St Nicholas Church
The church and its surrounding area are associated with numerous other supernatural claims
The Church
The Church of St Nicholas, Pluckley is an Anglican church located in Pluckley, Kent in England. There was a church at this site as early as the late 11th century. The present building dates to the 13th or 14th centuries
Pluckley
Pluckley is a village and civil parish in the Ashford district of Kent, England.The civil parish includes the adjacent hamlet of Pluckley Thorne
References to Pluckley can be found in the Domesday Book of 1086, at which time it was a more significant settlement than the now considerably larger town of Ashford.
The village's parish church, the Church of St Nicholas dates primarily to the 13th and 14th centuries. The Dering Chapel, separated from the rest of the church by two screens and found at the east end of the south aisle, was built in 1475. The nave contains brasses dedicated to members of the Dering family, all of which were made in the 1630s by Sir Edward Dering.
Ghosts of st nicholas
The White Lady: A member of the Dearing family, she is said to have been buried in seven coffins. She is often seen on misty nights, sometimes believed to be the cause of the mist itself.
The Red Lady: Also a member of the Dearing family, this ghost is also associated with the Dearing family crypt.
Phantom Dog: A barking dog is said to haunt the churchyard. A story recounts a group of psychics in the 1970s who claimed to have been playing with a dog during their stay, only for the vicar to mention he did not own a dog.
Dearing Family Vault: The crypt beneath the church is reportedly haunted by a female Dearing family member, and visitors have reported hearing strange knocking sounds from the vault.
Other phenomena: Strange lights have been seen from the church windows and ghostly figures gliding silently through the church have been reported.
Our Investigation
What was lurking in the shadows of st nicholas in pluckley on this night we did a paranormal investigation.
