On numerous occasions, staff and police have been called out in the evening to attend to burglar alarms which have been triggered by an unseen presence. The White Lady also has a soft spot for the large Bible which is situated on the main table within the library. Staff will often close the Bible in the evening only to find that in the morning it is back open in exactly the same place as the night before. No one has any knowledge to the identity of the ghost.

 

The sound of heavy footsteps has often been heard crossing the main entrance to the constable’s cottage. This ghost is believed to be that of one of the officers who would have been based in the building during the Victorian era. Footsteps have also been heard in the roof space which, again, is believed to be associated with the Victorian police force. The officers slept in the roof space - the pegs for their uniforms can still be seen today.

A medium visited the site and said that she could 'see' a cavalier type character in the Great Hall and a phantom dog in the courtyard, though no record of this phenomena has been recorded.

 

In 2004, Living TV’s ‘Most Haunted’ visited The Guildhall and their mediums, Derek Acorah and David Wells, immediately sensed the presence of Victorian era pick pockets, policemen and an ‘evil presence’ in the cell area. Footsteps were heard in the library roof space, two duelling men were sensed in the Great Hall and many of the crew felt sick in the area of the cells.