Gunby Hall
Our Grandad has 2 classic cars and Daddy was very excited to be able to drive one today to a classic car rally at Gunby Hall. But something went wrong with the clutch just as we were leaving so Austin had to be pushed home again!
A bit of useless (but interesting) information I found on Gunby Hall...
Gunby Hall is allegedly haunted, and the sightings have been linked with rumours of a brutal murder that occurred during Sir William Massingberd's residency. Sir William discovered that his daughter (some accounts say his wife) was about to run away with one of the servants, a postillion. On the night the lovers intended to flee, Sir William hid in waiting and shot the postillion dead. The servant's body was dragged through the grounds and thrown into the pond. Some accounts say that Sir William was so enraged he shot his daughter dead as well.
Word of the secret murder must have got out because soon locals were whispering that Gunby Hall was cursed and that no male of Massingberd's descent would ever inherit the house. The ghostly form of the murdered servant as been seen haunting the path by the pond, now called Ghost Walk, eternally waiting for his lover
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