Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
St. John's College
Magdalen College
Magdalen College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford, founded in 1458 by William of Waynflete. It is situated next to the River Cherwell and the Oxford botanic garden, and has within its grounds a deer park and Addison's Walk. The Magdalen Tower is an Oxford landmark.
According to sources, the college is haunted with reported effects including audible phenomena of whispering and footsteps, and the appearance of the apparitions. These include a figure in black, believed to be a monk, that was sighted gliding towards the Colonade Arches.
Also reported is a "strong feeling of presence" in a student bedroom, and a dark figure crawling across a carpet.
Pictured left is the cloister and the New Building courtesy of Gagravarr.
For further information, please read Britain's Haunted Heritage by Keith B. Poole.
Merton College Library
Merton College Library is haunted by Sir Thomas Bodley, founder of the library.
For further information, please read Britain's Haunted Heritage by J.A. Brooks.
Queen's College
The upper library of Queen's College is supposedly haunted by Cuthbert Shields, a clergyman who died at the turn of the 20th century.
For further information, please read Britain's Haunted Heritage by J.A. Brooks.
St. John’s College
St. John’s College (pictured above) is reputedly haunted by the ghost of Archbishop William Laud (7 October 1573 – 10 January 1645), who was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1633 to 1645. One of the High Church Caroline divines; he opposed radical forms of Puritanism. This, and his support for King Charles I, resulted in his beheading in the midst of the English Civil War. Consequently, he is said to haunt this great college in extravagantly ghoulish style by bowling his head across the library floor!
For further information, please read Haunted Britain by Antony D. Hippisley Coxe; Britain's Haunted Heritage by J.A. Brooks and Haunted Britain and Ireland by Richard Jones.
Worcester College
For further information, please read Britain's Haunted Heritage by J.A. Brooks.
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Oxford is a city in the South East region of England and the county town of Oxfordshire.
It is the 52nd largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is known worldwide as the home of the University of Oxford, the oldest university in the English-speaking world.
Pictured left is the entrance to the Great Lawn and Groves of the Canterbury Quad at St. John's courtesy of Godot13. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
