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General
Pulloxhill is an old village being mentioned in the Domesday Book as Polochessele. Now it is a fast growing area with plenty of development. In the eighteenth century it was the site of a gold mine.
Part of the south facing slope of the chalk hill, on which Pulloxhill stands, has been purchased by the Parish Council as it has geological interest, being the site of a landslip, and it is also a rare ancient grassland site.
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The Cross Keys
In the pub customers have reported seeing a grey lady and a man in a 1930’s brown suit. The man was recognised as being a previous landlord who had died in the pub. The Paranormal Research Society undertook an investigation in 1999 and saw shadowy figures strolling across the bar and a strange, incandescent blue light which moved across the floor. The landlord, Peter Meads, and his wife Sheila have been at the pub for thirty years. They say that a female ghost likes to sit in the inglenook fireplace, very unnerving for the customers. Some customers will not sit there as it raises the hair on the backs of their necks. One customer had a cast iron lion fall off the fireplace onto the plate from which he was eating a meal. The incidence was unusual as the lion was fixed in place.
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Pulloxhill, The Cross Keys
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