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Private House in Faversham Kent UK

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Bretons Manor.

Eastbury Manor.

The Cobham Lodge Hotel.

An old Theatre in Southend.
Warning to All Ghost Investigator
I
would just like to warn you of a place our team investigated on Halloween. Well
should have investigated Halloween. The investigation was to have started
at about 11PM but it did not start till about 12.30AM the next morning, due to
the pub landlord double booking us and not ending the second booking at the time
it was supposed the end.
We had booked and paid £400 for
the whole pub and rooms for the whole night, months in advance. then the
landlord tells us he's now got a Halloween party going on, on the same night. He
also said in another email, its ok they will be gone by 11PM, then changed it to
they were going to move to the barn so that we could start our investigation
with out any noise. This did not happen and the landlord had vanished for the
night, no one knew where he was. When we complained and said that the people in
our group wanted their money back, the barmaid tolled the DJ that he would have
to finish at about 12. He was booked till 1AM, and because He did not like that,
he told everyone in the pub that he had to stop because of the ghost BUSTERS.
This now meant we had paid £400
for three and a half hours and although we had booked all the rooms for the
night (Which meant we had them till 10AM) we was asked to leave because the
barmaid was tired. It was the most disappointing ghost investigation we have
ever done. So please be warned that if you book to investigate the Chequers
inn Smarden Nr Ashford Kent you could get the same treatment. If you do
book don’t pay all the money upfront like we did.
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Bretons Manor, Rainham, Essex, England UK.
We are sorry we no
longer run Ghost investigations in Bretons Manor.
HISTORY
Bretons Manor is a Grade II listed building. Houses have stood on
the site of the present Bretons Manor since 1160. In all 5 houses have been
built. The house you see today was built in 1742. Some of the materials and
bricks from the Tudor and Elizabethan Bretons were used. The house has three
floors and a basement, not forgetting the 16th century Noble Barn.
Bretons Manor Ghosts
This is a list of some of the known alleged sightings
and experiences.
On at least 2 occasions Roman soldiers have been seen
walking through walls in the basement, by people who were working in there at
the time.
On a number of occasions a lady in white has been seen
on the lower half of the stairs.
Another lady has been seen several time mid way up the
stairs called Martha (Believed to be Martha Ayloff).
In the room next to
room7, a woman in a lavender dress was seen
standing by the window (Believed to be Anne Ayloff , who died in 1683).
Someone who was working in the Manor, heard a party
going on in room 6 as he was walking up the stairs, but when he opened the door
the room fell silent.
Also we have a number of
EVPs
from the Manor, Some of
which are on our EVP page.
We have also had a report of the door to the bar
slamming shut.
On one of our Investigations of the Manor, 3 people see
a man with long hair and a smiling face in the basement, (only one of these people were from our
team, the other 2 were members of the news paper reporter's team). Later that
night another of our team member saw an apparition of a man in another part of
the basement (this maybe the same man).
One of our team
members (Bill), In the early 1970s Had a job working for the Local council
(Parks and Gardens division) which was based in the grounds of the Manor, and at
that time they did not allow the workers to work outside when it was raining, so
to give him something to do he had to sweep the floors of what was almost an empty shell of a Manor (It had only one room being used
at that time, Room3
used as an office). This was before the restoration began.
One day whilst sweeping
in one of the up stairs rooms (which he had swept many times before) he noticed
a very strong smell of lavender. This could not be explained.
On another occasion when he was sweeping the Manor, he
noticed an 8 foot long length of 2 inch by 1 inch wood resting on an iron girder
which was coming through the wall close to the floor, with the
woods smallest end up in the air. Suddenly the wood started lifting up off the
floor and rocking up and
down. It did this 3 times and he was gone.
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This is an Email we received after Haunted Bretons
Manor (1) 25/11/06
HI There
Thank you for Saturday Night at Bretons Manor, it was our first time at
anything like that and was a little apprehensive but were soon at ease
as everyone was so friendly and relaxed. We went on to enjoy the night very
much.
I would like to pass on two things that should of been said on the reporting
back section . The first room we sat in with Maurice ( I think it was room
7or 8 ) I had a very strong feeling of a tall man with a funny left
eye standing in the right hand corner facing the door. The other thing, when
in the cellar we both see small blue smoky areas, rather like a real dark
sky with a touch of blue peeping through, my son also see a face in one and
a cross in another.
Again thank you for a great Night it all went so fast.
Joy & Lee. This is an Email we received after
Haunted Bretons
Manor (2) 03/02/07
Dear Bill and the rest of the team,
I just wanted to say thank you for Saturday night. You all made me feel
welcome and it didn't matter that I had come alone, after only a short while
I was part of a group and enjoyed it thoroughly.
At the moment I am just putting my digital video footage onto DVD for you
which I will post. I didn't think alot had happened on Saturday night until
watching and listening to the tape on the Sunday afternoon.
There are a couple of EVP and orbs on there which I am sure you would
like to listen to.
I did feel a couple of things while in the Manor, in the basement I felt
compelled to go in the corner to the right of the room unlike the rest of
the group. I felt there was a man in his 60's there called Harold who was
just watching and having a laugh at what we were doing. I felt he was a
northerner and probably worked with Steam or boilers etc in life. Didn't get
anything else from him.
On the first floor I was completely gobsmacked with the Ouija board. Only
Ray myself and another gentleman had their finger tips on the glass but as
soon as we started to ask questions the glass slid quickly across the board
spelling out different messages. The oddest thing for me was that you could
feel the different energies moving the glass they were different for each
person that received a message. In the second room we went into we froze to
death, for some reason it went from warm to ice cold in there. We all sat
quielty asking for a sign but nothing happened in there, there were as I
said on my tape an odd sound after mike asked for a sign which I didn't hear
while we were in the room and there was an orb around Ray and another
couple.
On the third floor while we sat in the room it was very peaceful but
there is the sound of a clock chiming after Ray asks if we could have a
sign. I don't know the house so there may well be a clock somewhere that
chimes but I just don't remember if that evening.
Thank you ever so much for opening the gate for me, I was absolutley
exhausted and made it home just intime as I kept wanting to nod off during
my drive and if I had waited any longer I may have had to sleep in the car
until I felt fit enough.
I wil post the DVD to the address below as soon as I have burnt it.
Once again many thanks
Kate . This is a letter we received after Haunted
Bretons Manor (2) 03/02/07 To the Essex and Kent paranormal
Research Society
Dear Bill and all the team
I would like to tell people what happened to me on one of your ghost
nights.
I came to Bretons Manor in February 07 with my two
friends Derrick and Jasper. When we took part in the ghost night none of us
really knew what to expect!
When we arrived we had a cup of coffee and watched some
videos about ghost activity, there was also a medium who spoke to Derrick,
and he told him some things about him and his family which were all true. We
were all impressed!
Next, we went into a room and although no presence was felt, it was still
spooky.
Then I was asked if I wanted to go into a room alone for a few minuets,
which I did. This is when I felt spider webs on my face. However I did not
say anything in case it was just me!
Later on, we did a séance in room 8 linking hands. After a while my
friend said he could feel pressure on his hand, and then around 20 seconds
later I felt a tingling rushing up my arm and going around to my head. I
felt my energy being sucked out of me, and it was at this moment that I
asked our group leader to stop, as I really didn't feel well. I had no
energy left whatsoever. When I stood up I collapsed, my friends had to hold
me up. I had never felt like that before and was very, very scared. I
thought I might have a ghost in me. After that, I tried to keep out of the
way, especially when we went to the basement.
Although I was very scared at some parts of the night, we
were all glad that we went; it was an experience I will never forget!
Best wishes Steve. (TNT)
This is an
Email we received after Haunted Bretons Manor (3) 07/07/07
TO BILL
AND THE TEAM,
WE JUST WANT TO SAY A MASSIVE THANK YOU FOR THE MOST FAB NIGHT AT BRETTON
MANOR ON SATURDAY. WE COULDN'T BELIEVE THE ACTIVITY THAT WENT ON IN OUR
GROUP INCLUDING EVPS, A VERY ACTIVE OUJA BOARD AND A MEMBER OF OUR GROUP
BEING LED ROUND THE TOP FLOOR BY A SPIRIT.
A COUPLE OF OUR GROUP WERE A BIT APPREHENSIVE AND NERVOUS, BUT BY 5AM THEY
WERE WISHING MORE THINGS TO HAPPEN AND ARE NOW TOTAL BELIEVERS. THE ONLY
PROBLEM NOW IS WE ARE ALL A LITTLE BIT DOWN THAT IT IS ALL OVER. I CAN ONLY
ASK THAT ,IF POSSIBLE, WHEN YOU ARRANGE FUTURE DATES FOR ANY VENUE, YOU WILL
LET ME KNOW. I WOULD VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT.
ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR GIVING US A NIGHT THAT WE WILL NEVER FORGET.
KIND REGARDS
MICHELLE, KAREN, WAYNE, KAREN, PAUL, LEAH AND KAREN.
This is
another letter we received after Haunted Bretons Manor (3) 07/07/07
Dear All
Just to say a ' big ' ' Thank you ' for a great night !
(I didn't think I'd be saying that ever again at my age !!)
If at all possible could someone phone me with the service number as I
forgot to write it down.
Thanks again
Karon (x)
We would like to say that on the 07/09/07 we had
another paranormal group called Kent Paranormal Hunters come in to conduct a
private investigation of Bretons Manor. They behaved impeccably and
professionally. We were told they had a fantastic night, everyone seemed
to enjoy them-selves. we would welcome them back anytime.
These are Feedback messages sent to us on September
9th 2007
Comments:
Turned out to be a great night i really enjoyed it, i would also like to
thank your team for making the coffee , tea and making sure it all went
well.
Recommended.
p.s Even the spirits didn't let us down :)
Neilsouth ( K.P.H )
Comments:
Bill and the team .
Just a few lines to say thank you for a great night , 7th Sept 07 . It was a
very good night and I found it very interesting . Please pass on my thanks
to all who gave up their time .
Ian . Comments:
Hi Bill, Chris Here From K.P.H Thanks for a Excellent night you and your
team hosted for us, you was extremely accommodating and made us all feel so
welcome. We would love to come back again sometime.
Breton's Manor did not disappoint in any way.
many thanks
Chris.
Many thanks to those from Kent Paranormal Hunters
for all you kind comments.
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