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Milton Ernest
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A brief note about the area
A ghostly mourner A phantom coach |
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Milton Ernest lies on the main A6 to the north of Bedford. It is a pleasant village on the banks of the River Ouse with a population of 680.
On a hot summer’s day Bill Turner, Bedfordshire’s first real paranormal investigator, decided to go into All Saints church at Milton Ernest to get out of the heat. He had also decided that it would be a good time to see the church’s beautiful stained-glass windows. He was in the church alone, sitting in one of the back pews, when the church doors opened. He heard footsteps walking down the aisle but there was no one there. Bill decided to leave the church and turned round for one last look at the windows when he noticed a man in old-fashioned clothes and a silk top hat sitting in a front pew. As Bill walked through the churchyard he spotted the sexton and went over to ask him about the man in the top hat. The sexton told him that there had once been a vicar in the parish whose wife died suddenly. Now, on the anniversary of her death, he returns to the church in ghost form. “And that”, said the sexton, “would be today!”
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It is said that once a year a phantom coach can be seen travelling around Milton Ernest. One line does not make for much of a story, so if anyone has more details on this haunting please let us know.
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