Coal House - Tilbury

[Matt]

Hello all,

Having read the reports from previous investigations would anyone else be interested in re-visiting?

Matt & Alison

[Lauraakafoxy]

We shall be revisiting yes.

Coalhouse stopped all ghost hunts for a few months to sort out staffing etc and have also put their prices up

They are now re booking - i am awaiting an email confirming some dates.

[lewisjames]

I missed the last investigation at the Fort, sadly. I visit there often when I need to take some time out. However I have never been inside. Always wanted to do an investigation there! Hopefully we can go back and re-visit?

Does anyone else want to go and do an investigation there too? Let me know

Lewis - Formerly Known As Alice

[Steve]

I'd love to do an investigation at Coalhouse.
I went there a couple of weeks ago on one of their open days, it's a facinating place with lots of tunnels !!
Paul said he'd been in touch with the fort and they're fully booked till October.
If anyone is interested in having a look around inside, their next open days are:
Sunday 27 July (Classic vehicle day)
Monday 25 August (open day) - Bank holiday
Sunday 31 August (Craft Fair)

They run excellent tours of the site, but I'm not sure if they do these when there is an event on, but I can check if anyone is interested,

Steve

[hamster]

Jul 8, 2008 9:49:24 GMT @lewisjames said:

I I visit there often when I need to take some time out.
Lewis - Formerly Known As Alice

So you're one of those that visit the car park!

Seriously, though it's a good place to investigate and somewhere I have experienced the most stuff happening.
Hopefully we'll get something sorted for the future there.

[lewisjames]

Oooooooooh you wait

[lewisjames]

Creeksea Place is a large red brick house standing in a park of about 30 acres. The original building was
built in about 1569 by Sir Arthur Harris ( or Harrys) who was a member of the Mildmay family.

The south range was destroyed in 1740 and only the east and north wings now survive. The north wing retains some original features including an original rain water head which is dated 1569 , windows,chimneystacks and an original staircase.

The East wing was rebuilt in 1901on the foundations of the old structure by William Rome who was the occupant having purchased it from the Mildmay family.Creeksea Place was reputed to have been the home of Anne Boleyn and that her spirit was said to have been seen walking from the old cottage near the Creeksea ferry. Her daughter, Queen Elizabeth,is thought to have met her soldiers here and that they were supposed to have come to meet her through a subterranean tunnel connected with Rochford . Great Tudor drains, full of oyster shells
have been uncovered but not the tunnel itself.

Lord Mildmay, Keeper of the Crown Jewels for King Charles 1st married into the Harris family and eventually became the owner
of Creeksea Place. He is reputed to have been one of the twelve State elders who subsequently signed King Charles 1st death warrant. Following the execution and after the accession to the throne of King Charles 2nd , Lord Mildmay was said to have been arrested at Creeksea and he and the other eleven elders were accused of regicide ( the murder of a king or queen ), later pardoned but it is said, to
make sure they did not forget the enormity of their crime, all twelve were obliged to spend the anniversary date of the King’s execution in the Tower of London.


The Great Sword of Creeksea Place had rested for nearly three hundred years on a platform at the head of the oak spiral staircase which led up to the attics of the old house. It a court sword of the early 17th century, its hilt and pommel being covered with chased silver in various
designs, the Tudor rose being the most prominent. It is said that one man alone, with the sword in his hand, could have held the stairs against all comers, and protected the women and children of the house from assailants. The Great Sword is now mounted in a display case in nearby Creeksea church.

In 1940 Lindisfarne College moved from its home at Westcliff to Creeksea Place until the Military requisitioned the place as a wartime base and training unit at which point the school transferred to Newburgh Priory at Coxwold in Yorkshire until 1950 it again moved to a permanent home in Wynnstay ,North Wales

Following the end of the war the main building has been largely uninhabited until recent times when it has been used as a conference centre and film location.

In 2003 the building became a familiar feature on Britain's television screens when it provided the location for the popular BBC 1 television program ' the murder game' as well as appearances in period programs for films and television.

[Meg]

hi all by the water side has been an interesting area for me just wondered if anyone felt/ picked up more outside or within the fort?

meg xx

[Lauraakafoxy]

Yes me & my OH go there a lot, just to get out really, its very peaceful at night sitting watching ships go by - that said ive experienced a lot of activity whilst not looking.
I have seen a few figures, had footsteps, lots of audio - it is well worth investigating around the outside of the fort.
Im usually there at least one night a week at the moment but the weather is changing now so it will be less if its very windy and raining