Tynedale Farm
Tynedale Farm is located in the Borough of Pendle, Lancashire, England. The farm dates back to the 17th century and was once part of the larger Tynedale estate. During the infamous Pendle witch trials of 1612, several accused witches were said to have lived in the area surrounding Tynedale Farm, though no direct connection to the property has been established.
In the early 1800s, the farm was owned by the Hartley family, who reported strange occurrences on the property. These included unexplained noises, objects moving on their own, and sightings of shadowy figures in the farmhouse windows. The most notable ghostly encounter at Tynedale Farm occurred in 1823 when farmer John Hartley claimed to have seen the apparition of a young woman in a white dress walking through the orchard at dusk.
Throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, subsequent owners and tenants of Tynedale Farm reported similar paranormal experiences. In 1912, a farm worker named Thomas Wilkinson reported seeing a group of spectral figures dressed in 17th-century clothing walking across the fields at night. He described them as transparent and gliding rather than walking.
In the 1950s, the farmhouse became the focus of more intense paranormal activity. The Parker family, who lived there at the time, reported hearing disembodied footsteps, witnessing doors opening and closing on their own, and feeling sudden cold spots throughout the building. Their young daughter claimed to have regular conversations with an invisible “friend” named Mary, whom she described as wearing old-fashioned clothes.
More recent paranormal experiences at Tynedale Farm include reports of a phantom horse and rider seen galloping across the fields at night, and the sound of distant, muffled voices coming from empty rooms in the farmhouse.
Address
Heights Lane, Pendle, BB12 9JF, United KingdomHeights Lane
BB12 9JF Borough of Pendle, England,