This rather attractive Elizabethan manor house and the nearby village pond are haunted by the ghost of churchwarden, William Jarman, who lived at the house in the 18th century. He fell in love with the daughter of the Earl of Bridgwater, who lived at nearby Ashridge Park, but she rejected him. In despair he hanged himself at the manor house.
His ghost has been frequently seen standing by the village pond, waiting in vain for his would-be sweetheart and his presence has also been felt many times at the manor house itself, where the phenomena consist mainly of the dipping or extinguishing of lights, whether they be oil, candle or electric.
In 1963, it was mentioned at a Ministry of Housing Inquiry that William Jarman’s hauntings may be affected by the proposed building of a modern house next door to the manor house. |
