Haunted Chingle Hall, Lancashire, 

  

 

Chingle Hall

Chingle Hall is actually almost unheard of, it has been closed for a long time therefore nobody has created a website and it seems to have just faded into history. Yet this building is reputed to be amongst the most haunted in Britain ! It is said to have over 16 inhabiting spirits, however psychics have been known for there wacky predictions. But with over 750 years of history and built from the foundations of a viking ship, this defiantly creates the perfect circumstance for a haunting. 

Chingle Hall, ,
Goosnargh,,
Preston

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 Ghost Hunting at the Chingle Hall

 

 

Ghost Hunting at Chingle Hall.

Constructed in 1260 by Adam De Singleton, The wooden beams used in the building came from viking longboats, with Goosnargh actually being one of there original settlements. Chingle hall has alot of strange history and paranormal phenomena that are incredibly rare. The chapel itself is known to spontaneously catch fire, the beams, a hidden log they burn hot but dont appear to do to much damage and then put themselves out ! 

 

The Chapel. 

During the 16th century the wall family took over Chingle Hall. Being Catholics they built the chapel and two priest holes during the 16th century when it was a crime with the penalty of death to hold mass. 

One of the hidden priest holes was undiscovered until the late 1970’s, when the owner of the time saw smoke coming from the chapel chimney. She called the fire department and they discovered the hidden priest hole in the chimney and a single burning log. The room has been sealed for almost 500 years, but that is not the strangest part. The log seemed to burning from the inside out. So logs naturally burn from the inside out due to some freak accident or does it seem more like that this was paranormal. 

In the chapel and especially in the hiding halls people have been overcome with a sense of fear and an urge to hide. Knocking sounds are also heard coming from the chapel during the night when there is nobody else there. People have also felt an icy touch and seen what seems to be the apparition of the robed monks still occupying there place of worship. 

Many people have also witnessed a strange black shape that moves around in the chapel, it is also thought to be the monks however the fires in the chapel may suggest something else, aswell as the symbols of pagan worship carved into the wooden beams in the ceiling. 

 

 

Kitchen. 

There is also reputed poltergeist activity. Pots and pans have been seen moving by themselves or being flung at the walls or even at visitors ! Childish giggles have been heard in the kitchen also, normally following an event that sends people running. Some visitors have also been poked and pinched when passing the kitchen. 

 

 

Elanor’s Room / Priest´s Room

One of the most haunted rooms is supposedly Elanor’s room. A place of violence, toture, depression and murder. Light manifestations *orbs are seen here constantly, flickering around the room. Some also smell lavender in the room which is a common sign of a spirit of that era as it was a popular cologne. Also sometimes people can smell the odor of a dog, it was a well known fact the Lady Elanor had a Afghan hound in the room to keep her company during her imprisonment. 

There are numerous reports of what seems to be unseen hands tugging on peoples clothing, some have even fainted in there. No doubt there is a strong presence in the room. With all the suffering in here its left its mark. Some visitors claim to be overcome with depression as soon as they enter and find it hard to breath. 

But this activity is all suttle compared to what has been recorded during the nights. The owner of the manor in 1985 heard banging sounds coming from inside, so she peered through the door and saw a human hand moving the bricks within. There is avid poltergeist activity in this room, with constant loud smashing sounds coming from the room. Not to mention the apparition of a man with shoulder length hair who is seen walking around the room or outside the window, despite the fact the window is 12ft above the ground. 

 

The Manor and Grounds

The Manor and grounds on a whole are haunted and there are plenty of apparitions seen. One story from one 

Mrs Howarth said that, on many an evening, she would be in the far end of the lounge watching Coronation Street on TV, with her two dogs curled up by the fire. Then there would be the sound of the front door opening and closing, and one of two figures seen crossing through to the other side of the room and the doorway to the stairs.

The figure was usually a hooded monk in brown cowl, and the two dogs would leap up with tails wagging and walk with him to the stairs. However, the monk was sometimes in black, in which case her pets would remain crouched with heads down.

 

 

 

 

Ghost Hunting at Chingle Hall.

Constructed in 1260 by Adam De Singleton, The wooden beams used in the building came from viking longboats, with Goosnargh actually being one of there original settlements. Chingle hall has alot of strange history and paranormal phenomena that are incredibly rare. The chapel itself is known to spontaneously catch fire, the beams, a hidden log they burn hot but dont appear to do to much damage and then put themselves out ! 

 

The Chapel. 

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During the 16th century the wall family took over Chingle Hall. Being Catholics they built the chapel and two priest holes during the 16th century when it was a crime with the penalty of death to hold mass. 

One of the hidden priest holes was undiscovered until the late 1970’s, when the owner of the time saw smoke coming from the chapel chimney. She called the fire department and they discovered the hidden priest hole in the chimney and a single burning log. The room has been sealed for almost 500 years, but that is not the strangest part. The log seemed to burning from the inside out. So logs naturally burn from the inside out due to some freak accident or does it seem more like that this was paranormal. 

In the chapel and especially in the hiding halls people have been overcome with a sense of fear and an urge to hide. Knocking sounds are also heard coming from the chapel during the night when there is nobody else there. People have also felt an icy touch and seen what seems to be the apparition of the robed monks still occupying there place of worship. 

Many people have also witnessed a strange black shape that moves around in the chapel, it is also thought to be the monks however the fires in the chapel may suggest something else, aswell as the symbols of pagan worship carved into the wooden beams in the ceiling. 

 

Kitchen. 

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There is also reputed poltergeist activity. Pots and pans have been seen moving by themselves or being flung at the walls or even at visitors ! Childish giggles have been heard in the kitchen also, normally following an event that sends people running. Some visitors have also been poked and pinched when passing the kitchen. 

 

 

Elanor’s Room / Priest´s Room

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One of the most haunted rooms is supposedly Elanor’s room. A place of violence, toture, depression and murder. Light manifestations *orbs are seen here constantly, flickering around the room. Some also smell lavender in the room which is a common sign of a spirit of that era as it was a popular cologne. Also sometimes people can smell the odor of a dog, it was a well known fact the Lady Elanor had a Afghan hound in the room to keep her company during her imprisonment. 

There are numerous reports of what seems to be unseen hands tugging on peoples clothing, some have even fainted in there. No doubt there is a strong presence in the room. With all the suffering in here its left its mark. Some visitors claim to be overcome with depression as soon as they enter and find it hard to breath. 

But this activity is all suttle compared to what has been recorded during the nights. The owner of the manor in 1985 heard banging sounds coming from inside, so she peered through the door and saw a human hand moving the bricks within. There is avid poltergeist activity in this room, with constant loud smashing sounds coming from the room. Not to mention the apparition of a man with shoulder length hair who is seen walking around the room or outside the window, despite the fact the window is 12ft above the ground. 

 

The Manor and Grounds

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The Manor and grounds on a whole are haunted and there are plenty of apparitions seen. One story from one 

Mrs Howarth said that, on many an evening, she would be in the far end of the lounge watching Coronation Street on TV, with her two dogs curled up by the fire. Then there would be the sound of the front door opening and closing, and one of two figures seen crossing through to the other side of the room and the doorway to the stairs.

The figure was usually a hooded monk in brown cowl, and the two dogs would leap up with tails wagging and walk with him to the stairs. However, the monk was sometimes in black, in which case her pets would remain crouched with heads down.

 

 

 

 Ghosts of Chingle Hall 

Ghosts of Chingle Hall.

 
. Lady Elanor Singleton
. John Wall
. The Negative Entity

 

 

Lady Elanor.

Lady Elanor was the daughter of Lord Singleton she was imprisoned in the priests room from the age of 14 until the time of her mysterious death at age 18. There is alot of speculation about what really happened here. It is definite that she was imprisoned here but nobody is quite sure of the circumstance of her death or just which generation of the Singleton family she belonged to. It is logical that there are few records of her after being hidden for so long. But she is still felt and seen in the room she spent the remaining years of her short life. 

There is an overwhelming sense of emotion in the room, like the priest holes. She would have spent all those years without going outside and with only her pooch for company. All of that sadness and fear is always going to leave an imprint and cause activity. The majority of it could be residual however people have reported tugging on there clothing. This is intelligent as she is able to sense where the visitors are and interact with them. 

 

Father John Wall.

John Wall was born at Chingle Hall in 1620. In 1641 he became a priest and during the times of the Catholic Reformation this was illegal. So he constructed the secret chapel and the hiding holes in order to hold mass, which he did many times. 

In 1678 he was caught and taken to Worcester jail, where he was given the option to renounce his faith and save his life. He declined so he was drawn and quartered ( each of his limbs attached by rope pulled from his body ). However his head was saved and worshiped by the friars of Worcester.

A group of nun’s at Tauten claim that today they have a tooth and a bone of there martyr passed down through generations by the group of nun’s who supposedly saved his head from the invasions of the french revolution and buried it in the grounds of Chingle Hall. The Legend goes that until his head is found his spirit will not rest. 

He is thought to be the brown robed monk seen around the house so often. 

 

 

The Negative Entity  

All of the hauntings here are effectively harmless right. An imprisoned girl, a headless monk etc. However what about the dark presence felt around the manor. There is something here like you read futher up that it causing people harm and causing animals to cower. The dogs cowered when the lady of the manor saw a black robed figure, although there are no connections with any black robed monks as they are from an era much older. 

The cause of this presence could ofcourse be the sorrow and fear felt hear during the times the monks where hunted and Elanor was imprisoned, however there is a theory that the markings on the beams where not there when the timber was taken from the wreckage of the viking long boats. There are rumors of cult activity and satanic worship taking place inside and where there is a history of the occult inhuman spirits are soon to follow and normally they stay. 

 

Ghosts of Chingle Hall.

 
. Lady Elanor Singleton
. John Wall
. The Negative Entity

 

 

Lady Elanor.

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Lady Elanor was the daughter of Lord Singleton she was imprisoned in the priests room from the age of 14 until the time of her mysterious death at age 18. There is alot of speculation about what really happened here. It is definite that she was imprisoned here but nobody is quite sure of the circumstance of her death or just which generation of the Singleton family she belonged to. It is logical that there are few records of her after being hidden for so long. But she is still felt and seen in the room she spent the remaining years of her short life. 

 

There is an overwhelming sense of emotion in the room, like the priest holes. She would have spent all those years without going outside and with only her pooch for company. All of that sadness and fear is always going to leave an imprint and cause activity. The majority of it could be residual however people have reported tugging on there clothing. This is intelligent as she is able to sense where the visitors are and interact with them. 

 

Father John Wall.

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John Wall was born at Chingle Hall in 1620. In 1641 he became a priest and during the times of the Catholic Reformation this was illegal. So he constructed the secret chapel and the hiding holes in order to hold mass, which he did many times. 

In 1678 he was caught and taken to Worcester jail, where he was given the option to renounce his faith and save his life. He declined so he was drawn and quartered ( each of his limbs attached by rope pulled from his body ). However his head was saved and worshiped by the friars of Worcester.

A group of nun’s at Tauten claim that today they have a tooth and a bone of there martyr passed down through generations by the group of nun’s who supposedly saved his head from the invasions of the french revolution and buried it in the grounds of Chingle Hall. The Legend goes that until his head is found his spirit will not rest. 

He is thought to be the brown robed monk seen around the house so often. 

 

 

The Negative Entity  

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All of the hauntings here are effectively harmless right. An imprisoned girl, a headless monk etc. However what about the dark presence felt around the manor. There is something here like you read futher up that it causing people harm and causing animals to cower. The dogs cowered when the lady of the manor saw a black robed figure, although there are no connections with any black robed monks as they are from an era much older. 

The cause of this presence could ofcourse be the sorrow and fear felt hear during the times the monks where hunted and Elanor was imprisoned, however there is a theory that the markings on the beams where not there when the timber was taken from the wreckage of the viking long boats. There are rumors of cult activity and satanic worship taking place inside and where there is a history of the occult inhuman spirits are soon to follow and normally they stay. 

 

 

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Something Strange at Chingle Hall

SOLOMON STRANGE remembers the night he spent in haunted Chingle Hall in Lancashire and lived to tell the tale …


Fear is the sudden realisation that everything you’ve been brought up to believe in is erroneous. For example, there are no such things as ghosts, wraiths and spectres, so psychologists and sceptics tell us. We grow up to believe in our tactile senses, what we can see feel and touch are real and what we cannot perceive is relegated to myth, superstition and legend.

As a writer, I find it is important to draw on real life experiences to bring believability to the plot. This was the case whilst writing my novel The Ebethusa. Part of the story revolves around four young boys trapped in a sinister house; the mansion has a dark past which has terrible consequences for them. This segment of the book was gleaned from personal experience. Obviously, I have used artistic licence, but in many ways my experience was every bit as terrifying as what the boys go through, because what happened to me was real.

In 1990, I was asked to stay the night in a renowned Lancashire house for a charity event. The residence was known as Chingle Hall and its reputation was fearsome. Many people believe it to be the most haunted house in England. Originally built by Adam de Singleton in 1260 it succeeded many families, including the Singletons and Walls.

In 1679, during the time of the Catholic reformation, when it was illegal to practice mass in Britain, Father John Wall defied the law and was subsequently arrested for heresy. He steadfastly refused to forsake his religion, was hung drawn and quartered and his head buried at the hall. Legend has it that if his skull is ever found that the haunting will cease.

One thing is certain, there is nothing more unnerving than being stalked by something in the darkest hours of the night, when you are alone and that something is not human. . . but that is getting ahead of my story. . .

As we drove up to Chingle Hall it was already dark and we were all excited in a fun sort of way. The outside of the house certainly lived up to its reputation, dimly lit, it oozed an eerie atmosphere all of its own. We crossed the bridge and over the moat to the main entrance. Once in the great hall our guide spoke in length about the history of the building and its high level of paranormal activity, ranging from weird noises to ghostly monks wandering through the corridors in the dead of night. It was just what we expected, some great little stories to tell our friends the next day but thought no more of it.

Almost immediately, odd things started to happen. Sara noticed a cold spot right next to the great fireplace. I passed my hand across hers and felt it too, yet neither Pete nor Michelle could feel anything. It was completely contrary to the heat of the roaring fire. We just put it down to a sneaky draught and said no more about it. With our host now gone, we wandered through the house taking in its history. Eleanor’s room was considered to be one of the most haunted rooms, a young girl had been held captive for over twelve years in there. Eventually she died at the age of twenty. It had been explained to us that some people upon entering the room were overcome with emotion or could smell lavender. We experienced nothing!


The chapel, next to the great hall, offered very little in the way of anything paranormal, yet supposedly was witness to a whole host of supernatural activity.  We continued our journey through the house, opening and closing creaky doors and just as I began to wonder if all of these stories were just hype, we heard the latch on one of the doors rattle up and clunk down. When we turned around, to our surprise, the door was ajar and no one in sight.  I made a quick excuse that it was my fault and that I hadn’t closed it properly as I could see that Sara and Michelle were feeling increasingly uneasy. We decided to go back to the main hall and for the next couple of hours sat chatting. Perhaps I was just showing off or maybe I just wanted to satisfy my own curiosity but I took a torch and went upstairs on my own to Saint John Wall’s room.

The first thing that caught my attention was the smell, it was a curious aroma, almost certainly incense, the type you find in churches, except this was a deeper fetid stench. I remember looking around that room and felt nervous, felt cold, but it wasn’t a natural cold, it was more like a mild electrical current coursing through my body. To the side of the window something moved and I wished to God I hadn’t left the others downstairs. It looked like a dark shadow but wasn’t because it was deeper than the shadows surrounding it. Instantly the story sprang to mind of ghostly monks moving up and down stairwells and along corridors. This coal-black apparition, or whatever it was, had the vague outline of a monk but I couldn’t honestly be sure. I stood grim faced and could actually feel the blood draining from me.  It’s strange, at that moment, I realised that this bizarre occurrence defied rational explanation, it couldn’t be explained away, no matter how hard I tried to convince myself that this was a trick of the light or fear fuelling my imagination. As it moved again, slowly turning towards me, I had the distinct feeling this presence was watching me. It seemed to move with a sense of self determination and that scared me. Needless to say I got the hell out of there as fast as I could.


This was a profound experience and something I have never forgotten.

Nothing in the mind is real, that is a psychological fact yet I know what I saw and it wasn’t my imagination running riot. This type of experience plays on our darkest fears, yet for me I count myself fortunate to have had this chilling experience.

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