The Soul FinderHMP Shepton Mallet, sometimes known as Cornhill, is a former prison in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England. When it closed in 2013, it had been the United Kingdom's oldest operating prison, following the closure of HMP Lancaster Castle in 2011. Before closure, Shepton Mallet was a category C lifer prison holding 189 prisoners. The prison building is Grade II* listed, while the former gatehouse and perimeter walls are Grade II.
The prison was opened before 1625 but was already in poor repair by the end of the First English Civil War in 1646. It was expanded in 1790 but conditions were again criticised in a report of 1822 and further building work was undertaken in the 1820s and 1830s. This included the installation of a treadwheel for those sentenced to hard labour. In 1843 the number of cells was increased by adding a second storey to each wing. The prison was damaged during a fire in 1904. In 1930 the number of inmates had fallen and the prison was closed.
Following the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, the prison was reopened as a military prison. It was initially used by the British Army and later by American forces who constructed a new execution block to hang condemned prisoners. It was also used for the storage of important historical documents from the Public Record Office in London, including the Domesday Book of 1086. Following the war the prison continued as a military "glasshouse" until it was returned to civilian use in 1966.
The prison was decommissioned in 2013 and now serves as a tourist attraction, with guided tours and other activities.
#shepton mallet prison #paranormal #explorationThe Soul Finder2025-11-11 | HMP Shepton Mallet, sometimes known as Cornhill, is a former prison in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England. When it closed in 2013, it had been the United Kingdom's oldest operating prison, following the closure of HMP Lancaster Castle in 2011. Before closure, Shepton Mallet was a category C lifer prison holding 189 prisoners. The prison building is Grade II* listed, while the former gatehouse and perimeter walls are Grade II.
The prison was opened before 1625 but was already in poor repair by the end of the First English Civil War in 1646. It was expanded in 1790 but conditions were again criticised in a report of 1822 and further building work was undertaken in the 1820s and 1830s. This included the installation of a treadwheel for those sentenced to hard labour. In 1843 the number of cells was increased by adding a second storey to each wing. The prison was damaged during a fire in 1904. In 1930 the number of inmates had fallen and the prison was closed.
Following the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, the prison was reopened as a military prison. It was initially used by the British Army and later by American forces who constructed a new execution block to hang condemned prisoners. It was also used for the storage of important historical documents from the Public Record Office in London, including the Domesday Book of 1086. Following the war the prison continued as a military "glasshouse" until it was returned to civilian use in 1966.
The prison was decommissioned in 2013 and now serves as a tourist attraction, with guided tours and other activities.Never found the womans head #paranormalinvestigation #dark #creepy placesThe Soul Finder2026-09-13 | The Norfolk headless body case relates to a woman who was murdered around the first or second week of August 1974. Her decapitated body was found near Swaffham, Norfolk, England on 27 August 1974. Her head has never been found. Although the woman has never been identified, one theory being investigated is that she was a sex worker known as "The Duchess" who worked the Great Yarmouth docks under that pseudonym prior to her disappearance in mid-1974. The badly decomposed body of this woman was discovered on 27 August 1974 by a 19-year-old tractor driver named Andrew Head who had been out walking when he found the body on land belonging to Peter Roberts. Head later recalled: "I lifted one corner of the cover over the body and that was enough – I could see what it was. I went home and phoned the police." The body was discovered near a track leading to Brake Hill Farm, Brandon Road, within Cockley Cley. Combine harvesters were used to clear fields to allow them to be searched.
Police believe the woman died in either the first or second week of August 1974. She was estimated to be aged between 23 and 35 and 5 ft 0 in (1.52 m) to 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) tall. Her hands and legs were bound to her body and she was wearing only a pink 1969 Marks & Spencer nightdress. She had been decapitated and her head has never been found. Her body was wrapped in a plastic sheet embossed with the words National Cash Registers. A collector in the United States identified the cover as being from a payroll machine and the exact model but the enquiry also established that thousands of the machines would have been made with many exported.
With her body was a length of rope that was unusual in being made of four strands, rather than the more usual three or five strands. An expert told police that the composition of the rope "suggests it was made for use with agricultural machinery". Police traced the place of manufacture of the rope to Dundee in Scotland but the firms that made that type of rope have since ceased trading. The first murder enquiry into the death ran from 1974 to 1975 during which time police spoke to 15,000 people and took 700 statements. They completed 6,750 house-to-house questionnaires.
In 2008, Norfolk Police exhumed the woman's body under Operation Monton and took a DNA sample but were unable to identify the woman. They established that she was right-handed, had probably given birth, had consumed water found in Scotland and that fish and crabs formed an important part of her diet. They have issued several appeals for information. In 2008, the case was featured on the BBC's Crimewatch programme. In 2011, police made another appeal and identified 540 missing women as a result of fresh enquiries. In 2016, the case featured on television again and twice in the online version of BBC News. In 2009, police began to examine serial killer Peter Tobin's links to Norfolk via Operation Anagram, to determine whether he could have been involved in the case, or in any other unsolved murders in the county.2000 years of sin Aversley Woods #paranormal #dark #creepyThe Soul Finder2026-09-09 | Second visit to this ancient woods, a different path, same agenda, to help the lost, trapped, to find their way.The Historic St Peters & St Pauls Church And Graveyard Is this building TartarianThe Soul Finder2026-08-31 | My 2nd visit to this Graveyard, But this time I question our History,Brandon Woods #paranormal CAUGHT SOME GHOSTLY WHISPERSThe Soul Finder2026-08-30 | Another section of Brandon woods I am exploring Alone. The History is heavy here#paranormal Dark secrets in our #historical woodsThe Soul Finder2026-08-27 | I went into a woods in Sawtry from another side, The woodlands spans for miles in all directions, I have barely scratched the surface
My new channel - latest video - youtube.com/watch?v=yehft8kFlCA#paranormal ghostly whispers at the All Saints Church SawtryThe Soul Finder2026-08-21 | This historic Church has vibes, Tonight I took Alfie along, and he filmed on his own for around 10 minutes.Watton Graveyard #paranormal #exploreThe Soul Finder2026-08-16 | Watton is one of the most pleasing of Norfolk's small towns. It is little known by outsiders, not least because it is isolated on the edge of the British Army's battle training area. Nineteenth Century Watton was prosperous, with a modicum of civic pride. Perhaps the best evocation of Watton in those times is in DJ Taylor's haunting novel Kept. But this part of East Anglia, the Breckland, fell on hard times in the 1980s and 1990s. Unemployment was high, and the area has one of the lowest proportions of adults who have been through Higher Education in the country. By the early 1990s, the once-busy High Street was lined with boarded up shops. The opening of a large new prison on the old airfield provided some jobs, but it was not until a large injection from the European Social Fund that the area really took off. The Wayland Initiative focused on developing the area for tourism, presenting Watton as the heart of an area of rolling woods and interesting villages. At the entrance to the villages, the village name signs have a corporate identity, with the Wayland logo, as if this was some minor East Anglian Ruritania. But it seems to have worked: today, Watton High Street is proudly busy again.
As part of the Initiative, the local churches were encouraged to be open, or at least accessible. It took some of them longer than others to come around to this way of thinking, but today, at last, virtually all of the Watton area churches have either keyholder notices or open doors. St Mary is open when the parish office, in an extension on the north side, is open. At other times, there is a key.
The church sits on the edge of the town on the road to Dereham, and it is that unusual thing, an urban round-towered church. There are only about half a dozen of these left in East Anglia, because most urban churches underwent considerable renewal during the medieval period. However, at first glance it is obvious that the major rebuilding work here was done at a much later date. The little 13th Century church is flanked by two massive 19th century aisles. It is as if three churches had been joined together side by side, and reminds me of boats floating in a bunch, tied together. As if in sympathy, older headstones in the graveyard have also been collected together into bunches, to allow for easy mowing.
As you would expect, you step into an interior which is almost entirely Victorian, but it is actually more interesting than it first appears, because the massive rebuilding of this church happened in 1840. The aisles were built to accomodate an extra 220 seats in what was still a kind of preaching box: there is no view into the chancel from most of the church. The great wave of enthusiasm, generated by the Oxford Movement and the Camden Society, to restore our parish churches to their medieval integrity with a focus on the altar, had still to reach this lonely place; and so, this is one of the last pre-Ecclesiological restorations in England.
The later Victorians would also leave their mark, with a pretty screen and some fairly middlebrow glass. But the unforgettable feature of the interior is the lovely poorbox of 1639, aparently carved in effigy of the Minister of the time. He is depicted holding a bag of money and with a smile on his face; his chest is carved with the familiar invocation to Remember the Poore. This encouragement of charity was an important part of the Puritan project of the time: it wasn't all smashing glass and beheading Kings. However, if you compare this naive little folk-carving with the fabulous art being produced as a result of the Renaissance at this time in the rest of Europe, you can't help thinking that we paid a high price for Puritanism. There are some moving WWI memorials in the south aisle, and out in the graveyard there is a great curiosity: a wooden WWI cross memorial to Thomas Edward Adcock, the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Adcock, of West End Terrace in Watton. A resident of Gorleston-on-Sea, he had enlisted in the Norfolk Regiment on 3rd August, 1914. This was the day before the War broke out, and he was 20 years old. Amazingly, he survived almost the entire Great War, to be killed just a month before the Armistice. His is one of 190 Commonwealth war dead bodies to lie at Underhill Cemetery near Ypres in Belgium, on the north-western edge of Ploegsteert Wood.Aylsham Woods A Pyramid Mausoleum #paranormal #scary placeThe Soul Finder2026-08-12 | History (HIS STORY) The mausoleum was commissioned by Lady Caroline (wife of William Harbord, 2nd Baron Suffield), the eldest daughter of John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire, in memory of her father, who died in 1793. Caroline, who inherited her father's estate, Blickling Hall, commissioned the Italian architect Joseph Bonomi the Elder to design the structure. In an early example of Egyptian Revival architecture, Bonomi designed a mausoleum based on the ancient Pyramid of Cestius in Rome. Bonomi exhibited his design drawings at the Royal Academy of Arts, which are now stored in Blickling Hall. The structure was erected between 1794 and 1796.
The structure is a square-based pyramid constructed from more than 190,000 Portland stone blocks, that were finished on site by the builder, Henry Wood. When constructed, the stone was white but has since weathered to varying shades of grey. The pyramid measures 45 feet (14 m) square in plan and is sited on an avenue of yews, on the edge of an ancient woodland around 1 mile (1.6 km) from the hall. The east face of the pyramid contains a central doorway surrounded by an architrave and surmounted with an entablature. The entablature is engraved with the Hobart family motto, auctor pretiosa facit (Latin: "the giver makes the gift precious"). Atop the entablature is a carved depiction of the Hobart arms, crowned and supported by a hound and a stag.[8] The panelled door has two leaves, weighing 500 kilograms (1,100 lb).
The north and south faces have a central, square window opening with moulded stone architrave. The west face contains a memorial panel with an architrave. The panel notes that the structure was erected in memory of Hobart by his widow and Harbord. A carved stone bull surmounts the panel. The bull is a symbol associated with the Hobart family and stems from a desire to associate themselves with Anne Boleyn, whose childhood home was Blickling and whose family symbol was a bull.
The interior of the mausoleum is a single chamber used as a chapel. It has a domed vaulted roof with a dentilled cornice. The chamber has eight recesses, one is used for the door and two for the windows, the recesses in between these are used for wall-mounted memorials, and the final three recesses (which face the entrance) contain tombs for Hobart, his first wife Mary Anne and his second wife Caroline. The tombs are in the form of marble sarcophagi raised on plinths. The floor is paved in marble. In 1806, Edmund Bartell described the mausoleum in his Guide to Cromer: "Its situation is very happily chosen amid a large and venerable wood, whose solitude appears only to be broken by the prying curiosity of the stranger, or the footsteps of the nimble deer". Through Caroline's marriage to Suffield, the Blickling estate came into the possession of the Kerr family. It was bequeathed to the National Trust by Philip Kerr, 11th Marquess of Lothian, in 1940. At some stage, iron railings were added around the structure's perimeter.
The mausoleum became a listed building on 19 January 1952 and now holds a Grade II* listing. The interior was described as being in a very poor condition in 1978, and in 2002, the structure was noted to be subject to occasional vandalism. The National Trust, which describes the mausoleum as "one of Blickling’s most iconic landmarks", is fundraising for repairs to the structure, to include replacement of the worn door hingesGhostly Whispers at a farmland Barns #paranormal #creepyThe Soul Finder2026-08-08 | My 2nd visit here, and still I picked up whispers. Please join my new VINTAGE RED HOT ROLL channel linked below youtube.com/@Entertainment-l1j8iWayland woods, #paranormal #scaryThe Soul Finder2026-08-04 | My 2nd visit to the Wayland wood in Watton, in a different section of woods, both Emma and Alfie were targeted by something not so nice, or the spirits were just trying to connect with them.Wayland Wood NORFOLK #paranormal #scary Thousands of SoulsThe Soul Finder2026-08-02 | Many unsolved deaths in and around this woodlands, The temperature was unbelievably cold once we entered,
Type below if you hear anything.#paranormal This place didnt feel right, ALMOST EVILThe Soul Finder2026-07-28 | re-edited and uploaded this video because someone working for one of them brainwashing tv channels, told me i'm an idiot, simply because I said the words, white and half cast, So here is the same video but with the words muted.#paranormal #abandonedplaces Bar Grill I returned for CeceliaThe Soul Finder2026-07-25 | As promised I returned here to help Cecelia, Picked a few whispers, I only highlighted one, so you can listen for yourselfLondon will Fall #paranormal in the deep dark woodlands The Monks WoodsThe Soul Finder2026-07-21 | I was summoned here from a dream, I had to go deeper into the woods.Night 2 #paranormal at the Woodlands within Wild Ducks Holiday ParkThe Soul Finder2026-07-19 | Night 2 of the holiday park, This time we head to the Woods, A very different feel.Midnight #paranormal at The Wild Ducks Holiday ParkThe Soul Finder2026-07-18 | 4 Nights Away at a caravan Park In Great Yarmouth, I recorded 2 video's, one on night 2 and the other on night 4.Ghostly whispers in an Abandoned Bar Grill off the A47The Soul Finder2026-07-10 | A woman died here 100 years ago, choking on food, could this be her whispering.#paranormal #shadows and whispers within Brandon Country Park WoodlandsThe Soul Finder2026-07-09 | My final visit here, around the Mausoleum, If I do return here, it'll be further into the woodlands#paranormalinvestigation 35 year old Egle Vengaliene 2021 found in the lake at Brandon Country ParkThe Soul Finder2026-07-07 | Woman found dead at Suffolk country park is named - as police are granted more time to question suspectMausoleum of the Bliss Family #paranormal at the Brandon country parkThe Soul Finder2026-07-04 | A gothic architectured mausoleum built by Edward Bliss in the early 1800's as the final resting place for him and his wife. It features quality flintwork for which the surrounding area was famous.
The Edward Bliss Mausoleum is a beautiful gothic style chapel and resting place, built within the grounds of Brandon Country Park by Edward Bliss in the 19th Century. This beautiful building is surrounded by Irish Yews and undeniably has an interesting feel.
Now home only to Pipistrelle Bats after the remains of Edward and his wife were moved to a local cemetary in the 20th Century, it's a peaceful place worthy of a visit or an ideal place for a rest if you're walking around the park.
The Mausoleum is reputed to be haunted by Edward's nephew, Henry Bliss. He has allegedly been seen by a number of people, always dressed in knee breeches and a deer stalker. Baron is also believed to have been seen wandering the grounds close to the mausoleum, carrying a candle-lit human skull. To this day, no one knows who or what he might be searching for.Aversley Woods #alone #scary #paranormalThe Soul Finder2026-07-02 | Guys, I definitely have to return here in the day time to get my bearings, then revisit at night, as this woods is vast, and feels like it has lots of history.Ghostly whispers Aversley Farmland #abandoned #paranormal #exploresThe Soul Finder2026-06-27 | Aversley, not much in the way of history, but the land is vast, and the woodlands nearby, I will be investigating soon, But I found these derelict buildings, no longer in use, on acres of farmland. As I was walking past it, I heard clearly, a whisper, so I had to investigateArchers Woods #alone #paranormal #scaryThe Soul Finder2026-06-24 | I returned to where it said, The Creator is comingThe Creator is coming - Archers Woods Huntingdon #paranormal #exploresThe Soul Finder2026-06-19 | Covering 18.6 hectares (46 acres) near Sawtry just off the A1, Archers Wood is an ancient semi-natural woodland with a rich history rooted in medieval outlaws, highwaymen, and the lost, aristocratic Sawtry Judith medieval village.The Legend of the Archers: Local folklore suggests the wood was once a notorious hideout for medieval outlaws and highwaymen who ambushed travelers along the nearby Great North Road. To protect travelers from surprise ambushes, authorities allegedly cut the woodland back to just beyond a "bow-shot" to stop archers from attacking the road, giving the wood its name.Sawtry Judith Village: Archers Wood is the site of the deserted medieval settlement of Sawtry Judith, which was originally established following the Norman Conquest. It was named after Countess Judith of Lens, the niece of William the Conqueror.Archaeological Finds: Today, the wood contains historical earthworks and acts as a designated Scheduled Ancient Monument. Archaeological digs in the late 1970s and 1980 uncovered domestic utensils, ovens, and fascinating remnants of medieval and monastic life connected to the nearby Sawtry Abbey.Weeting Castle Ruins Tartary Destroyed #paranormal #exploresThe Soul Finder2026-06-17 | Weeting Castle is a ruined, medieval manor house near the village of Weeting in Norfolk, England. It was built around 1180 by Hugh de Plais, and comprised a three-storey tower, a substantial hall, and a service block, with a separate kitchen positioned near the house. A moat was later dug around the site in the 13th century. The house was not fortified, although it drew on architectural features typically found in castles of the period, and instead formed a very large, high-status domestic dwelling. It was probably intended to resemble the hall at Castle Acre Castle, owned by Hugh's feudal lord, Hamelin de Warenne.
Weeting Castle ceased to be used in the late 14th century and fell into decay. The ruins formed an ornamental feature in the grounds of nearby Weeting Hall from 1770 onwards, and passed into the ownership of the state in 1926 when the government acquired the surrounding estate. The site is now managed by English Heritage and open to visitors. Weeting Castle is located around 750 metres (2,460 ft) north of the village of Weeting in Norfolk, England. There was an earlier Anglo-Saxon settlement at the site in the 10th century, but the castle itself was built around 1180 by Hugh de Plais. Hugh acquired the estate following his marriage to Philippa Montfichet, where he then constructed a very large, stone manor house.The new building was probably intended to resemble the hall at the centre of Castle Acre Castle, then being redeveloped by Hugh's feudal lord, Hamelin de Warenne, the Earl of Surrey. Hugh's manor house was around 30 by 14 metres (98 by 46 ft) across and comprised three sections running south to north: a chamber block, the main hall, and a service wing.The chamber block, or tower, was three storeys tall, with thick walls made from flint rubble and ashlar. The ground floor formed an undercroft, supporting a solar — a set of private chambers — above. The chamber block would have been entered by an external staircase at the first floor, and an internal newel staircase in the north-west corner linked the different floors. Although not fortified, the tower drew on the architectural traditions of earlier castle keeps and great towers.
The two-storey tall hall was 14.7 by 12 metres (48 by 39 ft) in size internally, with two wooden arcades running down each side, forming narrow aisles along which benches would have run. A raised dais at the northern end, framed by blind stone arcading, would have supported the great table, with similar arcading facing it at the opposite end of the hall. The hall was probably linked by doors to the service block to the north, which was 12 by 3.4 metres (39 by 11 ft) internally in size and contained a pantry and a buttery. A separate kitchen building stood beyond the service block, positioned across a small, enclosed courtyard to reduce the fire risk to the main building.
A 10 metres (33 ft) wide moat was dug around the site in the mid-13th century, creating an island approximately 85 by 60 metres (279 by 197 ft) across internally, accessed by a bridge to the west. The moat was not intended to actually defend the site, but would have aesthetically framed the view of the house within it for anyone approaching the property, highlighting the wealth of its owners.St Mary The Virgin, Weeting #paranormal #creepyThe Soul Finder2026-06-16 | The church of St Mary’s was considered the junior church in the village until the parishes were united after the collapse of All Saints’ in about 1699.
The traditional looking round tower was erected during the Victorian restoration of the church. Prior to this the bells were accommodated in a wooden belfry tower, as can be seen in this early photograph which is the picture in the title of this video' The present east window of St Mary’s Church, Weeting, replaced an earlier one glazed in plain glass. This in turn replaced the medieval window that was probably destroyed by the agents of William Dowsing in 1644 on the instructions of Oliver Cromwell. Jane Hall installed the window as a memorial to her husband Thomas Skarratt Hall, the owner of Weeting Hall who died in 1903. George Parlby the distinguished glass painter and artist, was commissioned to design the window. His submitted design was based on the ascension of Christ watched by his disciples and surrounded by angels. The window was installed in 1905 and dedicated by the Bishop of Thetford on the 3rd January 1906.My last visit to the Monks Woods #paranormal #exploration #creepyThe Soul Finder2026-06-07 | This place is filled with unknowns, gives the feels of sadness, very creepy, anger, and more, I believe that Soul's if are stuck, are frustrated and looking for answers.Is this new build on Old Land Haunted #paranormal #exploresThe Soul Finder2026-06-05 | Visiting my Family, and their neighbour next door told me that he's had strange noises and banging. Being a new build house, I believe the spirits. Soul's may be of the land before.Remembrance of life lost on Our Roads #paranormal #exploresThe Soul Finder2026-06-03 | A motorcyclist named Rachel Stilwell tragically died in a crash on the B1043 on June 18, 2025, while riding her red Honda motorcycle. The incident occurred at Stangate Hill, where she lost control of her vehicle and went into a fence. Despite emergency services' efforts, she could not be resuscitated at the scene, and the coroner concluded she suffered multiple traumatic injuries from the collision. The road surface at the crash site was found to have an uneven area that could have affected her stability
Police have identified a man who died in a collision on the B1043 near Stilton yesterday morning (January 20).
The man, who is in his 20s, was driving a BMW 335. No arrests have been made, but the circumstances of the collision are being investigated.The Monks Woods #paranormal #creepy #exploresThe Soul Finder2026-05-25 | My 2nd visit to these Monks Woodlands, a different path, Let me know if you hear anything.Left to Ruin 2 Locations #paranormal #explores #creepyThe Soul Finder2026-05-10 | As you all know, I do not serve or believe in man made religion, So I go to all these different locations around England, to speak to the Soul's that may be trapped, lost, or being held against their will, Or perhaps they themselves believed what they were told by religious factions around the world, and then realized once they passed on, it was all false, they were lied to, controlled, etc, etcA REAL #Paranormal #explore at the Monks Wood Nature ReserveThe Soul Finder2026-05-05 | Monks Wood is a 157-hectare (390-acre) National Nature Reserve north-west of Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire, and a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I. A slightly more extensive area of 169.3 hectares (418 acres) is the Monks Wood and The Odd Quarter biological Site of Special Scientific Interest.
The site is described by Natural England as one of Britain's most essential lowland woods. It is mainly of the wet ash-maple type, with a creamy shrub layer that was formerly coppiced. Trees include the rare wild service tree, particularly in The Odd Quarter. There is ground flora typical of ancient woodland, together with woodland rides, ponds, streams, and herb-rich grassland.
Monks Wood was the site of an experimental biological research station of The Nature Conservancy from 1961 to 2009. The marsh tits in the wood have been the subject of several studies. Beginning in 1961, a 4-hectare (9.9-acre) former barley field next to the station was allowed to naturally regenerate as a rewilding experiment.#paranormal #explore Creake Abbey The Abbey of St Mary of the MeadowsThe Soul Finder2026-05-04 | Creake Abbey probably had its origins in 1206 when Sir Robert and Lady Alice de Nerford established the small chapel of St Mary of the Meadows at Lingerescroft, bordering the tiny River Burn.
In 1217 they founded the Hospital of St Bartholomew there and when the establishment embraced the rule of St Augustine the chapel became a priory, prompting extensions to both the church and priory buildings. In 1225 Henry III elevated the priory to abbey status and it benefited from many generous donations, but a fire in around 1484 left the abbot at Creake petitioning the king for help.
Despite gifts from Richard III and a bequest by Sir William Calthorpe, the nave and parts of the transepts were demolished, reducing the house once more to a modest church.
Early in the 16th century the abbey was devastated by the plague and when the abbot died, alone, on 12 December 1506, the abbey reverted to the Crown. Creake Abbey has remained a tranquil spot and the attractive ruins tell the tale of the abbey’s varying fortunes. What survives are the remains of the abbey church – the presbytery, crossing, north transept and parts of the north and south chapels – while the nave survives only in the form of low walls and foundations.
The mid-13th century presbytery was the earliest structure on the site, to which the chapels, transepts and crossing were added later in the 13th century. The nave is also later 13th century. Its south wall was refaced in post-medieval times and is now the garden wall of an adjacent private house.
Early in the 14th century the north transept chapels were rebuilt on a larger scale and much 13th-century stonework was reused in the rebuilding of the arches between the transept and the chapels. The chapels each have a piscina, where the priest washed the sacred vessels, and the arched recess in the north chapel probably once housed a tomb.
The smaller, inner chapel has an aumbry, or cupboard. During the excavation of this part of the church, considerable areas of external plasterwork were found on the northern and eastern walls of the chapel.
The hardships of the 15th century reduced the abbey church to the size of a chapel. The nave walls were taken down, probably to the same level as today, and the south arches to the crossing and transepts were blocked to create a new west wall. The eastern processional doorway from the cloister was blocked, and the western door was reset to face north into what had become an open space.
The majority of the north transept was sacrificed and, as it was now outside the roofed area of the church, the original doorway to the spiral stair in its north-eastern corner was blocked. You can see where a new doorway was forced into the stairs from the chapel to the east. The south-facing 15th-century window in the south chapel overlooks the site of the south transept, suggesting that it too probably ceased to be roofed at this time.#paranormal #creepy #explore El Alamein to Berlin The Desert Rats,The Soul Finder2026-04-26 | El Alamein to Berlin the Desert Rats The 7th Armoured Division, known as the Desert Rats, played a crucial role in the North African Campaign, particularly during the Battle of El Alamein. This battle, fought between July and November 1942, was a pivotal moment in the campaign, leading to the Allied forces' success in halting the Axis advance. The Desert Rats, with their agility and innovative tactics, were instrumental in shifting the momentum of the war in favor of the Allies. Their contributions were significant in the success of General Montgomery's broader tactical plans during this stage of the war. The El Alamein Memorial, located in Egypt, serves as a poignant tribute to the soldiers of the British Commonwealth and allied forces who fought and died during the North African Campaign.#paranormalinvestigation on the B1090 near Walton HillThe Soul Finder2026-04-20 | Deadly bends on Country lanes around the UK, This is just one of the places I plan on investigating, around death on our dark roads, Very high speed roads with tight bends with no warnings,
Please comment below if you've ever been caught out on these roads and nearly come off the road.#paranormal #explore Castle Acre Castle in Newton plus bonus footage St Peters & St Pauls ChurchThe Soul Finder2026-04-07 | Keep following for more content..@UnityAsAboveSoBelowThe Soul Finder2026-04-04 | Join me in the exploration of places no longer explored, left for decades untouched, I investigate to see what I can pick up on camera, I used apps as well as just record in raw footage, Sometimes I get whispers from places I am all alone. I do not fake, I walk, talk and listen, I am choosey of the apps I use. but they are just for entertainment, even though on many occasions, the responses I get through are relevant to where I happen to be.
join me, UnityAsAboveSoBelow#alone #paranormal Thetford forest in swaffhamThe Soul Finder2026-04-04 | ...follow for creepy forest videos from swaffham to Cambridge #alone #paranormalinvestigation #creepyThe Soul Finder2026-04-04 | ...#paranormal #explore Thetford Forest SwaffhamThe Soul Finder2026-04-01 | Continuing my explores of the Woods of Thetford, I discover some flowers and a lot of unopened beer cans, rubbish and bottles just left hereI am all #alone in a woods near Swaffham Town #paranormal #explorationThe Soul Finder2026-03-27 | Swaffham, a historic market town in Norfolk, has evidence of human habitation dating back roughly 300,000 years, with significant development starting around the 14th century, particularly with its wool industry. The name indicates an early Anglo-Saxon settlement ("homestead of the Swabians"), and it was established as a market town by the 14th/15th centuries.#alone #haunted Woods in BrandonThe Soul Finder2026-03-16 | Heard a few rumors, that these woodlands are haunted by the dead, Spirits/Souls have been seen walking about, or just standing there watching you.MIDNIGHT at a Graveyard #paranormal explore St James in Iklingham BuryThe Soul Finder2026-03-11 | Icklingham sprawls along the busy Bury to Mildenhall road, its most prominent feature the great towers of Heygates flour mill. There are two lesser towers too, for the village has two medieval parish churches, one at each end of its street. St James is by the Mill and All Saints is at the eastern end of the village. The living was shared from the 18th Century onwards, but the parishes were not combined until the 1970s when the decision was made to close All Saints and retain St James as the parish church. There were very good reasons for this choice, and yet it may well have not been the right one, as we will see. The most striking feature of St James is the blank sided west tower, as if it were only masquerading as a tower and was actually hiding something else. The medieval tower fell in the 18th Century and it was rebuilt in 1808, a curious date under the circumstances and explaining why there was no attempt at Gothic correctness. Its current appearance is probably a result of the considerable restoration here by Bacon & Bell in the 1860s. To the east, the oldest part of the church as we see it today is the chancel which is of early 14th Century origin, although again much restored. Simon Cotton identified a bequest of 1467 in which the rector John Tanny left 5 marks to the emendation of the chancel window. This is probably also a good date for the rebuilding of the nave with aisles and clerestory. Again though, the character is all of the 1860s restoration, and James Bettley points out the signatures of the flint workers who resurfaced the aisles, JN and HA each inscribed with the date 1865.
If you had any doubt, entering through the south porch brings you into a space which is almost entirely of Bacon & Bell's restoration. This is a little claustrophobic, because despite the aisles this is not a large space, and the furnishings have a feel of being shoehorned in, the whole piece cast in the dim light of the coloured glass. The richness of the sanctuary decoration suggests that there was a High Church enthusiasm here.The doorways are surmounted by 1860s banner inscriptions, The Lord is in his Holy Temple to the north to be seen on entering, and Be ye Doers of the Word and not Hearers only above the south doorway for when the parishioners left.
The saving grace in the glass is one of those spectacular Robert Bayne windows of the 1860s. Bayne was a maverick genius who, on joining the firm of Heaton & Butler, propelled it into the height of Victorian Gothic fashion. And yet they would be victims of their own success, for by the subsequent decades the firm was necessarily churning out mass-produced run of the mill stuff to keep up with its order books. There are examples of this later period on both sides of the chancel, but nothing should take away from Bayne's Ascension. The other glass in the church is an unusual depiction in the south aisle of the Roman Centurion asking Christ to heal his child. It's by Mayer & Son, and the pleasing window of Christ suffering the children which is now hidden behind the toilet installed beneath the tower, is also by them I think. The one old survival is a splendid early 14th century ironbound parish chest, brought here from All Saints in the 1970s.
I hope I will be forgiven for thinking that the interior here is a little faded and even shabby nowadays, but this is inevitable because very little has happened to this building since the 1860s restoration and the two or three decades which followed it. You might even think for a moment that you have been transported back to the busy confidence of the late 19th Century, the reborn and revitalised Victorian Church of England, then approaching the height of its power and influence . It was the age of Empire, and you can find interiors like that of St James all over the world, wherever Anglicanism's influence reached. We could be in suburban Melbourne, or Buenos Aires, or Calcutta. This is a place where there was no shortage of money to bring the church up to date, from the furnishings to the stone reredos, from the quotations above the doors to the tiled sanctuary and the stained glass. There was a comfort to this clutter, a sense of patronage, duty and determination.
And yet of course it seems very old fashioned to us today. When the parishes were combined, it must have seemed a fairly easy decision to keep this one and close All Saints. The other church had no electricity, no running water. The furnishings at All Saints are mainly of the 17th and 18th Centuries, and it is a large square space, full of light. Ironically of course, this is exactly the kind of space that might suit the clarity and simplicity of modern Anglican worship, but they were not to know that half a century ago.#paranormal Graveyard walk & talk West Row Baptism ChurchThe Soul Finder2026-03-08 | Just another night explore in a graveyard, walking and talking, and listening, see if you hear anything throughout, and type it down below in the comments. Thank youIan Kevin Huntley The Murder of TWO INNOCENT GIRLS #paranormalinvestigationThe Soul Finder2026-03-06 | In the early evening of 4th August 2002, two 10-year-old girls, Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, were on their way to buy sweets, after leaving a family barbecue when they walked past Huntley's rented house in College Close. Huntley saw them and asked them in, claiming that Carr, who was known to the girls through her work at their school, was also at home. Carr, in fact, was away visiting relatives at the time, and within a short time of Holly and Jessica having entered the house, Huntley had murdered them both.Huntley used his car to transport their bodies some 20 miles away, where he dumped them in a ditch and set them alight, in a bid to destroy the forensic evidence.
Later that evening, Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells were reported missing and a police search began at around midnight. Over the next two weeks the search escalated to become one of the most widespread and publicised in British history.
Several witnesses came forward, including Huntley, who claimed to have seen the girls shortly before they disappeared, and his home was searched routinely in order to eliminate him as a suspect. Huntley also granted television interviews to the press, and his unusual interest, together with his emotional involvement, made investigators suspicious, leading to a wider search which revealed the half-burned remains of Holly and Jessica’s shirts, in a storage building at Soham College where Huntley was employed.
My Whatsapp - whatsapp.com/channel/0029Vb7i0wM4o7qQUP5GQg2n message me - - no scams or unpleasantness please as you will be cut off...Left in a Ditch - Janice Weston 1983 #paranormalinvestigation A1mThe Soul Finder2026-02-26 | This video is the newest, adding to the search of missing or unsolved people. Please use headphones or if you have 5.1 surround, even better, Listen with your eyes closed if you cannot focus.Our Ancestors would be ashamed of Their Future generation - #paranormal WalkThe Soul Finder2026-02-23 | I am doing this short video because It pains me to see how people are towards one another, and the way the system is against usCreepy Church & Graveyard Bury St Edmunds #paranormal #creepyThe Soul Finder2026-02-22 | My second visit to this Church, to see if anyone remains after my prayer...ST ANDREWS CHURCH HUNTINGDON #paranormalinvestigationThe Soul Finder2026-02-15 | St Andrew's Church is a redundant Anglican church standing in an isolated position in fields about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) to the north of the village of Woodwalton (often Wood Walton) in Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, England. It is about 200 metres (219 yd) to the east of the East Coast Main Line and is visible from the passing trains. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as Grade II* listed, and is under the care of the Friends of Friendless Churches. The church is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086, and at that time probably consisted of a nave without aisles and a chancel. The isolated position of the church is thought to be due to its central location between Woodwalton Castle, a motte and bailey castle to the north, Sawtry Abbey to the west and the village settlement to the south. A considerable part of the parish forms part of Woodwalton Fen. In about 1250 the south aisle was added, and in about 1330 the north aisle was added (or rebuilt) and the chancel was rebuilt. The tower is thought to date from the 14th century. In the 16th century the clerestory was added. The church was restored between 1856 and 1859 when the walls of the aisles, the tower and the porch were rebuilt and a vestry was added; the architect was Edward Browning of Stamford. The vestry was rebuilt in 1897, and the porch and part of the south aisle were rebuilt in 1906. In 1911 the vestry was modified to form the organ chamber.#paranormalinvestigation Flempton Church Bury RoadThe Soul Finder2026-02-12 | I am continuing to explore places, (new location) to communicate and hopefully help Soul's to find their way.