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Whalley Abbey Ghosts

 We arrived at Whalley Abbey last night and we had really no idea what it was going to look like other than what appeared on the booking.com page.


What we arrive to was not what we saw!

The Abbey accommodation was stunning.

But was is going to interest you is the Abbey ruins and the ghost stories.



The site was consecrated in 1306 with the Church completed in 1380 and rest rest of the Abbey took another 60 years!

In 1537 King Henry V111 cams and seized the land and destroyed the Abbey.

Anyone who did not recognise King Henry as the head of the Church was punished by hanging.

The Abbott John Paslow was taken to Lancaster Castle and later hanged drawn and quartered.


Some people ay that he was killed at the gates of the Monastery and his remains are at the Church yard.

Other say his remains were scattered and not buried in consecrated ground. Whatever is the correct story he is said to be one of the ghosts that haunts the Abbey site, his singing can be heard and apparition of hooded monks can be seen walking the grounds.

A ghost nun is seen in the village of Whalley and she is believed to be someone who worked at the Abbey.

A phantom horse has even bee seen charging through the ruins!

We will be heading out tonight to see if we can capture anything ourselves.

If you want a really good restful time out - head to an Abbey.


Comments

  1. battleliner15 April 2022 at 21:39

    so glad you are both having such a fun time, better be on the look out for those that were well hung

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