Sir John Hynde built Madingley Hall on the outskirts of Cambridge in 1543, but it is Lady Ursula Hynde, wife of Sir John, who haunts her old home.
When Sir John died, her son, Sir Francis Hynde, continued with the building of the Hall and used timbers from the Church of St Ethelreda, in Histon. He also sold the church's lead, bells and other materials to help pay for the construction of Madingley Hall, much to the distress of Lady Ursula, who is said to walk the house and it's grounds, wringing her hands in grief at her son's sacrilege.
A Finnish au-pair girl in her turret bedroom saw Lady Ursula's ghost on two separate occasions in one night in 1951. During the Second World War, a soldier saw Lady Ursula walking in the courtyard. |
