Wymering Manor, Portsmouth.
Feb 19th-20th (Sat - Sun) - Wymering Manor,
Portsmouth. Oldest House in Portsmouth. the land was owned
by Edward the Confessor in 1042 before being handed over
to King Harald who died at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.
There has been a lot of recorded paranormal activity including.:
Whisperings of children, Orbs captured on video and film,
Unexplained shooting lights, some captured on video, Severe
temperature drops, Feelings of intimidation. We set off
Saturday morning 10.30am from Meadowhall car park in beautiful
sunshine. After a gruelling 4 and a half hour trip and only
2 pit stops we arrived in Portsmouth. Still some sunshine
left to see some of the sites in old Portsmouth. After looking
around and feeling more refreshed we set of to find Wymering
Manor which was relately to easy to find. The first sight
of the house as we drove up the drive was as Gaz would say
“Orsome”, a lot larger than we expected. After
introducing ourselves to the resident manager of the house,
we were given a tour of the house including all the rooms
we were to investigate and all the ghostly happenings that
had happened there. Because of the size of the house we
spit in to three groups so we could cover all the rooms
available to us. By the time we had sorted out all the equipment
and decided who was going in which rooms it was 7pm. Group
one which consisted myself (Mick), Brenda and Janet were
to do the two front bedrooms which included a Priests hiding
hole in the floor. We set-up the camera and took temperature
readings and Emf readings which at this time was relatively
normal. Brenda decided to climb down into priests hiding
hole to see what she was could pick up, Emf and temperature
readings were taken around her and nothing was found out
of the ordinary again. But as she settled down and started
tuning into a spirit that was in the hole with her the Emf
started registering higher and higher also the temperature
started dropping drastically. She couldn’t communicate
with the spirit because of the extreme coldness that was
surrounding her. After spending some time in the hole and
not being able to communicate with these spirits I suggest
she tried the other room while I investigated the hole.
Jennet and Brenda went to investigate the other room while
I investigated the hole myself. While down in the hole with
the Emf meter I also witnessed very strange fluctuations
in temperature and Emf readings. I found it very foreboding
down in the dark and also felt as though someone was down
there with me. While in the hole I heard the walkie talkie
and had to go and answer it, It was group 2 (Mikey, John
and Steve.) asking me if anyone had shouted which we hadn’t.
When I went to see what had been happening to Jannet and
Brenda I found Brenda going into trance. I asked the entity
what its name was and it told me its name was some Latin
name I could not understand so I asked it again its name,
again I could not understand after it shouting something
neither Jannet or myself could not understand, we heard
the trap door to the priest hole in the other room slam
shut. Brenda came out of the trance dazed and confused and
after making sure she was ok I went to see what had happened
in the other room, only to find the trapdoor closed, no
draughts could have caused it to close and my camera tripod
knocked to the floor. We witnessed nothing else in these
rooms after that incident.
Our next investigation was to be downstairs in the front
bedrooms and back bedrooms. In the front bedroom Group 3
(Dave and Gaz) had witnessed strange noises and also captured
an EVP on Dave’s digital recorder. We sat quiet for
some time but found nothing out of the ordinary Brenda did
not pick up on any entities in this room at this time. I
decided to go and take some pictures and set up some trigger
objects in the back bedroom. When I entered this room I
immediately felt the cold which was like nothing else I
had experienced. In all the places I had investigated this
particular room seemed more oppressive than anywhere else
I have been, and also seemed to be darker than it should
be. After taking pictures at random I went to fetch the
rest of my team. While in this room Jennet wrapped up like
a mummy in a quilt from one of the beds trying to keep warm,
Brenda took one of the wicker chairs. I set up the video
camera and took readings when Brenda told me she couldn’t
move her arms, I went over to where she was and took readings
that went of the scale around her arms. I could not move
her arms even though I am stronger than her until the Emf
meter had settled down. Lots of strange thing occurred in
this room including my video turning it self off, Batteries
(new) died in my torch and banging on the inside of the
windows. While In this room there was a feeling of being
watched and followed also Brenda found there to be a very
strong playful entity in this room. Group 2 also found this
room very oppressive and described similar occurrences in
this room.
After midnight we did the last two bedrooms and the balcony
above the entrance of the manor. By now the whole place
was freezing and Brenda was finding it hard to communicate
with any spirits due to the extreme cold. These rooms were
unusually quiet for such an old house I took pictures at
random in these rooms and the balcony and will check them
later. Even though spirits had been reported here we did
not witness any at all while doing a vigil in here.
We decided to do the last vigils with all the teams in
the dinning room. While all sat around a table Brenda asked
if anyone was there at which point my video turned it self
off even though it was plugged in to the socket. Again Brenda
asked if there was anyone there this time slight knocking
noises were heard from various places. This was the only
occurrences that happened in the dinning room. We all then
went to the common room to do a vigil again nothing happened
in this room. Around 4am we all retired to one of the bedrooms
which had 4 bunk beds in to get a couple of hours sleep
before driving back. Around 5.30am Brenda woke me up because
she heard someone bang on the main door as though some one
had just come in. I checked the door to find it locked as
with all the others and found no one else around the building.
8pm after thanking the manager for letting us do the investigation
we set of home.
Wymering Manor is the oldest house in Portsmouth and is
claimed to have a staggering amount of recorded ghosts!
The house has been in the hands of the Youth Hostel
Association since 1960, however the land where the manor
stands has had an establishment placed there for over 2000
years.
King Edward the Confessor owned the land on which the house
now stands in 1042 before it passed over to King Harald
Godwinson. King Harald died at the Battle of Hastings
in 1066 against William I - Duke of Normandy, also known
as William the Conqueror. The Manor is recorded in
the Doomsday. There have been many private owners of the
Manor, three of which had it for long periods, Le Botiller
Family from 1283-1388, the Wayte Family from 1391-1561 and
the Bruning Family from 1562-1707. Fifteen more owners
occupied the house until the Y.H.A. in 1960. Over the years
there have been various type of paranormal activity recorded
from apparition appearances to whispers in the ear.
While given the tour around this building we were told of
numerous sightings whisperings and poltergeists. Footnote:
this must be one of the coldest places we have ever been
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