Bovingdon

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General
Bovingdon Airfield
Box Lane
Murvagh House
St Lawrence

A brief note about the area
An area that dogs will not enter
A strange gleaming presence
Strange bangs and crashes and a flying candlestick
The dead who can not rest
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General

Bovingdon is an attractive village situated on the edge of the Chilterns. The village once had a thriving cottage industry of straw plaiting for the hat trade. The straw was brought up from Luton to ‘The Well’ where people would collect it to work at home.

Bovingdon’s first church was built in 1235 but it did not become a separate parish until 1833. The churchyard is one of the largest in Hertfordshire and contains some very fine avenues of yew trees. Yew is poisonous and it is alleged that the trees were planted to stop the vicar grazing his animals in the churchyard. The churchyard covers an area of two hectares and is planted with over one hundred and twenty trees.

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Bovingdon Airfield

Initially Bovingdon airfield was occupied by American servicemen and it was used as a bomber airfield. Now all that remains are the runways.

People walking their dogs in the area sense a presence and their animals howl and raise their hackles and will even sometimes run off home, but no one knows why. Many of the aircrew died during WWII so does something of them remain at Bovongdon.

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To view images see: Bovingdon Album

To view a report about Bovingdon Airfield see: 02-05-2008

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Box Lane

Box Lane is haunted by a strange gleaming presence. The apparition has been around for a long time and was even seen by the author and historian W. B. Gerish who felt ‘a strange tingling sensation’ on passing through it. Gerish’s dog also reacted by leaping aside and barking. The apparition has been reported in the vicinity of the largest old house in Box Lane where it has been seen sweeping past the surrounding wall. W. B. Gerish had this to say about Box Lane: ‘It is a haunted lane with a unique charm in daylight as well as in the dusky hours, running sharply uphill and blinking lazily across uneven stretches of grassland with a dark tunnel of trees and blocked up doorways alongside it.’

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Murvagh House

Murvagh House in Box Lane was the site of poltergeist activity in the 1980s. The owners of the property were giving a winter dinner party in the oak-panelled dining room when a large candlestick flew across the room before the eyes of the people seated at the table. Doors were known to open by themselves during the night and strange bangs and crashes were regularly heard.

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St Lawrence

The churchyard of St Lawrence is said to have been desecrated when blood was spilt there. Since then the dead have been unable to rest quietly in their graves.

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