Ghosts In The Gardens

This monk can be discovered around the ruins of St Mary’s Abbey, which was once the wealthiest abbey in the North of England.

In the Victorian era, master sweeps trained apprentices, typically orphans or workhouse boys, to clean soot and ash from chimneys. This chimney sweep can be found in York Museum Gardens near Kings Manor.

The infamous highwayman Dick Turpin was born in Essex and fled to Yorkshire after killing a man. He was imprisoned and sentenced to death in York after his old schoolmaster recognised his handwriting on a letter sent to his brother asking for help.

Squirrels are synonymous with Museum Gardens; this tricky-to-find ghost can be seen high up in the trees, near the riverside walkway.

This ghost pays homage to the Peregrine Falcons who can often be seen perched on the central and north-west bell towers of York Minster. It can be found in the trees near the woodland clearing.

This ghost can be found in York Museum Gardens and celebrates Long Boi, the much-loved 70cm tall mallard runner duck who was a resident of University of York campus.

This bride, at one of York’s finest wedding venues, seems to be having second thoughts...

This jilted groom is chasing after his bride on the day of their wedding.

This nurse can be found in the remains of St Leonard’s Hospital’s undercrofts. The Hospital was founded soon after the Norman Conquest and was once the largest medieval hospital in the north of England.

This ghost, in York Museum Gardens, pays homage to York’s religious past.

York Museum Gardens is home to the oldest working observatory in Yorkshire, built in 1832. This astronomer is bending to get a better view.