The text has also been greatly expanded to tithe map by Andrew Clarke. It addresses several questions posed by Scott Cunningham. "It almost looks as if the Rectory's main well would have been under or quite near the Harringham Rectory. Is this possible? Or is it possible that Rev. Henry Bull is the one who had the main well dug? Maybe the well is simply not indicated on the 1841 map. Also, it looks like the angled walls in the Bull Rectory cellar were not remnants of the Harringham Rectory. Finally, would the pond shown have been in the area of the tennis courts, or possibly the verandah?"

The view from the south east has been linked to the contemporary view of approximately the same angle, by Eddie Brazil. Eddie asks, "I think the otherwise meticulous Mr wilson has made a mistake though on the page next the photo. He says the Bull sisters saw the nun on the 28 July 1900 on the nuns walk. I always thought it was in the middle of the lawn. Perhaps you can clarify?"
[Page 45 of MHH says, "The figure was slowly gliding. . . . .along the Nun's Walk in the direction of the stream." That answers YOUR question, but opens up an entirely new one - was the path of the nun so familiar by 28 July 1900, that it already HAD a name, or was Price using literary license by telescoping history and using the title given AFTER that most famous sighting?]

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Essex home page

Ghostbuster's Net synopsis and forum. An attempt is under way to find the edition of the Ghostbuster's Annual that features Borley on one page. The ghostbusters fall asleep at the rectory, and when the awaken, the building is gone. Published in 1990?

Eddie Brazil provided us with a mysterious photo of the church. Scott Cunningham was the first to spot the oddity. "It seems to be a left/right reversal of the northern exposure of the church as shape of familiar yew tree is just discernable on NE corner of church. Also, no porch."

Eddie's home page now has a way for you to promote his work. Click on the image of the "Art Talk 100" at the bottom left, and promote our friend's talent!

Scott Cunningham is continuing his work on the Haunted Borley Report and encourages your comments. Updates will be published about the 28th of each month through July of 2004. Send your comments directly to scunn2001@yahoo.com "I will very much appreciate BGS comments about it as I organize it. I plan for it to be a hyperlinked document with indexes and drawings indicating "scenes," especially the multiplexed charades. Some simple animations too. I plan to finish it by next July 28, 2004."

I've just managed to obtain a copy of Harry Price's 'Christmas Ghosts' (London: St. Hugh's Press Ltd. 1949) in Australia. It was found on a farm in New South Wales. I'm just wondering if, since adding it to the bibliography, you've managed to find out anything further about the book. I'd be interested to learn just how scarce the title is - I can find no copy for sale on the web and I'd had various booksearch agencies on its trail for years. Also I'd be interested in how much you think the book is worth although obviously I have no interest in selling it - just curious!!! My own copy is in significantly better condition than the copy on your site having just a chip on the upper left corner of the front cover. Hope you can help,
Many thanks,
Andrew Parry
[That's a tough one. I've heard it both ways - rare, and "so what." I'll ask the BGS associates for their feedback. As you say, I have no intention of ever selling mine, for any price.]

I have been in touch with Peter Underwood again concerning my Glanville biography & received another letter from him today. His letter had rather a sad tone to it as he spoke about his wife & how he was coping with not being with her after sixty years. Sixty years! Such a wonderful achievement. He has given me some leads which I will start to follow up concerning SHG. I intend to write to Peter tomorrow thanking him for his kindness & will let him & you know how I progress. I will leave it up to Peter to contact me again concerning his correspondence with SHG when he feels able to. I have to say it is quite a thrill to have personal contact with someone who is such an important part of the history of Borley Rectory (apart from yourself!). I have started my proposed short story about the Rectory & have enjoyed working on it a great deal. Progress is rather slow as my children are on their summer holiday from school & I am in demand when not a work, but I hope to get it finished soon! I have other ideas about Borley-related stories which I thinking might be put together in some form of a collection.
Best wishes, Paul Adams

Thanks for the list of resources.....my daughter is an honors student in the top 5 percent of her class & starting her junior year of high school....she is interested in possible career opportunities in paranormal, paraphysical sciences??? Do you have any advice or avenues you might encourage her to follow, here or abroad? Your time and comments are appreciated! : ) Sincerely,
A. Reinhart
[Thank you for your interest. Your daughter is most welcome to research the web site, and I will let the associates of the Borley Ghost Society know of her interest. Meanwhile, have her take a look at the Career Advice web page.]

Open letter to a budding writer - "You are to be congratulated on your initial efforts to begin writing. It is a long, arduous process with many frustrations. You have begun the process, but have far to go. As I suggested previously, you need to write everything down, then put it away for a time. When you return to the first draft, work it over, and get someone else to critique it for you, to be your mentor or editor. Together, you will discover new directions. Research is key - you cannot write what you do not know. So by all means, continue digging. The web site has the largest deposit of Borley material found anywhere in the world. All your answers are in there. Or, if something is missing, we will try to find it for you - but your part is to search for it first. Finally, be very careful about not reinventing the wheel. So much has been written about Borley - over and over and over again, that is is extremely rare that a new item, or even fresh viewpoint, surfaces. Andrew Clarke is a rare find, in that he digs out the nuances and background - the finer points. You would be well to go through his material. Finally, when you have your chapters completed and feel your work is done, have a complete stranger read it. Space on the Harbour Lights web site is for completed, professional-looking projects only, and I will be happy to consider your submission at that time.

Might I have a contact address for Mrs Iris Owens, or would you pass this email on to her? There is a group in Toronto which is looking for the film htat was made of the Owens experiment, and I thought Mrs Owens might know of a person or library who holds it. Thank you very much,
Sanjay Sircar
[Raymond International holds all rights, and has videos for sale. Please let Bruce know you were referrred by me, and he may give you a discount. Raymond International, 122-238 Davenport Road, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5R 1J6, phone 416-485-3406]

Something still remains at Borley but im trying to pin point what it is.Before the Rectory was built it might of been a grave yard,And when people started to build on the site they disturbed the spirits.Long before Borley Rectory was built and before the monistry was built does any body know the facts what was there first.You know the nun who haunts nuns walk i know she was bricked up alive do you think that many people have tried to set her free,do people ask questions about the nun and why she haunts nuns walk for every year on july 28th i think is it when she got bricked up alive, so lonely not knowing where she is going and lost,It might be as well of all the paranormal activities going on at Borley that could be as well of all the things what went on the murders and polterguiest activity,There is one person and this person is a spirit this person could of started it all off. What was the name of the nun.Is this nun looking for her lover, as she walks through nuns walk without a smile.With her moaning and with a broken heart she is still waiting for her lover to return, she cant find him no where she haunts this place so she could find him but he isn't coming back.She wants people to notice her,and not to be affraid of her she isn't there to harm people.many people think that she is the one who caused all the polterguiest activity,but my opinion i dont think she was,she must of been hald back,like this strange force holding her back.And why did the Smiths stay at the Rectory for a short period only,did they have strange things going on's.this Paranormal world we live in noone can exsplain why the supernatural are on this earth scientist dont even know the answer.Borley Rectory's ghost's do they still remain after Borley got burnt down.and where are these ghost now.
many thanks
karen fowler

There is a French version of Borley Rectory! What fun it is. It is exactly how one first imagines the story. All dark decay and sinister gothic. I wish my French was better, but it is a pretty correct version of the legend with just some of the names changed. Marianne would have loved it. It is all in there, the three Bull girls seeing the nun, the coach with the headless horsemen, the summerhouse, the exploding bottles, the seances, Mollie Goldney, the wall writings, Captain Gregson. All there. So much bunkum, but who cares when someone can do so well with it.
Andrew Clarke

Liberge, Eric. Tonnerre rampant . (Crawling Thunder.) Sun Productions, October 2002. 80 pages. Graphic novel. Text and art by the author. ISBN : 2-84565-395-6. (Some pseudonyms, but very close to the legend. For adults.) Several web sites have reviews - all are in French, but google.com will provide rough translations. Some have order proceedures. | Publisher's Internet site. "Another splendid album of the collection Latitudes! 80 pages of data base and a very exceptional large size make it possible to discover an account firmly constructed. January 1928. Professor Aloïs Squire, founder of the first office of parapsychologic research at the University of London, goes to the priory of Nunhead, one of the most haunted residences of England, to try to solve the mystery which poisons the places... The reverend, who places there with his family, claims that the spectrum of a none would be at the origin of terrifying the harmful effects which, for soon four centuries, have disturbed the everyday life of the vice-chancellors who followed one another the priory. Rather than to call upon the traditional parades of exorcism, Squire will try to untie the business by deciphering the "messages" which all these demonstrations send. Items by items, it will assemble the puzzle of a human tragedy which unchains all its violence within the priory, to discover with its root a dramatic wound of love... Mystery, supernatural and suspense are the key elements of this captivating one-shot to sumptuous graphics." | Review "Eric Liberge serves again us the traditional one of the house haunted in which a great drama occurred and where a heart in sorrow tries to contact the alive ones... But with what a brilliance! The size of the album and its rather particular technique completely plunges us in this intrigue." | Order from BNnet.com Publisher's review. | Sceneario.com "Shivers guarantees." | Reviews with link to Amazon.FR "Crawling Thunder is priceless." | Order from bdcool.com "Vibrating!"

[To the publisher: Bon jour. I am most anxious to get in touch with Eric Liberge to discuss his book Tonnerre Rampant. If you will refer this message to him, and alert him to my web site, I will be most greatful. Merci beaucoup, Vincent O'Neil]

A newspaper clipping has been added to the "appeal to visitors" regarding measures taken to slow down vandals. The full article is in the Bibliography.

I have signed up for the web space on your Harbour Lights webpage . . . Please find attached one of my early short stories - Moonlight Mansion. Just under 6000 words it's an English ghost story in the tradition of M.R. James & has a Borley style atmosphere to it. I'll send along a few more & start typing up others that have been languishing in manuscript for a long time. Inspired by joining the Borley Ghost Society & corresponding with Peter Underwood I have started a new short story set at Borley which I will send along in due course. I attach two more pieces, one a 3000 word short which owes a huge amount to the great H.P. Lovecraft, while the other is a 16500 word novella influenced by Dennis Wheatley. I will get some more short stories onto the word processer when I can - at the moment I'm concentrating on the Borley short story which I'm enjoying writing very much. I hope to get it finished in a week or so. . . .
With best wishes,
Paul Adams