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Pluckley Village,
Kent, |
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12 Reported Ghosts over the last 80 years. Holds record for most haunted village in UK! |
Last updated: 11th February 2006 |
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:: Introduction
The parish of Pluckley perching on the edge of the North Downs covers 3,093 acres. To the south stretches what remains of the ancient Jutish forest, the 'Andredsweald.'
Pluckley's claim to fame has most recently been through the successful television series The Darling Buds of May, the first series being screened in 1991, and it is this, rather than the reputation as, according to The Guinness Book of Records, the most haunted village in England that is cherished by most of the residents.
Earliest records show that Pluckley was probably known as Pluccan lëah from the old English 'Plucca's clearing.' In 1086 the village was called Pluchelei [Domesday] and during the 1100's it was spelt Plucelea and Plukele.
Early records show that a Roman road led through the village (under what is now the Thorne Estate, towards the Pinnock and on through Frith Wood) while the site of a Roman villa has been found nearby at Little Chart.
At the time of the Domesday Book, Lanfranc, the Archbishop of Canterbury, owned Pluckley. He gave the village to the management of a Saxon knight, John Folet. No church is recorded in the Domesday Book, but there was certainly a priest in the village. |
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:: Source Information
Thank you to the following sources for supplying Haunted Kent with information regarding Pluckley Village. |
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(Strange mist around the gravestones!)
(Orbs around the gravestones!)
(Entrance to the Haunted Graveyard at Pluckley)
(The famous, Haunted Black Horse Pub!)
(Orbs seen here at the Haunted Elvey Farm)
(A view from the Haunted Rose Farm..)
(Pinnock Bridge where the burned lady lingers!)
(The hunters en route!)
(Our Ghost Hunters at Pluckley Village ..) |
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