As Christmas is usually the time for ghost stories I thought I’d relay one that was the talk of London during the 1760s The ghost of Cock Lane also known as “Scratching Fanny” was a purported haunting that attracted mass public attention in 1762. The location was a lodging house in Cock Lane, a short road adjacent to… Continue reading The Cock Lane Ghost
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The Cock Lane Ghost
In my last post I related the tale of a less that virtuous parson who apparently haunted an hotel in Covent Garden. As Christmas is usually the time for ghost stories I thought I’d relay one that was the talk of London during the 1760s The ghost of Cock Lane also known as “Scratching Fanny”… Continue reading The Cock Lane Ghost
Humumm’s
On the south east corner of Covent garden was an area in the 17th century that was known as the “Hummums“ The term crops up in several different places, diaries. letters etc from the 18th & 19th centuries and at first I thought it was the name of the people who owned the establishment that… Continue reading Humumm’s
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