The Ghost of Newsham Woods in Lincolnshire
The Ghost of Newsham Woods
Turn the clocks back to 1997 and imagine a dark deserted spot deep inside Newsham Woods in Lincolnshire
This story, paraphrased by me, was sent in by a reader - we are extremely grateful:
After following a seldom trodden path, which showed fresh signs of use, into the depths of the woods our reader came across a large mound in a clearing. Approaching the mound it soon became clear there was a deep depression at the bottom of it and in there was a camp fire and four people !
Amazingly, they were all friends of our reader and our informant soon joined them and settled in for the night.
It was in the dead of night when the apparition appeared. Two figures walked straight through the camp making no noise and leaving no impression - one of the figures was headless !
The Exact Spot of the Headless Ghost of Newsham Woods
Above you’ll see the exact spot this happened - the haunted mound !
Some years later archaeological work was done on, in and around the mound. The area was once the site of an Abbey but stranger still . . .
The route the figures walked corresponded with doorways in excavated walls !
Further to that - the exact location of the camp site turned out to be the Abbey Graveyard !
I went to this spot to take the picture and I’m not given to fancy but if anywhere was to be haunted that would be a good spot - it did feel ’spooky’ for want of a better word
If you know anything of this ghost or apparition - either you’ve seen it or heard mention of it locally - then please do leave a comment we are very keen to collect as much information and as many opinions as possible - many thanks
All the best
Rod
If you know of any other Lincolnshire myths and legends please report them here - many thanks
Little Brother said,
November 25, 2009 @ 7:42 pm
Rod,
A great story, worth a night visit?
LB
Chris Keyworth said,
November 25, 2009 @ 8:11 pm
Rod i think Miles would benifit from a Blair Witch Night, i am sure between a few of us we could arrange this
regards
chris
Little Brother said,
November 25, 2009 @ 8:35 pm
Chris,
Fat chance!!
LB
Chris Keyworth said,
November 25, 2009 @ 8:46 pm
thats a crying shame, a freind of mine has won a national award covered in a promenant wall street newspaper, with his blair witch nights… ive always feared that these southern lincolnshire dwellers arnt up to this sort of thing, they scare to easy lol…..
regards
chris
Rod said,
November 26, 2009 @ 8:12 am
Chris,
I’m not given to flights of fancy but that would be a spooky place in the dead of night.
Like the article - but “scare the rich” . . . the new 50% tax band should do that
From the article
Which is why I found myself, a week before Halloween, kneeling in a puddle of mud in a freezing forest in north Lincolnshire, a bag over my head, a bottle of brandy shoved down my trousers and a large ex-marine bawling at the back of my head: “Move! Move! Next time you lag behind you’ll be on your own.”
Are you sure it’s not you taking these people out
Best
Rod
Chris Keyworth said,
November 26, 2009 @ 11:03 am
aghhhh that would be telling…..
marcus short said,
February 15, 2010 @ 5:17 am
The only ghost ive heard of in newshams is the white lady. i first heard the tale as a child and some years later decided to look into it a bit further,. it was said that if you went to the bridge at midnight and repeated”white lady white lady i know who killed your baby ” she would appear. it turns out that newsham abbey or new house abbey was populated by premonsitarian monks who wore white habits, and around 1400-1405 lady elizabeth de la spence was intered in abbey.unfortunately i could find no reference to how she died but guessed that the locals may have known her as the white lady because of her involvement with the premonsitarians i find it strange that the link with the white lady has continued for over 600 years and find it hard to believe this would have been the case had there not been some sightings of her. i speculate that she may have died in child birth, the monks of newshams were renowned as a rowdy lot and i wouldnt rule out the chance that she and her child were murdered to cover up an indiscretion with the monks, i would be very greatfull if anybody could add any more info
marcus
chris keyworth said,
February 15, 2010 @ 9:20 am
marcus, Elizabeth de Spencer was the grand mother of Jane Seymour of HVIII fame, there is at least two generations of this family buried there they all lived a Goxhill…
regards
chris..
marcus short said,
February 15, 2010 @ 5:47 pm
so would you agrre she has potential as the white lady?. my fbook is erasmus fontaine cheers chris