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Shrivenham Rail Disaster 1936

Death and Disaster at Shrivenham Railway Station

19 September 2024

Station Road, Shrivenham

The now-closed Shrivenham Station was the scene of some of the worst railway disasters in the region's history.

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Map of south Faringdon 1898

The Haunting of Oriel Cottages, Faringdon

16 September 2024

Oriel Cottages, Park Road, Faringdon

In the 1960s, an exorcism was performed to rid the Wheeler family of the troublesome ghost of a former lodger who was making their lives a misery.

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An old map showing Black Jack's Spring, at Sparsholt

Black Jack's Well: Sparsholt's healing spring

5 February 2024

Sparsholt Park, Sparsholt

Black Jack's Well in Sparsholt is a natural spring said to have miraculous healing properties.

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Charney Manor

The Ghostly Monks of Charney Manor

13 December 2023

Charney Manor, Charney Bassett

The picturesque 13th-century manor house at Charney Bassett was once a grange for Abingdon Abbey, and it seems that some of its former monastic residents still haunt the corridors.

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The Devil's Punchbowl, map circa 1913

The Devil's Punchbowl, Childrey

25 October 2023

Childrey Parish, Vale of the White Horse

How this smooth-sided Oxfordshire valley close to the Ridgeway got its devilish name is somewhat mysterious.

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Flying saucer image from Sunday Mirror article

UFO encounter near Stanford in the Vale

29 September 2023

A417 near Stanford in the Vale

In June 1978, the Mann family from Gloucestershire claimed to have encountered a UFO while driving late one night near the Oxfordshire village of Stanford in the Vale.

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Memento Mori tomb at Fyfield

The Cadaver Monument of John Golafre at Fyfield

21 September 2023

St. Nicholas's church, Fyfield

Visitors to the tomb of John Golafre at Fyfield will be confronted by a gruesome statue of his hollow-eyed corpse.

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Dandridge's Mill, East Hanney

Ghost of a suicide at Mill Bridge, East Hanney

3 September 2023

Mill Orchard, East Hanney, Wantage

This spot near Dandridge's Mill has been the site of tragedies, hauntings and more.

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Map of Long Wittenham, 1897

Ghosts of The Manor, Long Wittenham

23 May 2023

The Manor, High Street, Long Wittenham

This Manor house boasts tales of nocturnal visitations, haunted coaches and ghosts laid in ponds!

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