A ghost story for Yuletide. There is a curious urban legend linked to Bramshill House in Hampshire. Within that house are more than a dozen resident ghosts. Among them is a White lady that is considered the ghost of a bride who was found dead. This is how it goes...
There was a Yule wedding in the 17th century, to celebrate a girl named Anne Cope who married Lord Lovell. Afterwards there was a great feast at Bramshill House. The cheerful bride wanted to play Hide and Seek and the wedding guests all agreed. After many hours, long after everyone was discovered in their hiding places, only the bride was still missing. She was nowhere to be found and it seemed that she just disappeared. The bride hid so well that she remained undiscovered for a very long time.
So many years passed that Lord Lovell and all the other wedding guests were dead and gone. The house was very old and it was sold to another, who spent time clearing away rotten furniture. The new owner went up into the attic full of cobwebs, and found a big chest made of mistletoe wood. Inside the chest was a horrific sight: A skeleton of a young woman wearing an old fashioned bridal gown.
There are ghost sightings at the house today. It's believed that the bride is one of them. She's described as a glowing Lady in White. She's reported to have scared some guests staying over in the house. The phantom bride has terrified people when they saw her passing through walls. She haunts certain rooms and brings a smell of flowers. Her ghost has been standing in the window looking outside. The house is so popular with this ghost bride that the actual chest itself is placed by the reception. A lot of poems and stories were based on this ghost legend, including "The Mistletoe Bough" by Sir Henry Bishop.
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