A Yorkshire Ghost Charm

On the moors just south of Bradford stands High Fernley Hall. Built in 1678, the hall was once far grander, a large mansion that has been greatly reduced over the years. In the eighteenth century the hall was occupied by a family named Bevers, of whom two brothers loved the same lady. After witnessing her marriage to his brother in Kirkheaton Church, the rejected brother rode back home to High Fernley Hall. He called his servants and told them a misfortune was going to happen to him but he would “come again” – without his head! He then deliberately cut his head off and afterwards kept true to his word and appeared on moonlight nights in the guise of a headless horseman. Local folklore says that the family quit the hall soon after, due to the incessant haunting, leaving the hall empty for many years. Some people said it was even dangerous to pass by the hall at night and no tenant could be found. Even today the belief that a headless horseman rides through Judy Woods and other small woodlands in the area continues. No one knows for sure, but at last the portion of the house where the […]

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