#borley

[beanthazar]

a bouquet of Borleys💐

@terroeuxed: man's got a yt reaction channel at this point

[robertvorster]

Borley rectory, England

[politenoticesbypriests]

There are no ghosts here.

[beanthazar]

is it thursday yet 🍔

[maypoleman1]

27th February

The Ghost of Marie Lairre

Marie Lairre by Aiko Takada. Source: Deviant Art

Marie Lairre was a French nun who walled up in Borley in Essex after an illicit affair with a monk. The hideous nature of the young woman’s death seemed to lead to a frenetic and generations-long period of haunting. Marie was frequently seen on the streets of Borley village over the centuries until 1863, when the Reverend HD Bull built Borley Rectory and she transferred her place of residence there. She took to gazing at the vicar through an open window and Bull responded by bricking it up. This kept Marie quiet until the Rectory passed to the Reverend Bull’s son Harry, which provoked a major upping of the supernatural ante with ghostly coaches hurtling through the house and Marie herself frequently spotted replete with mournful, gaping-mouthed expression. She also became more violent, hurling a candlestick at a new rector in 1929, forcing him to flee the building.

On this day in 1939, a blaze took hold of the rectory, burning it to the ground. As the building burned, the ghostly figure of Marie could be seen at a first floor window, gazing out impassively as the flames danced around her. As revealed at a seance the previous year, the wreckage of the house enabled the discovery of Marie’s bones, which were promptly given a Christian burial. Unfortunately this did not placate wandering Marie who continues to roam the roads of Borley to this day.

[slowstrollthroughjapan]

I love this little painting in the room so much I once tried to write a book that opened with a description of it.

[tutorialathome]

Borley Rectory in Essex, England - Scary Places Around The World - Tutorial At Home

The Borley Rectory was constructed in 1862, by replacing an earlier rectory on the site that had been destroyed by fire in 1841.

[underwood1923]

Plans of Borley Rectory and Grounds by Hannah Taggart; Ghosts of Borley; The Here Gallery, Bristol, 2007.

Plan I: Key Plan of Borley Rectory and Grounds (3.732 Acres) Drawing by Hannah Taggart

Plan of Borley Rectory and Grounds, Showing Layers of Earth, ETC, And Items Found in the Wells. Drawing by Hannah Taggart

The Ghosts of Borley (1973) KindleUnlimited + Free on Friday, April 3rd | Google Map