Clophill Church

St Marys Church in Clophill is located in a small hamlet between Bedford and Luton, in the South East of England. The abandoned Church is estimated to be up to 400 years old, but was replaced by a Victorian church built in 1848 (http://www.stmaryschurchclophill.org) in the centre of the Village, rendering it obsolete.

In 1898, the church was seemingly intact but redundant and was described as "containing several interesting memorial tablets to the Rev. Charles Fletcher M.A., 1753, the Rev. William Pierce Nethersole, vicar of Pulloxhill, 1799, and another to members of the family of the Rev. Ezekiel Rouse: the roof is of ancient oak. The register dates from the year 1568"." [Kelly's Directory - Bedfordshire (1898)] .

The Church grounds itself used to be the location of a leper colony.

Undesirable Activity

The Church made it onto the British headlines in the 1960s when it was alleged that Satanic rituals had gone on within the Church. In fact, what had actually happened was that graves has been desecrated and remains scattered around the graveyard. A similar incident in the 1970s again included the scattering of bones throughout the Church yard.

The site has been a fairground of paranormal activity and unwanted attention since the attraction given to the site by the exaggerated stories in the press. It attracts visitors from far and wide looking for ghosts and other paranormal activity.

References

Documentary of the Church by Michael McKirgan: [http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=21240917 Clophill church.]

External links

* [http://www.stmaryschurchclophill.org Offical Clophill Village Church Website]
* [http://www.countyviews.com/beds/chpages/clphill2.htm Photograph of the ruined church]
* [http://almosthaunted.users.digital-crocus.com/investigations/clophill/index.html Almost Haunted]