The Three Legged Cross

Forest Road
Warfield
Bracknell
Berkshire
RG42 6AE

History

Previously known as the New Inn until the mid-19th Century this old public house used to be the meeting place for the Garth Hunt, a branch of the Pony Club which was established in 1930. The 500 year old building was taken over in the early 90s by a former Yukoslav spy, Jason Fox who pledged to return it a proper community pub but the old inn is prone to flooding time and time again and is now up for sale.

Paranormal Activity

It is said the Three Legged Cross is home to the spirit of a gipsy woman who was barred in the early 1900s so she placed a curse on the then landlord who did indeed become very ill shortly after.

Upton Court

Datchet Road
Slough
Berkshire
SL3 7NR

History

Upton Court was the house of the manor of Upton in the 1600s but few, if any of the Lords of the Manor actually lived in it and so it was leased out for rent. In 1711 Benjamin Lane conveyed it to Edward Lascelles and his heirs and his grandson was made Lord Harewood in 1796 with the property remaining in that family for over a century. The property was sold in 1952 to a Mr Francis Groves of Groves Brodie and Co. Ltd and remained privately owned until his death in 1986 when it was bought by the Berkshire and Buckinghamshire Observer. The Court is now maintained as offices as well as a park and sports area.

Paranormal Activity

Upton Court is believed to be haunted by the ghost of a woman who is often seen covered in blood. She is said to walk the grounds of the Court dressed in a white or cream dress and has mainly been spotted by domestic servants on Friday evenings beside a long path which runs down towards the Thames. She is said to be heard sobbing and wailing and has also been spotted beside the house as well as inside it.

Ostrich Inn

42
High St
Colnbrook
Slough
Berkshire
SL3 0JZ

Tel: 01753 682628

History

The village of Colnbrook near Heathrow is home to one of the oldest pubs in Great Britain, The Ostrich Inn. The building dates back to the 15th century and stands on the site of an earlier Inn, in which King John is said to have quaffed ale on his way to sign the Magna Carta in 1215. It is believed to be the third oldest hostelry in England hiding a grisly past behind its white painted walls. Iis said the landlord, a gentleman by the name of Jarman, and his wife murdered 60 wealthy, lone guests in their most luxurious suite, the Blue Room. A tilting bed, when activated by a lever, would hurl sleeping travellers through a trap door while they were sleeping. There they would land into a cauldron of boiling liquid in the brewing room below, scalding and drowning them. After disposing of the bodies in a nearby river, the couple would remove the travellers' horses to fool people into thinking their guest had left during the night. Their dark deeds caught up with them when the horse of a guest called Thomas Cole was found wandering the village. A flimsy alibi was given by the Jarmans as reason for his disappearance and when his body was later found in the stream the Jarmans were arrested. They were both hanged for their crimes, and admitted murdering about 60 people. The local stream Coln brook is said to have been named after 'Cole in the brook'.

Paranormal Activity

There have been recent reports of poltergeist activity at the inn such as wooden shutters moving by themselves and strange noises. A black figure has been seen as well as a woman in full Victorian dress standing in the ladies lavatory.