Anne Boleyn’s ghost haunts Blickling Hall near Aylsham annually, around the anniversary of her May beheading. This haunting is full of all the romance of the best ghost stories and although I haven’t seen Anne myself it is not through want of trying (I have done a lot of research about her.).

Confusion over her date of birth means she may or may not have been born at Blickling, but if you believe she is haunting this place then it would make sense if it were where she was born. This confusion may explain why most people claim to have seen her outside the house, as far as I know she has never been seen inside. She arrives in a carriage pulled by headless horses and horsemen with her own head sitting on her lap. Anne is a popular ghost, believed to haunt several places. It makes sense, she was a strong, beautiful woman beheaded because she gave birth to a still born son. She has a lot of be vengeful about if that it one of the triggers for ghosts to continue to walk the earth. Anne’s father, Thomas is also part of the story. While some say he is the driver of her demonic carriage, the oldest myths say he has his own cross to bear as a cursed man who is chased by demons over 40 bridges each night. Thomas inherited Blickling from his family in 1505 which means that if Anne were born in 1501 she may have been born in the house of her father’s forebears (Blickling), but if she were born in 1507 which is the alternative claim she was more likely to have been born elsewhere (Hever Castle is the main contender.).

Blickling in the daytime and on evenings during the rest of the year is a beautiful, red Jacobean building with long graceful lawns and galleries. It also has a prize collection of tapestries and paintings and a famously intricate ceiling to entertain you while you wait for Anne to arrive.

Written by  Sophie Edgerton.

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Blickling Hall

This isn’t the real Boleyn home, but a copy of the original built in the very beginning of the 17th Century. In the second World War it was commandeered to be used by the army and was an officers mess and kitchen, this is where a lot of the stories come from about the house, soldiers are naturally drawn to stories of the supernatural.

 

Review posted 8th September 2008 by rip1798.

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