History & Haunting of : Barley Hall , York ,England ,U.K The first time I ever saw something that I couldnt explain was in the summer of 1997 at Barley Hall in York. I saw a shaft of blueish-white light that shouldnt have been there in a gloomy corridor. It appeared for a few moments and then disappeared. by Gary Goldthorpe Barley Hall in York is a place of renown indeed, as well as being known as a marvellous reconstruction of a medieval town house, it also has a bit of a reputation for being haunted. It may seem strange to you that although a fair portion of this building was missing when discovered, that the ghosts are still there. It is as if they were floating around waiting for a staircase or a parlour to return. The stories of their appearances crop up on a fairly regular basis, so they must indeed have been trapped in their ghost-form unable to move on for millennia. Could it be that, like the lost boy of York, they had wondered awry until their beloved hall returned? A figure is seen in the doorway of the Main Hall and a lady is seen walking down the stairs........ adrianspendlow.co.uk At the back of the Barley Hall, where the citys stocks once stood. A woman with a white face and mad laughter is said to haunt this area, appearing in the corner of peoples eyes, and the lost boy of York, a boy of 10 or 11, is also said to be a regular here........ Barley Hall is a reconstructed medieval townhouse in the city of York, England. Originally built around 1360 by the monks of Nostell Priory, it was later extended in the 15th century. The property went into a slow decline and by the 19th and 20th centuries heavily sub-divided and in an increasingly poor physical condition. It was bought by the York Archaeological Trust in 1987, renamed Barley Hall, and heavily restored in a controversial project to form a museum. en.wikipedia Photo 1 by Fingalo Christian Bickel Photo 2 & by Ian Ashworth+Barley-Hall-Courtyard- Photo 3 By barleyhall.co.uk/about-barley-hall/Victorian times, the house was “a warren of tradesmen’s workshops” and its last use before being sold for redevelopment in 1984 was as a plumber’s workshop and showroom.
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