Battlesden

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General
Local Lane
Manor House

A brief note about the area
The sight of disembodied hands
A dishonest servants ghostly rhyme
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General

Battlesden is a small village which is easily missed as it does not lie on any road which goes anywhere else. It lies off the Woburn to Hockliffe road in a lane which loops back to the Woburn road. The population in the 1991 census was only thirty-four.

It appears in the Domesday Book as Badelesdone or Badelestone. Only Battlesden Park now remains of a large manor house which was demolished in 1885. At one time, the park occupied over a hundred hectares of the local countryside, now it has been reduced to just twelve hectares.

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Local Lane

In the autumn of 1982 two people were out cycling along a country lane near Battlesden when a disembodied pair of hands suddenly appeared over a hedgerow and proceeded to throw a small log into the road. The log landed directly in front of one of the cyclists, causing them to swerve violently so as to avoid hitting it.

When they looked back there was no sign of the hands and, no matter how much they searched, they could not find anyone in the vicinity who could have thrown the log at them, and no explanation as to why the log had been thrown.

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To view images see: Battlesden Album

To view a report about Battlesden see: 25-02-2005

Local Lane
Battlesden, Local Lane
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Manor House

Battlesden has the ghost of a servant, who, it is said, was sacked for dishonesty. The ghost has been heard to say the following rhyme:

Milk and water sold I ever,
Weights and measures gave I never
And I shan't rest, never, never

Did this haunting take place in the manor house (which was demolished in 1885) or the current Battlesden House which stands on the site?

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