The old Thundridge church was demolished in 1853. The tower, however, was left in place. At the time Thundridge was one of the oldest churces in this part of England.
The new church was dedicated to Saint Mary and All Saints. It was paid for by a Mr Hanbury in 1858 and cost £9,000.
The original burial ground remains which contains a number of ld tomb and mausoleums. One unusual epitaph for Roger Gardiner and his wife reads;
Roger lies here before his hour,
Thus doth the Gardiner lose his flower.
Thundridge is just shy of three miles north of Ware. The river Rib can be seen from tower.
Locals report tales of wichcraft, vandalism and desecration at the church.
Hauntings
The Church – sometimes known as Cold Christmas church – is believed to be haunted.
A common report is of a ghostly grumbling growl that echoes out from the tower. Reports of the noise became so frequent that in January 2009 the local East Herts Herald sent a camera crew and journalist to investigate.
Another famous tale dates back to 1978 when a terrified local woman reported an entire ghost army marching out of the church. Reports say the ghost army let out a blood-curdling roar and marched straight through the poor woman.
Other reports speak of a figure in a black robe that is sometimes seen in burial ground.
In Pure Spirit
Have you seen ghosts near Cold Christmas Lane, the church or tower?
If you’re a local we’d love to hear what you think about the site!
Garry says
I am psychic counsellor & spiritual healer, I have heard lots of stories about cold christmas.
being fairly local, I have known many people to visit this site in the dead of night.
the rumour is that that the old church was built facing the wrong way ? having never visited the site myself I am not sure ! a lot of friends of mine have………
rumours have it, that a person that visited the site, climbed the tower , looking from one of the windows, was shoved hard from the back, as if to be pushed out the window. ( or did ? )
wid says
The church known for facing the wrong way is Clophill church, you may have heard of that one instead, but obviously that doesn't mean this one faces the wrong way too.
Matthew says
Cold Christmas faces east, i was there last night and some weird stuff happened, we had stones thrown in the room, with no explanation for it, people felt be touched and one person blacked out, we climbed the tower and didnt feel anything but we all feel dragged back to it.
sirtom says
The church doesnt face the wrong way, its is just the last remaing part of the church, the east tower! There is a lot of history on the net u can read up on about the church but here is a very brief version! __It isn't cold crismas church it is thundridge church! As years went by the village had to progress to the A10 for trading, access and travel reasons. ( To any one whom has had half an education will know that this makes a lot more sence than the other rumours, ie it was haunted by romans)__The grave stones mainly read the same sir names and similar dates, that is because families would be burried next to each other (if there is limited space then put on top of each other like in a big town or city) Over the years a lot of the stones have been stolen or broken which is why it only seems like a few familys are there.
tasha says
i have been their myself, i have felt as if im being pushed from the window at the tower as i was stupid enough to climb it – feel free to email me at [email protected] – i have been their many occations
dave says
Hi gary me and my friends went to cold christmas we went inside andtook some phots one of me and one of my friend when we got home and loaded them on pc we were shocked to see in my friends photo were lots os circles around him on mine there were none . I then took one looking up and there was lots of them . on camera i could not not see these atall which i found very strange .
kind regards dave . i just wondered if you could tell me what these could be
Ian says
I have taken photos and so have my daughters and they have a lot of theses white circles in them.They are all different sizes.
holly says
yeah it facies east when all churches are ment to face west ive been up there so have all my mates davil worshipers go there and they do a wegie bord every friday night
lisa says
i went there tonight and its was not even bad there was nothing there and it was really warm inside then it was outside, i like to belive there someone or something there but tonight proved there was nothing there
charlotteiscool says
Does anyone know where abouts the gravestone for Roger Gardiner is which reads: ' Roger lies here before his hour, Thus doth the Gardiner lose his flower'.
I tried searching for it recently and couldn't find it.
Also, a friend and I recently visited after midnight, and we heard a bell chime just after 1 am. Could anyone shed some light on whether there are churches nearby for it to chime early in the morning. We did consider it to be Thunderidge or Highcross church…But we're not so sure, if you could hear them from all the way there.
Furthermore, has anyone visited at night and found there to be no fog as you enter, but after you've settled yourself within the grounds of the church the place fills with fog?
nick says
you said about being a psychic counsellor i have bin to cold chritmas once with some friends we dont talk about it for resons i wont go into but its bin about a year now and i have had meany aggresive dreams about that place i say aggresive as in have woken up at the bottom of the stairs after haveing thrown my self down them and mum saying it was like some one was dragging me in the dream i am pinned up aggest the front of the tower with 2 things standing infront of me look like people but have no faces and they get closser and closer .thats about it any advice
Garry says
also that there was supposed to be a family of children that were killed there, and many people have heard these children, many have reported taking away the spirit of children with them, like having there legs held & voices of " i'm over here " many have had these voice for days after the visit.
Some also say that they took candles as if to form a spiritual circle, trying to send the unrested spirits back to the light…………but every one you talk to has a different story to tell, but i must say, all are believeible, as there is something very strange about the place.
Dark eerie figures, children crying & calling for help, as well as the ones reported above.
keenan says
when i went we got to the top of the strairs then our torche went out as we got near the bottom the torch turned back on and there was a black figure in the window .
Adam Stewart says
I recently visited the church with my family on the 3rd of January this year. We were horrified when we saw a ghostly figure in the window, that followed us out, and got in our car. The figure disappeared by the time we got in our car, unlike any hitchhiker we'd seen before. We met some of the inbreds that live in this town, and despite the 6 fingers and crooked noses, they're actually quite nice people. I would recommend this as a holiday spot for people visiting the UK.
Adam Stewart, from London.
leash says
hello, i was reading your comment and you said you saw a 'ghostly figure in the window' i was just wondering if it was the window right at the top of the tower,
alice says
Inbred.
People in hertfordshire aren't inbred -_-
peter smith says
Been their, done that, got the t-shirt. It was a good laugh. We hung out with some of the local ghosts their, i even met hitler. Had some drinks. Awsome night.
ann says
hi, it is now sunday 8th march 2009, last night 4 of us went up to the old church (tower) at cold christmas. we've been there a few times before, we've seen lights moving around us and heard bangs and had objects thrown. but last night we all held hands and called out in the dark, there were small lights around us, i could feel someone standing next to me breathing on my face. as we called out for someone to touch one of us, my husband jumped back in shock, and we all scrambled out of the tower as fast as we could, he said something had scratched the back of his neck. we rushed back to the car terrified. when reaching the car we discovered there were 2 scratch marks on the back of his neck, about 2 inches long.
Its a really strange place, and so addictive.
Matthew says
i know what you mean on the addiction, i got told about you can leave with scratches on you, and i was wearing two jumpers and a hoody as it was 2 am, and when i got home for a shower i noticed i had a 15cm scratch down my arm with a bit of blood weird
Cold Christmas Ghost says
your all gay and weak stop visiting me and leave me in peace and quiet.
ann says
dont be silly, you'd be bored if we didn't visit you……
unknown says
ur an idiot stop ppretending to be that thing!
Teresa says
hi, went to cold christmas church for the forth time on Friday 27th March.
Wasn,t going to go again after the scratching incident but somehow couldn't keep away. This time we had 7 of us. Had things thrown banging noises growling noises but the scaryest thing was when we all smelt a really strong burning smell. Really freaked us out.
Strangest of all is one of our photos actually shows a small boy looking down from the tower. If i hadn't been there when the photo was taken i wouldn't have believed it was true.
The next day one of our party woke up with burnt hair.
Weird !!!!!
stuart80 says
I have lived within 2mins walk of the said church for a number of years now and have visited the church on many occasions night and day and not once had any kind of supernatural experience and find it hard to believe that all of the above stories are nothing but load of fiction!! yes its an old disused church, yes its in a atrange location but thats it.
what is sad is that people cover it with graffiti and the grounds are not well looked after/protected
Andrew Girdwood says
Do you think the old church is put at extra risk of graffiti by people suggesting it's haunted? Think it encourages the vandals to visit the church too?
stuart80 says
yes i agree with that, its a case of chinese whispers as stories are passed on they get fabricated.
Teresa says
I can understand people trhinking that the stories of haunting are made up. I am certain that if i hadn't have experienced stuff for myself and seen things with my own eyes i wouldn't have believed it either.
I have a photo that i cant find any logical explanation for. I also cant explain the scratches onmy brother in laws neck.The noises and bangs could possibly be an animal although thats not very likely and the faling stones could be just coincidence as it is a very old church. I am a sceptic but really cant explain what happened to us.
matthew says
can you send me the picture to [email protected] i experienced some serious stuff
Alex says
Upload this picture then!
darren01992 says
yes stuart80 i agree with you ;)
Emma says
Me and my friends went to try and find the church last night. We turned onto cold christmas lane and drove until we came to the little village of cold christmas. We couldnt see the church anywhere and asked a local who told us not to go there. We then asked some people onthe roadside and they told us to go down the track until you get to the river and it's just past that. We walked for ages and couldn't see it at all. Can anyone help and tell me where it actually is. I'm really intrigued now and would like to see the old church. Were we close? How long is the river?! thanks
nameless says
hi. first you should go into high cross and go down the lane next to the petrol station and just go straight then when you get to the ford cross the bridge and turn right and keep walking and you should go straight into the church grounds, belive me it is a mess. let me no if you get there.
Matthew says
my friends had this problem a week ago as they had never been, seeming as the lane is about 3 miles long, once driving down it the second time he said drive slowley because its pulling me in
Teresa says
HI Emma. Go down Cold Christmas Lane Pass some houses on your left and continue driving over the dual carriage way until you see some metal gates on your left and a tree trunk. Park up and you will see a footpath follow this till you reach the bottom then turn right to thundridge church. Walk until you see the church tower and cemetry on your left. Good Luck and let us know what happens !!!!!!
John says
Hi Teresa How long does the walk take to get to it cheers?
John
teresa says
Forgot to say never even seen a river and the footpath is parallel to Cold Christmas Laneand before the village. Be careful if you go up the steps in the tower.
Cameron West says
have you gone up the steps in the tower? i wanted to yesterday but none of my mates would even come into the church with me, have you been up the stairs then?
unknown says
That place is just freaky the roads on the way to the church are so narrow its unbelievable and how can them roads be national speed limit,,some ones asking to die.
kealey says
i went cold christmas 2nyte n it was fine till we walkd away
we got bak 2 our cars n could hear a whilstlein moanin kind ov noise
n ther was NO1 ther ova than us!!!!
xxtoriixx says
me and three friends went to cold christmas last night, we parked up and took a picture of the first track leading down to the church and there was loads of orbs. we went and walked down there and heard some violent rustling in a bush so we all ran back, we went back down there again and there was smoke coming from the sides of the second lane leading down to the old church!__my cousin took a photo on her camera, and there is a ghost coming out from the tree's, it looks like thick smoke, and it takes up half of the alley!__we all ran back cause it got too much, and didn't actually get to the church, when we got home I discovered i had 3 scratches going up my arm, that looked as if they were scaring!__they are still there now, we only went last night, you can see where the skin has been drawn back.____before i didnt know what to believe about the supernatural world, but now i am certain, there is no logical explanation for what went on that night.__i would definately go again, the adrenaline rush is amazing.____but .. if your planning on going, take a torch, take a camera and make sure your in a large group cause otherwise it is scaryyyy!!!
teresa says
went up to the church again last night.. As we started walking away from the church to go home. We heard a church bell strike twice , checked our watches and it was 2am. Really weird !!!!!!
unknowen says
hi, i have been reading up about this church and there has never been a church bell there.
.......... says
when i went there with friends we also heard the churchbell strike once at roughly 1 am but i thought there was no church bell there
Spooner says
Wen tlast night with 2 mates & we heard a churchbell strike twice aswell as we was about to leave, it was roughly 2am aswell. There is no bell inside which makes it stranger!
jess says
my friends went down a couple months ago, they also heard the bell ring.
sean macdonald says
there is a clock tower at youngsbury house 1/4 mile away
Skitty says
I went to the Church for the first time last night with 3 friends, one who had been before.
Was an amazing yet extremely nail-biting experience; seeing the overgrown land surrounding the church and all the headstones scattered randomly definitely added to my fear. As we walked up the staircase I suddenly felt very hot, and although nothing supernatural occured, I definitely felt it was a spooked place. Next time we will stay for longer, as I would like to look around the church more and the headstones, and possibly call out to the spirits. We were all so scared we barely stayed there a few minutes!
Still would recommend it to anyone for a definite thrill – whether skeptical or not, (I am not!) I'm sure anyone would enjoy it. Just stay in a group, and don't tempt fate. Something may just happen,
Sha-nay-nay says
Did you leave a fair few apples about the place?
HPR says
xxtoriixx – we experienced something very simular to yourselves, I am sensitive to spirits and have experienced alot at Cold Christmas but the scariest was a couple of weeks ago when we were literally chased off by an apparition, my friend also had his eye scratched that night. We were clearly been warned off and I will say that the place IS evil and you should always be very cautious when visiting. I run a paranormal investigation group and have visited many haunted locations across the UK and in Romania and Cold Christmas is one of the worst for a sense of evil.
katie says
hi i dnt reallly no what to write here… i visited this plae last nyt with 5 other freinds….we walked for ages we think we come in the back way but it went on for a long time, it was the day before a fall moon dnt no what that means but th ppl i was with kept going on about it….it was soooo fogggy we couldnt even see much in front of us….we eventully got there and was amazed that we got there but i have never binn so scared in my life … we walked uo to were the old hole used to b and it was closed up so we were about to go round tot the othere side we my freind said he herd a whisl( cnt speell lol ) so he said b quite….. then we herd another we were alll shitting ourselfs and thats wen we herd a massive (what saounded like a metal pole) bang in the church …i herd it bfore it hit the ground……i havnt made this up iv bin to clophill and hunting hospitals and just found it a laff becouse nothink ever happends but im only a 17 year old girl and ammm reallly sceard!!!
Gus says
Gus here. 1st comment.
i went there with a few of my friends last night – 7th June 2009.
It was a great night and an experience ill never forget.
We parked our cars down Old Church lane, becuase there was a shut gate which led to a public footpath. i notice on the maps this is labelled as a road, from our end, it definately wasnt. I would also like to say anyone who wants to get frightened should take this route, as its a good kilometer walking distance to the church itself.
We followed the path which runs along the river past fields and eventually under the motorway itself and continues, but just after the underpass and past the large gates there is a sharp left.
We preceeded to walk down this left turn, I was convinced it was the right way, and i prooved to be correct.
Gus says
Gus here, 2nd Comment
On the way down, it actually began to get really foggy, which only added to the atmosphere. It then started to get ridiculously foggy and began to feel really eary and quiet out. I was with 5 other people so it diddnt really bother us haha. The fog was so bad, we struggled to see within 10 metres infront and behind us. The path is straight and narrow and open, there are no other turnings off from the direction we came so we knew we couldnt really get lost.
After about 10 minutes of slow walking down this path we came to a small wooded area, where the path took another slow left turn around some bushes, again we all knew we had arrived.
Gus says
Gus here. 3rd comment.
Just before we took this pathway me and another of my friend Ross, heard two distinct whistling noises, Ross tried to simply passed them of as birds which i supposed could be explained, they could have been disturbed by torches and noise? or could it have been something else? i mean it was 1.30am on a Sunday Night/ Monday Morning. we thought nothing of it and walked in.
It was soo overgrown compared to video's i have seen in winter, which was a good thing. We saw the gravestones lining to the right of us and took some photographs, by this time everyone was baby stepping becuase the atmosphere was electric. We walked about 15 paces towards the front of the church and everyone stopped. it wasnt a particularly windy night and everything was still, we were having general conversations about where the entrance was etc. we thought the front was boarded up.
Gus says
Gus here. 4th comment
Just as we was talking i heard a long deep breath surround my right ear, i looked to another of my friends, Grant, who looked straight back as if to say "what the hell was that?" and we even asked eachother if it was the other. as well as other members of our party (6 in total including myself)
We took another 4 or 5 pictures, and were stopped again by my Ross, who asked if anyone had heard that whistle,
Just as he asked me all froze to a complete stop over a distinct Banging noise, it sounded like something being frown against metal, it was quite loud as we all herd it.
Almost 2 seconds after the first noise, it was followed by a much louder and defined version of the previous noise ( a louder banging sound like something hitting metal)
We wasnt sticking around to hear anymore, and everyone bottled it, myself included, although Grant, Ross and Myself agree'd to go back just to make sure, the other memebers of the group were very spooked and said not to.
Gus says
Gus here. 5th comment. and last comment..
During our quick exit, one of the members had managed to somehow slip both her shoes off? so if anyone see's shoes on the floor on your way in, these are hers and she would like them back hahah.
I cant really explain what happened, could it have been people? at that time on a sunday night? surely i believe if people were going to scare people. the more social times would be Friday and Saturday Evenings?
Gus says
During our quick exit, one of the members had managed to somehow slip both her shoes off? so if anyone see's shoes on the floor on your way in, these are hers and she would like them back hahah. _
I cant really explain what happened, could it have been people? at that time on a sunday night? surely i believe if people were going to scare people. the more social times would be Friday and Saturday Evenings? and how would they have know we was goinjg to be there at that exact time, unless they are complete unemployed sado's who aint really got a life and just sit there all day drinking white lightening etc.
One thing is for sure, people or not, i will be going back there in the near future to investigate it more!
cameron west says
hello gus, and have you been back there since? i went yesterday during the day and went into the church and got an eerie feel, i wanted to go up the stairs to the tower but all my mates bottled it so i didnt in the end. is this something you have done? and when will you be going back there?
Ross says
I was with Gus and I was Scared!! but i noticed that some of the things we heard correspond with the stries told previously on the site ithink note!!
x
katie says
i was with u twoooooo lol thnks for the shoes btw x
Grant says
i was there with gus and ross and the cowards haha, deffinately someone/something there lets just see how next time goes
teresa says
I have a photo taken at cold christmas about twenty foot up in the air , It clearly shows a little boy.
Its on my other computer which is in the shop but will get it back in a week. Dont no how to put it on the web site but if any one wants to see it can send it to an email address.
Frankie says
[email protected]
i am seriously creeped out, i jsut got back and its my third time going and argh jsut bad.
leash says
hey i would love to see the pic so when u get you computer back could u send it to [email protected]
thank you
adam says
Hi could you send it to me at [email protected]. I go up there regularly but have never seen or experienced anything. Thanks
Adam
dave says
Hi could you send me picture me and my friend went there and took some photos inside when we looked at camers it looked fine when i loadedpictures on pc we were shocked to fined my friend was covered in circles mine was fine then i took one looking up to fined more above us . would love t see your picture
kind regards
denise
Ghost Hunter Mus says
can i have the pik too please: [email protected]
Shelley says
Hiya I would love to see this picture as I went lastnight and it was spooky but no paranormal activity happened other than 5-6 peoples phone went flat whist in the tower even though we went in with nearly full batteries
[email protected]
HPR says
definately would like to see that pic as I also have pics of a mist forming into what looks like a figure down there, my e-mail address is [email protected]. Thanks.
gail says
hi i have an interesting pic of cold christmas too taken a couple of nights ago i will send it to you can you show me you pic two i dont live too far from the place and its taken my interest ..thanks gail
HPR says
to be honest from what I can gather there are 3 major hauntings at the church, I will not give out too much info on a public forum but the 'boy' could also be explained by something that was picked up with regards to something that happened at the church a very long time ago.
Frankie says
who is this boy? can you tell me more?
Jimmy says
I went there sometime during May 2009 and when we got there, there was a parnormal invesigation team called VEXED checking out the place. They told us that they had never encountered some many spirts in one place. These included a Witched named Mary, a Monk, an army and the famous sarah gutteridge. We went inside and did a seance and made contact with Mary she touched one of the group down the back and a rock was threw and the tower when we were inside. Then when were outside the VEXED people said the pentagram was coming towards us and they ran off.
Anon says
Although I live local to Cold Christmas, I've never actually been there… yet! But I have heard a reknowned rumour that unlike christian churches that face a certain way, this church was built backwards and there are 4 others similar to this around the country in the shape of a star if you like. I heard that devil worshipers used to come here and even make sacrifises. Obviously, this may be an urban myth. But anywhere could have spiritual activity, even your own living room. So, what makes Cold Christmas any different? I am intrigued by the place but I am a believer in spiritualism and will not go to cold christmas unless I have protective stones or something similar with me. ____Myself and a group of friends often go on 'ghost hunts'. We have been to Copped Hall in Upshire, Waltham Abbey and there is alot of activity here. Definitely woth looking into. We have also been to a church in Sheering that is also very eerie. But my advice is take a digital camera and you'll be amazed with orbs and shadows that you see in the background.
hill billy dean says
I asked my friend who is training to become a vicar, about the theory of a church being built facing the wrong way to be satanic, but he told me that it's not true, most christian churches are build facing north as well as east etc he said the old catholic churches used to be built facing Jerusalem but the ones that aren't doesn't mean they are satanic :)
the omen says
the omen
i will curse any body who goes to my church ha ha ha ha
danny says
i went to cold christmas church with 5 off my mates we all went up there stairs, as we was startin to walk down the was a relli loud bang comin from the bottom off the stairs and wired noises the 3 boys went down to seee wot was down there,there was nuffink there, we all stayed down the bottom for a while the there was noises comin from the top off the church we all thought a nuf was a nuff and come bk and 3.25 in the moring on 10th argust and the church was well light as iff there was someone livin in it but no one went down to c wot it was so that could off been normale ppl in the with a bright light or some sort
if and one as had the same exsperence plzz comment on this and let me no wot happend
the omen says
STAY AWAY FROM MY CHURCH
jade says
i went there today and i went up the stairs and when i was walking down them i heard a bang then another one and then they got louder it sounded like something was falling down the stairs and was about to land on me but i got out and ran
Kelly says
If I am correct.. the Jade that commented was the Jade I went with Today.. Is it you Jade? lmao (:
If so, yeah me and Jade went today, and while we was standing inside the tower, no one had touched me at all.. but when I came out I had a hand mark of dust on my arm as if someone had grabbed me, but nothing or no one touched my arm at all. Quite weird.
ann says
omen, churches are for everyone…..
Victor Meldrew says
Does any one have coordinates for google earth ?
bob says
hi, im a local and live in high croos. i have walked to the tower in the dead of night and in the day, however i have never seen a ghost and if there were ghost then they should have moved on because don't forget that this place was once a church and i don't think god would have left them behind there. I belive in scence and mith and i will be looking out for any signs of ghost's or nosies. I will be making more trips to the tower (church) . Also there have never been any murders at the tower that part is truly a lie.
DevilsAdvocate says
Last Night 27 Auguest 2009 was the first time i have ever been down to Cold Christmas. i had been Hangman's Hill many of time but have never found anyone else brave enough to come down to Cold Christmas luckily i did last night, me and 8 mates went down there to see what all the fuss was about, i do believe in ghost's and spirits but it doesnt phase me it would take one heck of a ghost to scare me being a huge fan of horror and thriller movies so would love to expierance it first hand, so in the pitch black of night we all walking into the forest from Christmas Lane, 2 people didnt even make it down the lane before getting scared and going back so with my phone light on i lead the group towards the old church, almost at a jogging pace as i could wait to get there. once there i was in ore of the beauty of the place, all shinning our lights at the steeple you could see the 17th centery gothicness of the place, the storys of a devils church and ghost made my adreniline sky rocket as we walked though the overgrow grave yard to the steeple itself, then i was show a hole to get in which was 4 foot high by a foot and a half wide maybe 2. the inside was amazing you could really see how tall it really was and where each floor would have sat on its wooden beams still intacked with the wall, to the right of the entrance was another hole even smaller to the one used to get in but lead to a spiral stair case which can still be walked up all the way to the top. it was a great night for me unlike some of the group who really couldnt wait to leave, before i left i went through the grave yard reading the head stones the oldest one i read dating back to 1809, fitting as i visted an exact 200 years after. it was an experiance i hope anyone reading does go for. HERE COMES THE SCARY PART THOUGH, all the time i was there i was recording everything from walking down the path, the tower itself, the head stones, even evidence in the buildings masonary which would point to it being a sinister church of evil rather then a place to worship, once home i plugged it in to watch the video as i couldnt wait to see how good it came out only to get the message "Unsupported Media File" this was no joke i tried everything possiable to get the file to work but nothing, it seems like what happens at Cold Christmas, stays at Cold Christmas………… if anyone else wants to go do get in touch i plan on going again this time with a night vision camera to see what happens, you can contact me on facebook by searching -> Kieran The-Bear Marajh <-
Daniel says
Me and two friends went there last night (29.8.09) went around the graveyard and inside the church around the back we heard some unexplainable noises. We had a look up the steps but decided they weren't safe to to try go up. We took a few photos got some orbs, a women and a mans face (true story). The photos have not been tampered with. message me for more infomation.
Kelly says
Heyya, can you send me those pictures in email, I'd love to give them a look (:
[email protected] x
teresa says
been up there lots of times. Very scary place my friend has a photo of an orb that when you zoom in on it it is boy or man. You can even see his body he looks like he is crouching down. This was taken the same night we had stuff thrown at us. I would love to know why this church is so active. shame most haunted crew cant go up there i think it needs a professional medium to investigate it.
Em's!!! says
Hello Daniel, ive heard it all this morning, im coming wiv you next time you go!!!!
Daniel says
Hey Kelly,
No problem just waiting for my friend to upload them to his FB then ill copy them and send them to you. You been before?
Teresa yeah we got a pic of a face and a lady in one photo and in the other a very clear orb!
Emma of course me, you, Adam, Shane, Hayley and anyone else. We need digital cameras and maybe a video camera!
HPR says
Hi Daniel, could you mail me the pics please? My e-mail is [email protected]. My paranormal group are doing a full investigation there this week, will let you know the results. Thanks :-)
adam says
Hi could you let me know the outcome of your investigations. We saw you up there last week. We go up there on the river walk past the church usually at least twice a week. My kids are petrified of the place! [email protected]
leash says
hey could u send me the pics they sound interesting
[email protected]
thanx
Lucy says
Just been there today. Didn't see any ghosts or anything but I did get a really strange feeling the whole time I was there and it was the creepiest place I've ever been to!! I was way too scared to go in though so just stayed outside. I went in daylight and there was a few people around but I'm wondering what it would be like to go in the middle of the night!!!
Daniel says
Middle of the night the atmosphere is much scarier. You go up the steps?
Lucy says
No I wasn't brave enough to do that!!!
Daniel says
Haha not even in the light :P I did it in the dark! How many people u go with?
Lucy says
There was just 2 of us.
GEORGE ENGLISH says
ive been there 3 days before christmas 2008 me and 4 friends 2 flash lights it was 8 oclock on a tuesday we wernt expecting anything what we got wen we reachd the tower and shone a lgiht on the tower wer the woden slatted window is was the worst scream ive ever herd i fucking legged it and i cna run…the thing is i was v v far away by the second scream except it was louder ???? how is this possible by the third i was gone from the church and it was louder still we all shat our pants n i wont ever go there again we are the only people we know out of every1 whos been to have an expierence and it was not cool not fun and not sumthing id ever want to happen again !!
ann says
it was probably someone trying to frighten you. (kids) go back its a beutiful place..
danielle says
yeah i agree , they plan stupid things to do to people! lol. one was probs in the tower stairs , then a few more in the bushes lol , ive seen it be done on youtube ha!
Ted F says
I went to this church on Saturday with 3 friends, we were just cycling past and thought we'd check it out, the grave stones were very old, 1800's, there was lost of grafitti around the place, loads of litter and empty beer cans, we went inside, there was an empty calor gas bottle and more litter, my friend nearly went up the stairs but decided not to. We had no prior knowledge of this churches history and experienced NO supernatural happenings, the scariest thing was the amount of litter, if there are ghosts there they'd probably appreciate it if all the ghost hunters and satan worshippers took their litter home with them.
ann says
here here
HPR says
We are doing a full paranormal investigation there this week, will let you know the findings!
Andrew Girdwood says
Fancing doing an interview for In Pure Spirit?
HPR says
No problem at all, let me know how you want to work it?
Andrew Girdwood says
I'll just drop you an email (you give your address above) with some Q&A. Sorry about being a little slow here – works grabbing all my time lately.
matt says
i was there last night and some weird stuff happened, we had stones thrown in the room, with no explanation for it, people felt be touched and one person blacked out, we climbed the tower and didnt feel anything but we all feel dragged back to it. and my friend was recording on his phone, and its a fairly new fully charged phone, and we kept seeing images in the corner of the room opposite the stairs, and he finally went over there, his phone turned itself off and he went freazing, and this couldnt happen to a phone with a good batery life
ann says
spirits dwell in corners, so be careful, and they also drain the energy from your electricals and yourselves… be very careful .
ann says
put some salt in your pockets next time you go, this will protect you, or you could get some crystals that will protect you. salt is good enough and very cheep…
Sam says
my name is Sam.. last Friday me and a few others visited the church, at first i thought nothing would happen until we got in the church me and another say a tall black male figure in a long cloak, noises of stones being bounced off the walls and i walk over with my phone camera and the sudden temperature drop as my phone instantly dies.
on the walk back out of the field my heart suddenly races as a black out and wake up on the floor… all i can say is that what ever happened i was not myself…i felt old and decreed and had the minde of an elderly man… this happening scared me for life… i am revisiting the church this friday to see if i can find an answer to what happened or just to put my mined at eas… i cant sleap at night i will write about what happens after friday….
i am not and would not lie about this… i have whitenesses
matt says
yes sammmmmm, take me with you init !!
ann says
put some salt in your pocket next time you go. it wards off spirits
dave says
went to cold Christmas last Saturday ( 3rd of October 09) and it was really scary! As me and three mates walked towards the church we heard what sounded like drums, we thought it was weird, but we carried on to the tower. We arrived at the tower after nearly walking past it (it was the middle of the night) we all had a look around the grounds and we were disgusted with the state of the place, graffiti, empty gas canisters and completely over grown, such a shame.
Only two of us, one being myself, decided to go inside, as soon as i stepped inside, i felt nothing but coldness and sorrow, we then went up the stairs, we got up to the first window when we decided to turn back because it was pitch black inside and we only had a small torch. My friend handed me the small torch and as we started to walk back down, he let out a yell and asked for the torch back, i handed it to him as he explained that he felt someone breathe in his ear, he frantically looked around, he gave me back the torch and we continued to leave, we got out and were both shaking.
We decided to leave, we got back to the car without incident, but it was the drive home that scared us. As we were heading back home, my friend in the front passenger seat turned round and said what? ( this being the same guy who felt someone breathe in his ear) i didn't understand what had happened but he told me that he felt someone tap on his shoulder, both me and my other friend in the back seat had done nothing, we all just looked at each other for a good few minutes as we carried on driving into the night.
…. and all this on a night when the moon was full….
COBIE JONES says
my friends died there
Gem says
which friends? when was this and how did they die?
tamaraaaa29june1996(L) says
im going cold christmas on halloween
Add mee andd i will let you no wht happendsss :) [email protected]!! i will take some picccz:)x
danielle says
ha that usually dont work , as they section it off :(
tamaraaaa29june1996(L) says
i wentt there one time and we parked the car and it was 12:00 and the bell went on for like 20 minz no jokes :| thnn we went like on a tower and we saw a lil girl all in white holding her teddy up theree :| and thn i suddly started crying i couldnt bare it so we all went back to the car and we herd a BIGGG bang i jumpped soo highh :/ ,,, but im going there on halloween i wanna find outmore
tamaraaaa29june1996(L) says
+ forr a whilee i have been looking for infomation about itt :) ,, xx
tammm says
gettt off myy villagee!
dalboy says
sounds great going there soon please can you send me some pics of the place daleastwood@ hotmail.com
dalboy says
please can you send me your pics to [email protected] cheers going there soon
Jey says
Would You Advide Someone Who Can See Ghost’s To Go To Cold Christmas? Would Anything Bad Happen To Them? Comment Back x
Samantha Proffitt says
I have been twice to the Church recently for research into an article for a paranormal magazine. We didn't hear or see anything unusual. Although the first time the mission had to be aborted due to a thunderstorm (I figured standing in a really tall structure wouldn't be very wise). We did hear an odd growling noise but after some further investigation I decided it was probably the sheep noises echoing around in that valley or the noise of a plane going over as it seems to be under the flight path for Stansted airport.
The rest of our experiences are in the next two threads.
Samantha Proffitt says
One thing we did find in our photographs was a hell of a lot of dust orbs. And that is all it was, dust. Be especially careful of this if you go up the stairs becuase there is 150 years wrth of the stuff just waiting to be kicked up, photographed and called paranormal activity. Also it makes the stairs really slippy on the way down which isn't helpful in the pitch blackness. Be aware of small flying things living in there too. Plus my boyfriend is certain he saw a bat going home to roost up there.
Some unusual things we did find were some specs in the one of our photographs that did seem to be emitting its own light rather than a reflection although we took this from the window at the top of the staircase so I am not ruling out it wasn't just a relection off of some of the debris on the floor in there.
Samantha Proffitt says
Secondly we found what appeared to be a face looking out at us from one of the little slit windows at the top in one of the photos. I am convinced this is a case of matixing (for those of you who don't know, this is when we see faces etc. in images when really it is just a bunch of random shadows or the light shining at just the right angle making us see something that isn't really there) however, it would be interesting to see if anyone else has photographs of that particular window. It is the slit one that is on the same side as the entrance. Wee took the photograph from the ajoining field.
Another thing we experienced was total battery drainage at the top of the staircase. Camera just completely died. Then, once we had left the tower, it turned itself back on again. The theory is that paranormal activity can drain batteries as they need an energy source to help manifest themselves.
The place is certainly interesting.
If anyone has more of its factual history, I would love to hear from you!
danielle says
i experienced something simular too , my fone died too , and when i took it home i couldnt get the back off and when i did the back was somehow like glued to the battery? wierd!
aaron says
i sore a women in one of the slits of the window
Guest says
My friend went there and her and her family were taking pictures. When they got home, they looked at the photos, and in one of the windows, there was a face. They didn't remember seeing a face while they were there…perhaps it was the same window you saw?
I'm going there tomorrow 0.o
sirtom says
The dates are similar because at this time a bad flu or illness could take a few out at once! So when u look everthing about this place is very normal. The people of the village wont speak about the place because the stupid rituals people have tried there, hacking up goats etc!! Its a real nice place i sat in there and read the telegraph on my own from midnight to 3 am using a single candle to prove it wasnt haunted, however please when listening to peoples stories they allways start with drink, drugs, or an over active imagination
wayne says
acn you send me the pics an all off the vids please as i am doin a project on this
please send to
[email protected]
many thanks wayne
Joe says
went there today to scope it out. went during the day though incase we couldnt find it, never been in that area before. Went inside with my friend and nothing was out of the norm. It’s a graffited tower with high expectations of paranormal activity maybe.
mark says
mark
have been to cold christmas manty of times in the past, always late at night, and it is very eary, have had the fog close in on us, many times, as well as hearing the faint sounds of church bells ringing, i think there is deff something going on there, and i dont think its good either………
Danielle says
any1 gt the postcode??
hello says
went here with like 50 people and was absolutely rubbish !
Andrew Girdwood says
Hiya hello,
I think taking 50 people there was bound to ruin the atmosphere.
danielle says
went there a week ago , but i believe alot of devil worshipers go there and the odd thing was the police stopped and questioned us about our intentions about our visit there! .. then a few mins later a car pulled up with some people in it and we told then about the police and they sped off! .. bit wierd , but anyways , the place does really play with your mind a bit , even on the way down i was sure i saw someone in the bushes! .. no really! it freaked me out , i eventually calmed down . it is a must see place :) . we went there around 2am so that added to the whole creepyness , its good to go inside dont be scaerd guys! any questions – [email protected]
Harry says
About 4 months ago me and a few of my friends went to this church to see if the rumours were true. We went with the attitude that ghosts and spirits are not real. I did something stupid that night, i researched some priests name’s that belonged to that church and as a dare read three out. since then i’ve been awoken in the night by a dark figure in my bedroom right next to my door, whispering the 3 names. I really need help, it’s got worse. if somebody can help me please e-mail me and tell me what i can do, i really cannot deal with this anymore. please
hugo thirst says
i just din't believe any of these stories, but last night i went there with three friends and we held a ouiji board session. we called up a spirit with the name of william bootle who said that he was killed in 1853 as he was working on the building..when I got home I looked on the internet and found that a group of workman were helping close the building down and one of them slipped and fell from the roof to his death…does anybody know anything more about this or this person?
aaron says
yer he is the person that you see hanging from the roof thats wot i heard
Alex And Tony says
I went down there today with 3 other people, not expecting to see or hear anything unusual, and guess what nothing happened whatsoever apart from the sheep running about and a farmer driving about lol. Mayb we shuld go back again later at night, we went down around 6ish, Maybe goin after 8ish there might be sum spooky activity WWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
hektic123 says
is their anywhere around that sort of area or around north london that is like this but scarier?
Norman says
I was told about this place, so I just had to go, as I have no friends I was forced to go alone, on arriving on my unicycle, I looked down the track to see a pitch black road, so i disenbarked from my unicycle and began to walk towards the old church tower. The closer i got to the tower the more my torch dimmed, a strange feeling came over me as I came into view of the entrance, I could feel a hand run down my arm as if it was pulling me into the tower, this feeling stayed with me right the way into the entrance, I was terrified! Once inside the tower, alone, with the torch now completly off, this hand I could feel on my arm now ran up to my shoulder, then down the front of my body, suddenly my pants dropped to my ankles, I felt my self getting strangly aroused, and my penis slowly getting harder, this ghost like figure began to tug on my peice, although I was shitting my pants (which were now by my ankles) I was so happy I was finally experiencing my first sexual encounter at the ripe age of 44, be it with a ghost! I can tell you all now that I will definately be going back to this place, who knows next time I might get laid!
hollie says
i go up the oldchurch alot ,at night and during the day to walk my dad ot sometimes just sit in there when im onm a walk with a mate.
we've never seen/heard anything there.and its not haunted.
i went up there once with a couple of mates aswelll at like midnight they siked themselves up to be scared that they believed something was going to get them lol
hollie says
i ment walk my dog
Lee says
seriously?! i just came back from cold christmas lane's church tower, and the only thing horrific there is the lack of some people respect for which seems like a peacful and once beautiful ruin, there was no bad feeling there nor any other sound than the fat arse sheep that were up next to it, stayed there for about 4 hrs just chilling. Bad atmosphere? none, Angression towards people that mindlessly destroy stuff…..off the sacel.
Lee says
whoops! i meant scale*
aaron says
went up to cold christmas lane there was me and 4 other people so we went up at about 10 00. i got touched on the soulder i was really freaked out i heared hoofs all the time walking and leaving and sore a greyish women in the window and two people i was with said they feilt if somone was in between them there was loads of orbs got pics on facebook add me if you can [email protected]
aaron says
it was the date of 25/06/2010 please comment
aaron says
i went up there a couple of days in the day i went inside the church and up the stairway to the top did not feel any kind of activity going on but it just well spooky at night but i would go back cus it was my first time and i think for my first time i saw plenty still got the shacks this morning
sandra says
My great grandmother lived in cold christmas lane and some of her relatives lived in the other cottages. This was in the 1950's and I can remember playing in the grounds of the old church and climbing the tower. I have only good memories of this and took away a life long interest for old churches and tomb stone reading. I remember dancing orbs these to me with childhood fantasies were fairies and I danced around the fairy rings. Enjoy the fantasy of the place because there are not so many of these places left to indulge in.
alison777alison says
If anyone wants to go there who lives in the Essex (Colchester/Maldon area), please let me know. I'd love to go, but my husband and friends won't go with me! [email protected] Thanks.
Ewan says
Bollocks
Jon says
i heard that the hole was sealed up a few weeks ago so that people can't get in anymore, is this true?
Gezzabella says
I went to Cold Christmas Church on 23rd July 2010 with a pal & although there was nothing ghostly whilst we were there a tabby cat followed us all the way there & all the way back as though escorting us on our trip. When we looked at the photos on the computer there were several misty ones despite it being a clear summer night & strange orange lights when the torches we carried were white light rather than the yellowy orange ones.
Jon when we went the hole was there although I did not venture inside as there are signs warning of the danger. The pics my friend took inside don’t look too safe so I wouldn’t suggest going in!
Nick says
i went up there with a group of about 15/20 friends and we took the long route up there over the fence and past the feilds. upon arriving at the curch we herd nothing and saw nothing. we all proceded to go through the hole in the side and went up the tower, when we got to the top of the tower nothing happened and nobody felt pushed towards the window. i think that the people who go up there and experience these things are just unfortunate that they have picked the same time as other people looking to scare people and the people who say they have these scratch marks on there necks and back have just ran past thorn bushed and have managed to get scratch by then. when you believe that your going to see something and believe that the place is haughnted your mind decides to play tricks on you so your more likely to believe something that actually hasn't happend.
charli says
I asked my boyfriend to take me there one night and we got to the tower and i chickened out. i felt just the 2 of us wouldnt be safe enough as i had already started to feel pretty scared as soon as i saw the gravestones. anyway, a week or so later i got pretty drunk with my boyfriend, his brother and his brothers mate. i decided it would be a great idea to go there again so we did. We had only our phone lights and my video camera. i felt more confident because i was with 3 men and i was also drunk, lol. anywayyyy, everything was going normal but when i got to the top of the tower, my leg started stinging pretty bad. when i got back home i had a big cut on my leg. this could have been caused by anything, but i only felt it when i got to the top of the tower? i uploaded the video to facebook so add me (Charli Knight) and feel free to watch it ;) unfortunately my camera doesnt have night vision so it's just our voices you can hear, but you hear me going on about my leg…also going on about how my names yvette fielding…(drunk) lol :p
also, my sister went there with some college mates and her best friend rob. when they got to the top of the tower rob had developed a cut on his arm. Again, this could be coincidence, but i'm pretty supersticious and personally believe that we were being warned away.
As soon as you get to cold christmas you instantly get chills down your spine. it is very eery and really quite scary, If i had to advise anyone, i would say to record your experience (with torches aswell) and please, please, please don't go in a pair. safety in numbers people. I highly doubt a 'spirit' can attack someone but you are better safe then sorry. people go to places like this for fun, and yes, it is fun! and a great laugh, but it must still be taken very seriously and treated with the upmost respect. good luck to anybody who goes there.
paiige says
I got scratches all over my legs too! There's a huge one that runs all the way from the top of my thigh to the start of my ankle, and it stings like a bitch!
charli says
Also! when you walk down the path towards the church, be aware because you do get other visitors who like to hide and jump out to scare you. don't let them throw you off! chances are, they're only trying to scare people because nothing scary happened to them in the church and theyre hoping to shake you up beforehand.
tom says
I've been copped hall n heard weird noises and also seen unexplained things in epping forrest and high beach I wanna go but my car is a write off n my freinds are to chicken shit to go after high beach ! Anyone goin tonight?
tom says
My freind went last week said no 1 was there and a candle was lit in the middle of the tower
@kirstieg9 says
if any one has any photos or fotage of cold christmas i would realy apreciate it if u could send me them [email protected] im so intreged by it!… ive bein to meny haunted locations but this seems by far to be the best i am hopeing to viist myself very shortly
Oooo scary says
Does no one realise people go down to Cold Christmas Church to scare morons like you? Me and my friends being those people who go there to scare you lot :-)
karen says
We went to cold christmas last night to do an investigation, what a remarkable place, did we see any thing or heard anything our answer is YES.would we go back there again oh yes.how ever we did place 2 coins on some flour when we done this we all went out side to look at the grace stones, but when we returned to check the coins by the coins there was a round thumb print including a small childs hand print ontop of the flour.
karen says
If anyone would like to join us on an investigation at cold christmas next time please e,mail me on [email protected].
Tom says
Me & my friends went hereee, My friend sarah somehow dropped her iphone out the tower window ontop of the stairsss, plus we saw 2 wierd goth people having sex :|
We heard a wierd whistling noise, and some random growling :/
Going back on halloween! :D
stuff says
cold christmas ghost , please can u tell me by this website if u see a group of boys and maybe girls coming to the site please can u tell the boys to stop coming to the place because i just want the site to be a rest so that u can lie in peace. thanx
ema says
my sister went there with her mate and as he pointed to the first floor a light filickered then stayed on lol they ran like shit lol
lee smith says
there nothink in that old church only the dead probly was some one messing around making all them moaning nosie in the old church
lee smith says
there nothink haunting that old church as iv been there loads times and never seen or heard anythink there and as of the guy saying there was growling coming from the old church i think it was a person in there messing around making all them noise there
Rachel says
i went there with 13 of my friends so there was 14 of us, i never believed anythin my mates were tellin me about this place, it was 8th january 2009, it was a cold night but the sky was clear from clouds i remember walkin down the lane ar in arm with my friend we come across 4 big grave stones near some trees my mates werent interested so moved on, i however saw some thin move near a broken gate so walked over to have a look, no word of a lie i saw a little girl about 9ish with a white dress on and long blonde hair with a red ribbon tied in her hair, she said 'please leave they will get you' i crapped myself and ran towards the church were my friends were already inside (you have to cimb thru a tiny hole) to get inside of the tower now, we had candles alcohol, weed and cigarettes, we all sat in a circle chattin away forgettin where we was until we heard a loud noise comin from the stairs we all looked up and saw a man in a black suit with a hat on the guys in our group thought some one was havin a laugh with us so ran up the stairs of the tower with some of the candles they come back down a few minutes later with blood on their hands sayin it was all over the walls, we left. i started to have a panic attack as i suffer from them rather badly, i was the last one out of te tower no one was beind me but some one told me to 'run' when i looked around no one was there but a class bottle got thown at me i got a bit lary tht some one would do tht so went back i wasnt until a massive log type thing was launched at me from the tower that i went back to find my friends the guys in our group realised we left our candles etc behind and told us to go back to the cars, so we started to leave, they chased after as a few moments later sayin our stuff has gone we shit ourselves walkin very slowly back thru the lanes, then i turned around a see all our candles in a massive circle and we heard chanting. there were no other cars to be seen and no one else other then us was there. some thing else was there tht night. we had been there before and all we heard was voices from the tower but nothing like tis, i would to go there again even tho i was very scared. however clophill hill is the next place!!! :)
lee smith says
there nothink in that old church as you must be on somthink or seeing stuff rachel as iv sat in that old chuch loads times and nothink never ever happpend there
jeff 81 hells angel says
iv been to this thundrige old church long time ago when i was young and was with 3 of my biker mates we had a quija board and went inside the tower and used the ouija board and all hell busted out that night when we did the quija board somthink very evil came there that night so i say to you all that go there please be very carefull and dont mess around with these things as bad things can happpen and we was smoking sum weed and had a fire going inside the floor in the tower seeing is beliving if you dont belive me then go see with your own eyes
JIMI says
I met the ghost, names derek died in 1798 used to be a blacksmith. Nice guy, good morals.
just leave him be
Owen Savine says
Been to this site a few times. Have personally heard the growling noise coming from within the church tower and heard things being thrown in the graveyard, also suffered problems with my car upon returning to it. When i turned the keys, none of the electrics came on. After the 3rd attempt to start the car and with nothing happening, i popped the bonnet, all wires were fine, everything seemed normal. The car then started fine. I must add that the car had never done this before and when i took it to a garage the next day, everything checked out fine and there was no explanation.
Fanny Christmas says
pussys
HUD says
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DONT VISIT THE OLD CHURCH !!!!
Saw something last night i will never forget…cant say on here for fear of being cursed,but just to warn people, this has changed my life and whole way of thimking.
Ben says
which was? come on you cant leave everyone wonderin haha
Suzanne Tyler says
I have been to Cold Christmas church loads of times now, all at different times of the day & night. One of the times, I went with my kids as they had heard about the church from their school friends. Once entering the church yard we had a good look round & I explained that a woman dressed in black has been seen floating in the church yard.we entered the church through a hole at the back & it is very dark and dusty inside which could be mistaken for orbs when taking a picture. My eldest son decided to climb the very tight stairs up towards the tower were reports have been said that ghostly noises have come from, he could only get half way up as a metal pole had been put there to stop people climbing to the top. I told him to look through the hole in the wall so I could take a photo of him, he leaned out & I took a photo using my phone & when we looked at it there was someone looking at him from the next level which you can't get to as it's blocked. He came down & I showed him the picture & you could see a black figure looking down at us. We didn't hear any noises until we were about to leave the church we heard someone walk around the side of the church on the outside as around the church is loads of trees & there is a good covering of leafs on the ground, we all rushed outside and went around the outside of the church and there was no one but us there, we took a few more pictures of the outside of the church & hearded the noise of someone walking through the leaves again & decided it was time to go.
I have been back since & have heard or seen nothing,it is a creepy place when your there late at night & there are noises that can't be explained if your interested in this type of stuff like me & my family are then this is a good place to go but I recommend taking torches cause inside it's very dark. Happy ghost hunting
amy xx. says
i went there today with my mum and a friend. we had no idea what this tower was, but we was curious to find out. i got too scared but my mum went right up to the church. we couldn't find any way to get in but we looked at the gravestones which dated back to 1800's. when we was around the church we felt very cold and eery. also the graves stones were for all the same family and they were as young as 11 years old. as we walked away we notices some scratches and rashes on our skin but didnt think anything of it. but when we came home we researched and found out scary things about the church.
jonny dizzle says
I went there last week and wen we got there we all had chills down r spines, we all got in the tower and a black ghost raped us all and stole my yams and bananas :( that bastard
HUD says
After my recent experience i managed to get hold of some historical recordings of the church and it confirms my sightings…in fact the first identical sighting goes back to 1797….i will never visit the church again.
john lockkett says
i went to cold christmas church the 5/6/11. with my 3 daughters we walked around the grave yard looking at dates on the head stones and then went into the church, it was very cold inside and very hot outside! it was also very scary. As we was walking around the grave yard we spotted a dug up grave, when walking back to the car shanise my 13 year old daughter had 2 scratch marks 1 about 2 inchs long on her left hand and 1 about 1 inch long on her right arm. We have been once before and both times was great, i would go agian.
the cold christmas g says
Will u lot please stop coming in to my church the reson I scratched ur daughter and most people that come in is because people ruin my chuurch bless you all and DON'T COME BACK
the ghost says
Go away this is my church. None of yours so go away and don’t come back. Or I will scratch u alll hahaha
Wayne says
Ah gonna go up there tonight , went up there the otherweek got past the gate where you park your car then i was with 2 friends which both went over to a "plastic bag" to investergate and both thought diffrent things becuase we where stoned in the end they thought it was a man witha "Nailgun" Run off and just left me behind( be careful who u go there with!)
Jessiee says
Myself and a few friends went to Cold Christmas a few days ago. You have to park on the road and walk for about 10 minutes through fields and bushes to get there. As we were walking there, we heard some voices but it was probably the trees – our minds playing tricks on us. As we arrived we heard some moaning/voices/rustling, but it wasn't horribly loud or terrifying. On the side of the church is a sign that says 'DANGER, DO NOT ENTER', but that is probably because it's so old and could crumble to pieces at any moment. There's a hole round the side of the building which you use to get in because the door is locked, and just outside of the hole is a gravestone. We could only make out some of the carvings on it which were 'sacred' and 'death will come to those who…'. We went inside but didn't want to go too far in so only stayed in there for a few minutes, but nothing strange happened. When we came back out, everyone was fine apart from two of my friends who looked quite pale and were acting very strange. We stood just outside of the hole for a few minutes and definitely heard some whispering coming from it, but when we shined the lights, nobody was there. We started to walk back to the car, and our friends were acting dazed and odd all the way back. When we drove away, the engine wouldn't stop cutting out and it only began to work properly when we were at least 2 miles away from where we had parked.
We are planning to go back there this weekend to explore more into the church, it is so addictive, but spooky!
Chucky says
me and my mum mate tyler burroughs slept there for 7 days and nothing happened at all and its all fake!!!!!!!!
Linda says
me and m husband went to thundridge church two sundays ago sunday 13th november around 4pm we only spent 20mins there as didnt want to stay when it got dark, anyway" I took a franks box with me , which for anyone who does,nt know this is a radio which has been haked to scan am fm stations, spirits can then speak over the scanned channels, this works, if you believe me or not it doesnt matter, just go on u tube and type in ghost box and there are loads of examples of sessions with this gadget, I put the ghost box on and aked if any spirits were there, I got the names Bruce, peter and neil and then, help, also an evil voice very quietly said yes mother, and straight after that in my voice I heard clearly Yes mother, it wasnt me I had it recorded so I could listen to it when I got home, I thought, why would I say that out of the blue, that was unsettling to hear that, a few days later I did anouther ghost box session at home, I think that we bought something back from that place, when I played it back I could evil noises sighs and mumbling, this really frightened me to think that I had bought bad spirit into my home, I did a ghost box session last night and it seems to have gone.
Linda says
sorry this is not a reply this is carrying on from the post above, just wish to say, dont disrespect this place, it does have an evil spirit there and it can follow you home, not trying to scare anyone, I know that there are sceptics posting stuff, you have a right to not believe but keep your comments to yourself. be very carefull when visiting this place
Lee says
I went last night. We went to the top of the towel I went last night. We went to the top of the tower, (well as far as you can go) it was good as 3 of the group hadn't been and iv not been for years. We had a good look about. Took loads of photos and a video. Nothing come out with anything odd on it. On the way out some other people were making there way to the church. So we scared them lol. When we got back to the pub my mate had scratchs on his neck and they got worse before we left the pub.
Also I have been up there years ago and a head stone moved on its own.
I was very gutted to see that some people have smashed some of the head stones up. If there is a evil ghost up there let's hope it fucks these people up!
Linda says
I wish these morons would leave this place alone, haunted or not it is english history and part of our past I really wish that these arseholes could be caught in the act or the spirits there give them a good lesson to learn, if i could let you hear the evidense i have you would see what I mean. no one should go there to take the piss, I do believe that there is a nasty spirit there, preventing some other spirits from moving on, on the recording there are cries for help and three names, Peter, Bruce and neall, I would swear on it, be carefull if you visit this place and be respectfull it is the unknown that your dealing with, if you are a skeptic then I am not going to convince you I can only let let you know what I got there just be open minded and be carefull. good luck.
Jamie Simpson says
Me and 2 friends see a bright flash come out of a grave there like a strobe light and another time see ppl in white hoods walking towards our car gesturing us to turn round and go was late at night and no we weren't on drugs !
sean macdonald says
i grew up in thundridge been in ,on and around the old church countless times never saw or heard anything untoward and have never heard the tale of ghost armies marching around the place
Charley says
Some of my mates and I went there on Friday 13th. I don't think anything happened however when my mate Lauren, Kyle and I climbed out, we heard a yell and our mate Adam ran out saying that they heard something upstairs and then one of them got shoved or something. When we looked at his back, he had a strange red hand print on his back.
We haven't been up there since. Being a Clairevoyent, I didn't pick anything up. However, I wasn't going to risk trying too incase something bad was to happen.
darius says
i went on saturday night with my brother and i saw the church. it was freaky looking at the graves. i really wanted to hear the bells taht are supposed to be there but i didnt. as we were walking back i felt a strange feeling. i looked back and i saw a dark figure.it was wierd i looked forward and then back and it as gone. has anyone heard the bells?
bully says
there`s no such thing as goast.
Gem says
the face painted on the door on the opposite side of the hole you enter through, anyone know who or why or when this was painted?
TheExidion says
I went two nights ago with a few people around 9:30pm , we went inside the tower and up the stairs and around the church, no one reported anything unusual and overall the place seemed really quite and I felt at peace, I did how ever experience uncomfortable stomach cramps while I was on the stairs that disappear once I was outside but that could have been the curry the night before
mills says
Read "Pelham" by Lord Bulwer Lytto surely this was based on the old church at Thundridge !
andy says
Hi, I grew up in within a 10 min walk of the church and when we was very young the church had a few stories attached to it but was a peacful place, we even had walks to it from the local school with Mr Bancroft. _It wasn't until later when the place got famous mainly on haloween night so popular that the police used to corden the place off and block the roads which was a real pain in the backside._I used to walk my dog through the grounds early evening as it was a good place for rabbiting. I have seen a grave being dug up in the far right corner and a ritual etc._
andy says
PART2
But the worse experience I had and it isn't ghostly was in 1981 when a few kids from Ware came over and dissloged a crypt entance stone and it collapsed into the tomb exposing the coffins.
I am unsure what happened but there was a rumour that one kid kicked the coffins in a removed a skull and used it as a football above ground.
This bit I can verify, a friend of mine told us what happened and we went to investigate, it was after work and gettting dark, we went in and there was a hole about 20ft from the church tower. We had torches and went down and there was 3 coffins lying in a row and facing the church tower, they had all been kicked in and the lead peeled back.
Inside was the semi mummified bodies that still had skin attached and a skull was chucked in the back of the tomb this still had long hair. The plates on the coffins was around 1826 from memory but I cannot recall the name of the family.
A few weeks later the drunken vicar old Hillary went and did the service (not sure of the proper term) that laid these back to rest and the hole was filled in with concrete I believe.