Ghosts of St Nicholas Church

Ghosts at St Nicholas Church, Brockley

This church is supposed to be haunted by "Little Lady in Brown", the spirit of a former cleaner at the Church who died around 1900.

Several visitors to the church claim to have witnessed the spirit in either the vestry or the church aisle. A renowned ghost hunter of the 1940's, Elliot O'Donnell performed an all night sitting in the church and failed to seen any evidence of the ghost, however, he was interrupted a few times during the vigil by whisperings and little footstep sounds, but could not conclusively attribute these footsteps or whispers to the Brown Lady. It has even made international news, with a correspondent for the St Petersburg Newspaper, dated 1st November 1947 reporting the tale. Please click HERE to see an original copy of the newspaper article

There is also supposed to be the spirit of a condemned parson of the church, John Hibbestson, who in 1776 witnessed the squire of Chelvey Batch, James Stevens, have a nasty fall from a horse.

The parson nursed James back to health, but with an ulterior motive of wheedling his way into the Squire's favour. the squire altered his will to include the parson, leaving him with a considerable amount of the Squire's wealth. Once this will has been officiated, the parson made sure that the Squire met an untimely end by murdering him in cold blood.

It is also alleged that the parson was into devil worship, and it is rumoured that when the parson died, a terrifying beast was seen entering the property of the parson to claim his soul for Hell.