The Ghosts of the River Thames Part 1: Lechlade, Gloucestershire to Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire. 

When I was around 12 yrs old in the sixty's,I was walking alongside the river Thames with my family.Think it was just beyond Tower Bridge.Standing by the wall looking out to the river, I saw a plump lady,completely dressed in white.Hat,coat shoes everything,even her suitcase was white & her face stone white,but she was smiling.I walked past,thinking bit odd not thinking could be a ghost at that age. There were no street performers or living statues in those days.We walked on when I turned back she was gone . . . . Anyone else experienced this lady of the Thames please? 😱

The ghost stories are great, but what I find fascinating are the stories behind the hauntings. Hearing the lore and stories of the actual people really brings these tales to life. Excellent work as usual.

One day I hope to see England, thanks for all of the information and historical context - and for the great ghost stories too.

Thank you young lady. I can tell how much you care for these stories and it shines through in your videos. I'm an old lady so I hope it's ok to say young lady.

In 1978 I sailed up the Thames to London and moored outboard of HMS Belfast. We had a wonderful visit and found the citizens of London to be very welcoming to visiting American Sailors. I look forward to visiting again!

It's a rainy, windy day in New Jersey this morning and I'm loving every moment of this day and your amazing story telling craftsmanship. Thank you for all you do

You never fail to disappoint. Thank you for those intriguing and, somewhat, spine tingling stories from the River Thames. I look forward to hearing more stories from you whenever they are available. Thank you and have a wonderful day!

Yet another fascinating array of spooky tales, Nicola. Thank you for all your hard work.

Nothing better than autumn weather outside, drinking tea and watching a ghost casebook video🥰

Thank you as always Nicola, so many sad tales connected to the river Thames, hope you have a lovely weekend. 😊👍

Absolutely lovely, lovely villagers , and the ghosts stories are great, the postcards are lovely, before mobiles and internet , thankyou

It is always Christmas Day when Ghost Casebook uploads! Ideally, a wet day, a cup of tea, choc digestive and GC Bliss! I particularly like the voice singing, and adds to the enjoyment! Keep up the good work!

Just settling in to enjoy this Nicola, thanks as always for posting another great video ❤and excellent work as usual 👍. Thanks so much again and every good wish from your Irish friends 🇮🇪 😊

You capture the energy of lost love, heart break and abrupt tragic souls so well and leaves one in a very English deep thought of the past. Very good.

Oooh! I think I need to watch that film you mentioned! Wonderful video, as always. I love hearing the history as well as the ghost stories -- you bring the past to life :)

I've came across your channel last night and have instantly became captivated by your voice, content and the quality of your videos. Thank you for the wonderful unknown information that many like myself aren't aware of. And for remembering those who lost their lives long ago that don't get mentioned in history lessons.

Lady... You do such an amazing job. A ghost story is just a ghost story. But the historical facts that are attributed to these hauntings makes it an entirely different theme. Excellent job as always. The post card's at the end really put a life too the word's that are written. Thank you for the wonderful read. You are the best.

Interesting stories Nicola. Loved the stories at the end and the postcards too! 😀

From what you showed us, a beautiful part of southern England. Thanks for the stories.

Hi Nicola, I am really enjoying this episode. I never knew of all these places. I find most waterways eerie for some reason; I can never figure out why. I really like all the well researched information. 😊🥰🙋‍♀️🇺🇸🐾🐾🐾👻

I always enjoy your videos, & very interested in ghostly stories from Wars, like your telling of John G P Brownrigg. My mother grew up in the north of England during WW2, & she told me many strange stories. One in particular is of a neighbour who's 3 sons & husband all went off to war. One day 1 of her sons came home, she was so overjoyed & gave him a hug, she ran him a bath & told him she'd prepare his supper. She quickly ran to her neighbours to tell them of her joy at the return of 1 of her sons. Some came to her home to meet him & ask if he had any news of their loved one's, but he was nowhere to be found. The following day some Military personnel knocked on her door, they told her the sad news that her son had died in a battle in Belgium.

I'm off sick with COVID 😢 been waiting for more stories from you this will be fantastic I'm sure❤

Thank you for another amazing video. I appreciate the work you put into each one. I’m learning so much British history. Love the postscripts at the end. Postcards are a lost art. I love the vintage cards so much. Looking forward to the next edition 👻

Thank you so much for all the work you put into your videos!! As always I absolutely loved it, again thank you!!

Hi Nicola, awesome live history ghost stories video. I enjoyed it. How are you and Moonie your cat doing? I'm doing well. My cat Benjamin is doing well also. Have a great day. See you next video 😀 your ghost stories videos are always enjoyable 😊

My Grandfather served on the Hood. He survived because he was in hospital in Portsmouth with pneumonia when it sank. He never spoke about his friends who died and lived into his 90s

Ah, superb Nicola, great work. Looking at Richards handwriting in the post card that he may have been left handed as his writing leans ever so slightly backwards. Mary’s postcard to Miss Tomlin is just delightful. Thank you so much young lady; take care and have a wonderful weekend. 👍🙏👻♥️

So interesting to hear HMS Hood mentioned. My father was stationed on HMS Hood and had his orders changed just four hours before its last voyage. I think he suffered from survivor guilt as many friends and comrades lost their lives. We scattered his ashes in the North Sea as a memorial and that was one of his last wishes.

Good evening I am from Coventry UK I love your videos hope your dreams come true ❤❤❤

Your research and narration is impeccable most enjoyable to listen and learn from you.

Hi really enjoyed watching that video brought back some memories as I lived in Oxford for a short time with my late father when we were working away back in the mid 80s great times once again thank you loads for another fantastic and very interesting video looking forward to the next part .

Thanks for some cracking stories read with passion and respect 😊

I really enjoy this channel and love the history and careful narration. Thank you

The thing I like about this channel (besides the interesting stories) is, I can listen to Nicola's narration and just relax for a little while. It's a bit like ASMR, but I don't have to max out the volume or worry about falling asleep mid-story. 🙂

Yessss... it's that time again... ...Nicola ghost casebook time ❤ Thanks Nicola!❤ ❤

Brilliant presentation, as always. Watching from Scotalnd where we have a few spirits of our own

Another absolutely beautiful creation and presentation. Your voice relaxes me completely ❤

Lots of history there. Tfsharing❤

Oh, this visit was just the best. I am fascinated with Sarah, who was thrown over by her husband, who somehow thought he would just marry another woman at the local church without a problem! No matter how I loved a man, I certainly wouldn't have done away with myself for him. She seems to have been loved by the people around her. Perhaps there is more to the story than we can ever know. There must be more than one entity there. Thank you for this wonderful video and all the remarkably appropriate images.

As per usual a fascinating, well prepared and presented episode. The Tragedy of the lost lives and their stories. Thank you for your time Time and Efforts. TTFN

Nicola, so many thanks for another fascinating post. Your beautiful narrative voice and the music selected add to the wonderful stories you tell. No wonder these spirits wont leave these gorgeous locations, even though they tragically lost their lives. They must be ' reliving' the better parts of those lives, connected forever. Looking forward to stories further upstream toward London and beyond. ❤️❤️❤️👻👻👻

Beautifully presented. Thank you

I love the Narration its so clear and calming ❤thankyou from Australia 🇦🇺

12:29;I didn't know William Morris had other homes! Wow Kelmscott looks a real beautiful place😊👍🏻

Wonderful to hear you back 👏👏

As always so beautifully presented, the subject areas of the Thames is so interesting. I do hope you will do a follow up of this with the London area of the Thames please. Thank you so mych 💕🇦🇺

Great video! I very much enjoyed these stories. The effort you go to in your videos is amazing. Thank you!

Wow, I really enjoyed all the stories, that must have been a tremendous amount of work and it was really exciting to listen to, thank you so much ❤😀❤

So beautifully put together and narrated. Thank you 🙏

Nicola, your narration and knowledge of British history holds the viewers interest. What attracted my attention was your pronunciation of the letter H. You pronounced H as "haitch" the way my father and his family used to. My father hails from Pennsylvania and he served in the US Army during WWII. He was in the European Theater and fought in England, France and Luxembourg.

Hi Nicola, what a lovely interesting video. Thank you so much for sharing this! 🙋 ❤🇬🇧

I really enjoy the way you put these videos together. I especially enjoy the postcards at the end. Thanks for sharing all this-much appreciated.

Hello Nicola! if you want to include something a little older & different, there are records of a Winter Carnival, including Plays & Poetry competitions, held on The Frozen River Thames at Christmas during the Reign of Edward lV (1461-1470 & 1471-1483) & Henry Vlll (1509-1547). The very interesting thing about these Carnivals, was it was one of the very few times the people of London were allowed so close to the Royal Family & Nobles. There was a large expanse of the River given over to Ice Skating, with a roped off area for the Royal Family & the Court, which was separated from the masses by a rope & a line of Soldiers. I've found fleeting references to this going right back to the time King Canute, but there is a lot more detail given about Edward lV 7 Henry Vlll times. Partly I suspect because there was reference to the Ice giving way in both their times. There is said to be a Ghost, who can be seen standing on the Water, of a Young man, dressed in Tudor Style Garb, forlornly searching for someone. There is a record of several times, those of the Court who were responsible for organising the Carnival, had not tested the thickness & safety of the ice properly, resulting in some or all of the area, breaking up & the loss of of many persons. In my opinion, it wasn't so much a case of them not doing their job properly as it was the Henry Vlll didn't want to cancel the Carnival, he loved Ice Skating & the Plays so much. The Courtiers were the Scapegoats, who were blamed for incompetence. During Henry's courtship of Anne Boleyn, they spent a lot of time at these Carnivals, it was 1 place Queen Kathryn of Aragon did not go. The Thames froze over several times in the 16th century: King Henry VIII travelled from central London to Greenwich by sleigh along the river in 1536, Queen Elizabeth I took to the ice frequently during 1564, to "shoot at marks", and small boys played football on the ice. The last "Frost Fair" as it became known, was in 1814, as warmer overall temperatures made the Ice increasingly dangerous. Below is some reference Links you may find helpful, but I think there are possibly too many tragedies to include in a River Thames video about London, it may be something you may want to investigate for a later episode. It is a fascinating link between Royals, the River Thames & the people of London. Currie, Ian (1996). Frost, Freezes and Fairs: Chronicles of the Frozen Thames and Harsh Winters in Britain from 1000 A.D. Coulsdon, Surrey: Frosted Earth. ISBN 978-0-9516710-8-5. Humphreys, Helen (2007). The Frozen Thames. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart. ISBN 978-0-7710-4144-0. Davis, George. Frostiana; Or a History of the River Thames in a Frozen State. (London: printed and published on the Ice on the River Thames, 12mo., 5 February 1814) Reed, Nicholas (2002). Frost Fairs on the Frozen Thames. Folkestone: Lilburne Press. ISBN 978-1-901167-09-2.

Always a joy to see a new video from this channel. Thank you for the research and storytelling. Most enjoyable, as usual.

Been on or crossed over The Thames many times. Some great stories here and thanks for sharing as always.

That was a great video.I can not wait to see all the next videos you will send out.Cheers.

This is very informative historically and geographically in addition to being spooky. 👻

Great channel. So well researched and told. Keep them coming.

I enjoy your videos so much. Thank you for posting these.

Thank you so much! This has been so interesting. Just brilliant!! ❤

Another excellent video, Nicola. Many thanks.

I absolutely mesmerized by your channel. Eagerly await your next video. 💀❤

Another brilliant video. Thankyou 🙏🏻

This video was perfect as I'm reading the Rivers of London book by Aaronovitch, so I'm obsessed with anything Thames at the moment. Never read it, but I'm going to have to track down a copy of Three Men and a Boat, sounds like something I would love. Once again thanks for another great video!

Just lovely. Thank you!

Just fantastic stuff your stories are in my opinion the best and most interesting on this subject and the way you weave in a picture of old England is charming 👍😍

Hey Nicola - another great vidoe and of places just about local to me! Fantastic! Really looking forward to the next one 🙂

love your stories always wondered if river thames had ghost stories and they do might i add too some of the photos of the deceased ppl they were nice dressers too the men also beautiful clothing thanks for vids like these love em keep em coming greetings from australia ☺❤👍💐

Would be really interesting to see a video on Plymouth! Loads of really interesting old ghost stories and myths!

That was very enjoyable and interesting. Thanks. Cheers from Oz .👍

So nice to hear these stories. There are so many I have read about too. Can not wait for the next !

My parents used to spend all their days and mine and nothing ever occured never had anything even in my lechalade group I love the half penny bridge always had wonderful times there from childhood

Great video. Your voice is perfect for this type of thing.

Outstanding video and very interesting too,fantastic channel. Thank you very much🙂🙂🙂

Thank you for this lovely video. I so enjoy your work.

Thank you for another amazing video!😊

The homes there are so beautiful I would absolutely love to live there because it certainly looks like heaven on earth as described I can only dream of of living in such a beautiful serene place steeped in such amazing history thank you sharing such an incredible piece of history I look forward to watching more of your very well detailed historical videos I discovered this video just the day after Christmas it’s been a rainy foggy night which is just the right setting for a video like this again thank you for sharing please keep sharing them they are great

Thanks for another great video Nicola.

I really think you should release these as audio podcasts. These would be great to fall asleep to.

Superb as ever,thanks Nicola

Thoroughly enjoyed this video, very well researched and edited together. You have a engaging voice which slightly quakes at times adding some emotional frisson to the topics of the stories. In short, you're a natural. Well done. I'm hooked.

I absolutely love your videos and I love hearing all the stories. I was shocked to hear about William Morris in this video because i have a book called Beth Russell's William Morris Needlepoint and it has designs inspired by him. ❤

Thank you for all history. Sarah Fletcher's story is a sad one; I was really hoping Edward (I think) was able to communicate with her.

Great video🎥 scenery looks good also and the narration matches perfectly to each piece well done 💯%👍

I discovered your channel a couple of months ago, and have been enjoying your videos very much. It's great to have another female narrated channel in this genre, so thank you. As someone who creates and presents music programmes for internet radio I can only imagine the amount of research and hard work, including editing, that goes into making each video. Radio is difficult enough at times, so I salute you!! xxx

24:17;LOVE Jerome's work!I own quite a bit of it🤓 I suggest acquisition of his autobiography.

Beautiful video ! Love the history, stories and your narration. Well done.

Miss Tomlin lived only a stone's throw from where I live now - although I'm London born. High Bradfield is a lovely, rural area on the outskirts of Sheffield. Thames side is beautiful. There are some lovely walks along the river. The river's course through London must afford enough stores for a whole series......imagine the area around the Tower!! Shudder. Wonderful stories.

England is beautiful. We took a lot of trips there in high school.

I thoroughly enjoyed this, Nicola! Really well researched and succinctly narrated. Well done! I’ve been down the Thames by boat which was a lovely experience. When I’m in London I make time to stop on London Bridge to look on at the Thames, so many stories and tragedies! I so look forward to your next upload 👻 ❤

Another great video for me to watch on a Monday morning as I trawl the emails at work......a very pleasant distraction and history lesson ! (*_*)

Love your presentations! I nearly fell off my chair when you gave the story of John Brownrigg! He is in my family tree, l know his story but had no idea he is possibly still haunting his old home!

These "ghost" stories are truly wild!

Thank you for another wonderful video

hi, I'm a new subscriber. I loved this. Although I live in the north East of England, my parents live in Painswick so Gloucestershire and the Cotswold's is an area I know well; I visit at least twice a month. I will definitely be visiting these locations on my next visit (hopefully next week). Thank you for your work

Another great video . Thank you.

Another superb production Nicola. Now the nights are pulling in in the UK i shall listen in a dark room with a 🕯️

What an amazing video. The stories you chose are so interesting and your research is wonderful. Thank you so much for taking all the time and trouble to bring us these excellent stories. It's so good and full of detail I'll have to watch it all over again.

What a delightful, unrushed and crystal clear delivery this narrater has, thankyou my lover😚😘❤

Thank you. Very good stories some I had not heard before.