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Prestbury is a village in Gloucestershire. Prestbury is listed in Domesday as "Presteberie", part of the property of the church of Hereford. In 1249 the Bishop of Hereford was granted permission to hold a weekly market. The village became eclipsed by Cheltenham following the end of the mediæval period and the market ceased by the 18th century. Though now contiguous with Cheltenham, Prestbury retains a distinct village identity. It is home to Prestbury Park, the Cheltenham Racecourse, which holds the Gold Cup race each March. It is within the council area of Cheltenham (Gloucestershire).
Place Type: Village
Historic County: Gloucestershire
Lat, Long: 51.913509,-2.044499
Grid Reference: SO 9703 2388
Civil Parish: Prestbury CP
Council Area: Cheltenham CA (Gloucestershire CA)
Police Area: Gloucestershire PA
GBPN ID: 36801
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Prestbury,_Gloucestershire_36801
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Prestbury is sometimes claimed to be the most haunted village in Gloucestershire, or even the most haunted in England. Westwood and Simpson (Haunted England 2010) describe the chief ghost as being a barely visible horseman, whose mount can be heard galloping wildly down the Burbage, then halting abruptly. The mysterious rider is often considered to be a Royalist horseman, captured and executed by Roundheads during the Civil War.
According to Westwood and Simpson: "Other Civil War soldiers haunt an old cottage, and ghosts of eighteenth-century revellers haunt the grounds of the hotel; a 'black abbot' has frequently been seen in the church, the churchyard and in many parts of the village; there is a Phantom Strangler at Cleeve Corner, where a young bride is said to have been asphyxiated by a burglar who was after her jewels; a girl's ghost plays the spinet in one cottage; and a woman is heard singing in another."
Place Type: Village
Historic County: Gloucestershire
Lat, Long: 51.913509,-2.044499
Grid Reference: SO 9703 2388
Civil Parish: Prestbury CP
Council Area: Cheltenham CA (Gloucestershire CA)
Police Area: Gloucestershire PA
GBPN ID: 36801
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Prestbury,_Gloucestershire_36801
Explore Prestbury on Wikishire Peruse Gloucestershire on WikishirePrestbury is sometimes claimed to be the most haunted village in Gloucestershire, or even the most haunted in England. Westwood and Simpson (Haunted England 2010) describe the chief ghost as being a barely visible horseman, whose mount can be heard galloping wildly down the Burbage, then halting abruptly. The mysterious rider is often considered to be a Royalist horseman, captured and executed by Roundheads during the Civil War.
According to Westwood and Simpson: "Other Civil War soldiers haunt an old cottage, and ghosts of eighteenth-century revellers haunt the grounds of the hotel; a 'black abbot' has frequently been seen in the church, the churchyard and in many parts of the village; there is a Phantom Strangler at Cleeve Corner, where a young bride is said to have been asphyxiated by a burglar who was after her jewels; a girl's ghost plays the spinet in one cottage; and a woman is heard singing in another."