With its cluster of stately homes, old cobbled streets and ancient churches, Northamptonshire is brimming with curiosities harking back to the past.But for the more superstitious among us, the county also has more than its share of ghostly tales.From haunted fields to spooky mansions, we count down 12 of the most haunted places in Northamptonshire.
9. Lyveden New Bield
The unfinished Elizabeth house commissioned by Sir Thomas Tresham is rumoured to be haunted. A man's ghost is said to loiter at a first-floor window, although no floor ever fitted. After Sir Thomas died in 1605, his son Francis inherited the estate - but he was one of the members of the Gunpower Plot and was executed that year Photo: National World
10. The Cock Inn, Denford
The Cock Inn in Denford is reputed to be haunted by a blacksmith who refuses to leave the building where his old shop once stood. He is joined by a lady in white who mischievously locks bathroom doors and steals cookware Photo: Google Streetview
11. Barford Bridge
A ghostly monk is said to wander the bridge across the A43 between Corby and Kettering, with countless sightings over the past 30 years. It may be a former resident of the nearby Pipewell Abbey Photo: Google Streetview
12. Rockingham Castle
A Norman castle built on the orders of William the Conqueror. Author Charles Dicken once spent a night there, and saw an eerie figure walking from the Yew Hedge to the wild gardens. He believed it was a Roundhead soldier on his way to siege the castle during the English Civil War Photo: National World