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Thatcham

The King’s Head is reputedly haunted by Miss Fromont, the landlady during the golden age of coaching in the 18th century. She appears in a grey silk dress, walking through walls in the first floor rooms.

“Mind my pie!” was the mysterious broad Berkshire voice which came out of nowhere in the larder of a farm in Thatcham, built on the site of a moated manor house. Later the witness’s mother saw a ghostly old woman in brown outside the house, though she was apparently invisible to everyone else.

The old driveway of Dunstan House, pulled down in 1802, was always said to be haunted by a ghostly carriage. Dogs have been known to freeze with terror here and a man dressed in old fashioned clothes has been observed. The area has now been built upon.

Some say Lady Bolingbroke also haunts Thatcham in her coach, much as she does Bucklebury.

Theale

The Thatcher’s Arms is said to be haunted.

Tidmarsh

The spirit of a little boy who was drowned in the River Pang is occasionally seen rising from the waters near the Rectory.  

Tilehurst

Francis Kendrick was the Lady of the Manor of Calcot who fell in love with a poor lawyer named Benjamin Child. The only way she was able to gain his attention was to dress up in disguise and challenge him to a dual or marriage. The sensible man chose the latter option and the two lived very happily together. Sadly, Frances died after only a few years of marriage and her ghost has haunted the spot where the challenge took place ever since. This was in Prospect Park. Read the full story.

Twyford

Herne the Hunter’s ghost is said to have been seen riding through this area which once made up the very boundaries of Windsor Forest. Read the full story. One old gentleman seemed convinced that it was this same spirit which haunted his large house just outside Twyford. Although it was never seen and the only phenomenon noticed was that the ghost would never allow the bathroom door to be closed!