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Paranormal Event | Ghost Hunt | Oliver Cromwell
Paranormal Event. The Essex Spiritual Team hits Ely. Join an amazing ghost hunt at this historical location in Cambridge.
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Ghost hunt | Paranormal Event | Ely | History to be found.
Join The Essex Spiritual Centre Paranormal Event Team who will be delving into this historical building. The team consists of fantastic unique mediums for a walk around the prison. With mediums leading the groups this could be one of the most frightening experiences of your life!
History
Oliver Cromwell and his family lived in Ely for ten years from 1636 to 1647. He inherited the house along with his title ‘Farmer of the Tithes’ (or local tax collector) His inheritance made him a wealthy man. He lived here with his wife Elizabeth Bourchier and their eight children.
There have been many changes to the structure of the house over the years. It has also been used as a public house and a rectory. There are documented reports of a dark haired lady in a long dark dress with keys at her waist, appearing in ‘the haunted bedroom’ and disappearing again. In fact the latest vicar did not ever move in to the parsonage as the vicar’s wife refused to live there due to there being an oppressive atmosphere and feeling incredibly uncomfortable!
In 1979, a couple were staying in the haunted bedroom. The Lady awoke finding herself standing in the corner of the bedroom, facing a doorway that should have been on the right. Her feet touched wooden floorboards although she knew the room was carpeted, and a man stood in front of her, she could not see him, but his hands held her arms in a strong grip, hearing a voice in her head repeating the phrase ‘tis not my way’ over and over again. She didn’t know if she was in present time or that of another person’s time. The experience fa
£35.00
Oliver Cromwell House Cambridgeshire CB7 4HF
Sat 24 Sep 2022