Post by lozwinter on Apr 21, 2005 16:01:33 GMT
Name and location: The Golden Fleece, York
This episode features Radio One DJ Scott Mills and the Radio One team!
Description: This is a picturesque, 'oldy worldy' little inn with a golden ram hanging above the door. It has a wooden frame and no foundation, giving it crooked ceilings and uneven floors
Era: The building was first mentioned in the archives in 1503 and served as a coaching inn for generations. It is thought to be the oldest licensed premises in York.
History:
- The inn gets its present name and distinctive sign from The Merchant Adventurers who owned it and who were responsible for the burgeoning woollen trade based on the River Ouse.
- Richard Booth, the landlord of the inn in 1667, minted his own coin - as a number of York merchants were allowed to do at this time - showing the pub sign on one side.
- After the Restoration an Effigy of Oliver Cromwell hung for some years in the pavement opposite the inn.
- The yard at the rear is named after Lady Alice Peckett, whose husband John was the Lord Mayor of York and also owned this historic inn around 1702.
- In times gone by, the cellar was used to store the bodies of people who were hung at Bale Hill before the families came to claim them.
- In 1852 it was re-named the Golden Hart but then reverted to the Golden Fleece.
- During WWII a Canadian Airman died here but it isn't clear whether he committed suicide by hanging himself, or fell out of a window while drunk.
Ghost ratings:
- In the bottom bar patrons have been known to be joined by 'One Eyed Jack', a ghost dressed in 16th/17th century dress including a red coat and carrying a pistol, and who paces up and down the room. Mediums say he met his end here.
- In a tiny alcove in the bottom bar a phantom grumpy old man has been seen by many visitors
- The top bar plays host to the ghost of a young boy dressed in Victorian attire. He is supposed to be the spirit of a child who was trampled to death by a brewer's dray.
- The figure of a little girl is said to appear and disappear in the kitchen
- Upstairs in the function room a spectral woman has been seen walking through a wall as well as staring out of the window.
- The ghost of an old lady has been seen in both the Shambles Room and Lady Peckett's Room. Could this be Lady Peckett herself?
- A younger lady dressed in black has been seen walking past the window inside St. Catherine's Room. This has actually been caught on video by a guest staying in the Shambles Room when all the other guests were at breakfast
- Roman soldiers have been seen in the cellar.
Lady Peckett has been clerely seen many times in the garden, accompanied by a sweet smell of perfume
Spooky experiences:
- Overall people have reported doors banging and people running up and down the corridors and stairs, knocking on doors.
- Mysterious lights have been seen inside the bottom bar from the road
- Various members of staff have felt inexplicably sick, while several more, including the previous landlady, have felt a tightening round their necks when standing at the bar. It is known that a past landlord hanged himself behind the bar.
- Candles get lit by themselves in the function room and there have been accounts of visitors' hair being pulled by invisible hands
- The intense small of strawberries and lavender is repeatedly detected in the function room
- In the Minster Bedroom there has been a lot of poltergeist activity; the bed moves and the bathroom door slams - in one instance bruising a guest's face.
- Cold spots and temperature changes are common and people have heard the sound of a baby crying
- Orbs have been seen coming from the bathroom in Lady Peckett's Room
- Flashes of light and large orbs have been spotted in The Shambles Room
- There is an unnaturally oppressive feeling in St Catherine's Room, as well as several accounts of an invisible weight forcing itself down on the shoulders of several guests.
- Many complain of an unnatural sensation that they're being watched when in the room where the airman met his end.
what happened when Most Haunted visited??
FEAT SCOTT MILLS AND CHAPPERS FROM RADIO1
Yvette heard a laugh in her ear which was only detected on her microphone despite jon gilbert, scott n chappers being in the same room
Scott, chappers, Laura and Neil from radio 1 got spooked wen a motion detector went off
David almost got possessed
This episode features Radio One DJ Scott Mills and the Radio One team!
Description: This is a picturesque, 'oldy worldy' little inn with a golden ram hanging above the door. It has a wooden frame and no foundation, giving it crooked ceilings and uneven floors
Era: The building was first mentioned in the archives in 1503 and served as a coaching inn for generations. It is thought to be the oldest licensed premises in York.
History:
- The inn gets its present name and distinctive sign from The Merchant Adventurers who owned it and who were responsible for the burgeoning woollen trade based on the River Ouse.
- Richard Booth, the landlord of the inn in 1667, minted his own coin - as a number of York merchants were allowed to do at this time - showing the pub sign on one side.
- After the Restoration an Effigy of Oliver Cromwell hung for some years in the pavement opposite the inn.
- The yard at the rear is named after Lady Alice Peckett, whose husband John was the Lord Mayor of York and also owned this historic inn around 1702.
- In times gone by, the cellar was used to store the bodies of people who were hung at Bale Hill before the families came to claim them.
- In 1852 it was re-named the Golden Hart but then reverted to the Golden Fleece.
- During WWII a Canadian Airman died here but it isn't clear whether he committed suicide by hanging himself, or fell out of a window while drunk.
Ghost ratings:
- In the bottom bar patrons have been known to be joined by 'One Eyed Jack', a ghost dressed in 16th/17th century dress including a red coat and carrying a pistol, and who paces up and down the room. Mediums say he met his end here.
- In a tiny alcove in the bottom bar a phantom grumpy old man has been seen by many visitors
- The top bar plays host to the ghost of a young boy dressed in Victorian attire. He is supposed to be the spirit of a child who was trampled to death by a brewer's dray.
- The figure of a little girl is said to appear and disappear in the kitchen
- Upstairs in the function room a spectral woman has been seen walking through a wall as well as staring out of the window.
- The ghost of an old lady has been seen in both the Shambles Room and Lady Peckett's Room. Could this be Lady Peckett herself?
- A younger lady dressed in black has been seen walking past the window inside St. Catherine's Room. This has actually been caught on video by a guest staying in the Shambles Room when all the other guests were at breakfast
- Roman soldiers have been seen in the cellar.
Lady Peckett has been clerely seen many times in the garden, accompanied by a sweet smell of perfume
Spooky experiences:
- Overall people have reported doors banging and people running up and down the corridors and stairs, knocking on doors.
- Mysterious lights have been seen inside the bottom bar from the road
- Various members of staff have felt inexplicably sick, while several more, including the previous landlady, have felt a tightening round their necks when standing at the bar. It is known that a past landlord hanged himself behind the bar.
- Candles get lit by themselves in the function room and there have been accounts of visitors' hair being pulled by invisible hands
- The intense small of strawberries and lavender is repeatedly detected in the function room
- In the Minster Bedroom there has been a lot of poltergeist activity; the bed moves and the bathroom door slams - in one instance bruising a guest's face.
- Cold spots and temperature changes are common and people have heard the sound of a baby crying
- Orbs have been seen coming from the bathroom in Lady Peckett's Room
- Flashes of light and large orbs have been spotted in The Shambles Room
- There is an unnaturally oppressive feeling in St Catherine's Room, as well as several accounts of an invisible weight forcing itself down on the shoulders of several guests.
- Many complain of an unnatural sensation that they're being watched when in the room where the airman met his end.
what happened when Most Haunted visited??
FEAT SCOTT MILLS AND CHAPPERS FROM RADIO1
Yvette heard a laugh in her ear which was only detected on her microphone despite jon gilbert, scott n chappers being in the same room
Scott, chappers, Laura and Neil from radio 1 got spooked wen a motion detector went off
David almost got possessed