Abbey there that looked interesting.

The Abbey is 800 years old and was founded by King John in the 13th Century before being destroyed by King Henry the Eighth in 1538.

Apparently you can do a paranormal investigation of the Abbey with the local ghost hunting team!

"Over the years there have been numerous ghostly sightings, stories and legends reported on the Beaulieu Estate.

Numerous paranormal investigators have conducted research at the abbey. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, famously held a séance in the Montagu ancestral home of Palace House and allegedly made contact with a ghost.

Other sightings have included a ‘blue’ or ‘grey’ lady walking through walls and making sounds in the private apartments of Palace House, believed to be Isabella, Countess Beaulieu, who died in 1786. In 2013, a Palace House guide took a ghostly picture of a ‘Lady in Blue’ while testing the camera on her new phone in the Lower Drawing Room."

https://www.lymington.com/167-lymington-new-forest-history/1509-ghosts-beaulieu-abbey-palace-house

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