With over 900 years of history, there have been many Oxford ghost stories over the centuries. 👻
From headless archbishops to thwarted kings, there are many tales to talk about... here are some of our favourites 👀
#Halloween2022 🧵⬇
From headless archbishops to thwarted kings, there are many tales to talk about... here are some of our favourites 👀
#Halloween2022 🧵⬇
Have you heard the story of Archbishop Laud @StJohnsOx?
Laud was executed for treason due to strict religious reforms. He is buried in the chapel and the legend is that he can be heard walking around the library, making a thumping sound as he kicks his head along the corridor!
Laud was executed for treason due to strict religious reforms. He is buried in the chapel and the legend is that he can be heard walking around the library, making a thumping sound as he kicks his head along the corridor!
Obadiah Walker was an English academic and the Catholic Master of @UnivOxford during C17.
Walker was captured and imprisoned for his attempts to follow James II to France. He left prison a broken man, and it is now believed that his solemn spirit haunts Staircase VIII. 👻
Walker was captured and imprisoned for his attempts to follow James II to France. He left prison a broken man, and it is now believed that his solemn spirit haunts Staircase VIII. 👻
Col. Francis Windebank was a Royalist during the English Civil War. As punishment for treason, he was executed against the town wall, adjoined to @MertonCollege.
It's believed that Windebank haunts the site - known as Dead Man’s Walk - and the college library.
📷 | @NPGLondon
It's believed that Windebank haunts the site - known as Dead Man’s Walk - and the college library.
📷 | @NPGLondon
Rumour has it that a headless monk wanders the lawn at @magdalenoxford.
A student in the 1980's claimed that her bedroom was invaded by several ghostly monks, singing loudly and accompanied by a strong smell coming from the censers they were carrying. 🎵
A student in the 1980's claimed that her bedroom was invaded by several ghostly monks, singing loudly and accompanied by a strong smell coming from the censers they were carrying. 🎵
It is believed that after being executed for treason in 1649, King Charles I decided to rest his spirit in the city he loved - Oxford - and more specifically, at @ChCh_Oxford.
However, there have also been noted sightings of him in the @bodleianlibs, too. 👀
📷 | @NPGLondon
However, there have also been noted sightings of him in the @bodleianlibs, too. 👀
📷 | @NPGLondon
Wadham was built on the site of an Augustinian friary that fell into disrepair after the dissolution of the monasteries. All the monks left - or did they? 👀
There have been stories of white robed figures walking the grounds of @wadhamoxford. Are these the monks of days gone by?
There have been stories of white robed figures walking the grounds of @wadhamoxford. Are these the monks of days gone by?
In the '50's a student staying in the room once inhabited by Thomas Wood at @ExeterCollegeOx heard the unmistakable sound of somebody walking up the winding staircase.
When he (finally) plucked up the courage to take a look, there was nobody there... 👻
📷 | @NPGLondon
When he (finally) plucked up the courage to take a look, there was nobody there... 👻
📷 | @NPGLondon
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