Salisbury Arms, Fore St, Hertford, UK - Ghosts and Hauntings on Waymarking.com

Long Description:
Between Bell Lane and Church Street is the Salisbury Arms Hotel. It has an excellent example of seventeenth and nineteenth century restored pargetting. The hotel was known as the Bell from as early as 1431 and took its present name about 1830 when purchased by the Marquess of Salisbury.

There are many features on the inside including exposed beams and a Jacobean staircase. Oliver Cromwell stayed here overnight in 1647 before reviewing his troops nearby. The Salisbury Arms was the Tory headquarters in the notorious Election of 1832 when Hertford was rife with bribery, bullying and corruption

Once, when the cleaners were working on the first floor, a middle-aged man dressed in black crossed the corridor and walked into the room where a hotplate was kept. He was seen by a cleaner who thought he may be a lost guest and went to assist him. But no assistance could be offered as the room was empty and there were no other exits. The ghost is believed by some to be Oliver Cromwell.

If the Salisbury Arms wets your appetite for ghosts, then try checking out the nearby properties on Fore Street and their ghosts:-

• Albany Radio – ghost of a Georgian woman in a rich dress
• Gay’s Newsagents – ghostly violin playing
• Marshalls Furnishers – ghost from Cromwellian times
• Red House – ghost of a grey clad matron
• Sheffields the Chemist – ghost of a murdered sibling
• Threshers – ghostly floodings and breaking of wine bottles

Public access?: Salisbury Arms is a hotel and therefore open to the public Visting hours: Not listed Website about the location and/or story: Not listed

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