GHOST STORY

 

Ludlow Castle

THE GHOST OF MARION DE LA BRUYERE

LUDLOW CASTLE AND CHURCHYARD, SHROPSHIRE,ENGLAND

12TH CENTURY ONWARDS

 

 

Ludlow Castle lies on the border of England and Wales.  It was the last to surrender to Parliament forces in 1646.  The castle dates from the 11th century but the haunting only dates back to the days of Henry II, when the castle was in the midst of many border skirmishes.  One of the occupants was Marion de la Bruyere, who had a lover who sided with the enemies of those in the castle.  One night when the castle`s custodian, Joce de Dinan, was absent, she lowered a rope so he could visit her. On this particular evening he did not pull the rope up after him, but left it hanging, allowing 100 men to climb up, open the gates and take the castle.  When she realised she had been used and betrayed, she killed her lover with his own sword and then jumped to her death from the walls of the Hanging Tower, onto the rocks below.

        

The Hanging Tower                                           

Although her ghost was seen for many years, below the tower where she met her death, walking among the, now ruined castle, all that is now is the sighing or breathing which seems to be coming from the tower itself .  This could be the knight who betrayed Marion, or her own as she killed him.

A local resident has heard the sounds on many occasions and has said the noises could be those of someone in a deep sleep, but they are so clear and loud that they seem to come from the top of the battlements.  On first hearing the sounds, the man took his wife to the castle without telling her of them and, on arriving below the castle she mentioned the strange noise which seemed to come from the castle.  The same, although hearing the same sound on many occasions, had never found any rational explaination for them and has discounted  the noise of the wind or that of nesting birds.

The parish church at Ludlow is also said to be haunted. A tall, elderly woman, wearing a long, drab robe, has been seen outside the rectory, and strange footseps have been heard by some people living nearby.  The same figure has been seen walking around the graveyard.

 

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