![]() ![]() The cathedral is also said to be haunted by a monk who can be seen walking in the cloisters with a thoughtful expression on his face. Nell was furious with her boss after discovering his affair, she poisoned the canon and his mistress with tainted food.Īs punishment for her crime, Nell was buried alive beneath the 'Dark Entry' and her spirit haunts the passageway on dark Friday evenings.Īccording to legend, anyone who is unfortunate enough to see the ghost of Nell Cook will die soon after. There is a passage in the cathedral known as the 'Dark Entry' which is thought to be haunted by the ghost of Nell Cook, who was a servant of a canon (priest) at the cathedral. He actually appears as a solitary figure, dressed in grey robes and is often seen haunting a bedroom in the tower, reportedly tucking the occupant in at night. Interestingly, despite the fact that the ex-Archbishop's head was buried in a different place from his body, he does not appear as a headless ghost. Killed by Wat Tyler, the head of the Peasant's revolt, in 1381, Sudbury's pale and bearded ghost haunts the tower named after him. However, the ghost of another murdered Archbishop, Simon Sudbury, is said to walk the Cathedral. The twelfth century cathedral is a famous pilgrimage site where Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1161 to 1170, was murdered. ![]()
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