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Borley Rectory was a house located in Borley, Essex, famous for being described as "the most haunted house in England" by psychic researcher Harry Price. [1] Built in 1862 to house the rector of the parish of Borley and his family, the house was badly damaged by fire in 1939 and demolished in 1944.
Although Price claimed his birth was in Shropshire he was actually born in London in Red Lion Square [1] on the site of the South Place Ethical Society's Conway Hall. [2] [3] He was only son and second child of Edward Ditcher Price (1834-1906), then traveller (salesman) for the paper manufacturing firm of Edward Saunders and Son, and his wife Emma Randall nee Meech (1860-1902). [4]
The rectory is on the opposite side of the road to the church. The garden was sold off and now has bungalows in it. The former coach house, which is older than the Bull rectory, has been enlarged and is now a private house. The site of the rectory is now a garden. The current residents have never experienced anything unusual other than tourists.
Borley Rectory in 1892. Borley Rectory in the village of Borley, Essex, England. No longer extant. Brislington, once an attractive Somerset village but now a neighbourhood in Bristol, is reputed to have many ghosts. [4] Chillingham Castle, a medieval castle in Chillingham, Northumberland. [5]
Borley Rectory in 1892, the "most haunted house in England". The Stone Tape theory is a pseudoscientific claim that ghosts and hauntings occur when historical information is released from rocks and other items.
The church is in the ecclesiastical parish of Borley and Liston, one of the Fifteen Churches of the North Hinckford Benefice in the Diocese of Chelmsford of the Church of England. [1] The church is a Grade I Listed building , notable for its topiary walk and a large monument to Sir Edward Waldegrave (a member of Mary I of England 's privy ...
Borley is a village and civil parish in rural north Essex, England close to the border with Suffolk.It is located near the River Stour.The closest town is Sudbury, Suffolk, approximately 3 km (1.9 mi) southeast of Borley; Sudbury is also the Post Town used by Royal Mail for Borley.
The Haunting of Borley Rectory: A Critical Survey of the Evidence [with Eric Dingwall, K. M. Goldney] (1956) Four Modern Ghosts [with Eric Dingwall] (1958) The Spiritualists: The Story of Florence Cook and William Crookes (1962), published in America in 1963. Florence Cook and William Crookes: A Footnote to an Enquiry (1963)