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I am still near, Watching the smiles I prized on earth, Your converse mild, your blameless mirth.[64

Date of account: Late nineteenth-century compilation
Source: The Ghost World
Reference: The Ghost World · selected passage 218
Rights: public_domain
Language: English
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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Powis Castle had once its ghost, and Cullaby Castle, Northumberland, the seat of Major A

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Powis Castle had once its ghost, and Cullaby Castle, Northumberland, the seat of Major A. H. Browne, is haunted. According to a correspondent,[267] in the older part of the castle, which was the pele-tower of the Claverings, there was known to be a room walled up, 'which Mrs. Browne, during her husband's absence, had broken into;' but the room was found to be quite empty. She says, however, that 'she let a ghost out who is known as "The Wicked Priest." Ever since they have been annoyed with the most unaccountable noises, which are sometimes so loud that one would think the house was being blown down. I believe the ghost has been seen--it is a priest with a shovel hat.' The seat of the Trevelyans is haunted with the incessant wailing of a spectral child, and the ruins of Seaton Delaval Castle are said to be haunted. Churton Hall, at one time the seat of the Duke of Argyll, 'has marked Tyneside with the ghost of the Duke's mistress, who is locally known as "Silky."' 'Tyneside,' writes Mr. W. T.

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