| SHUCKLAND Introduction Alphabetical List of Locations | |
| Location: | Mistley, ESSEX |
| Legend: | "The apparition of a white dog, racing down the hill at Mistley...is held to foreshadow a death in the Norman family there." (1) The appearance of a white headless dog on the hill near the railway station is said to portend a death in a certain unnamed local family. (2) “A white dog is said to materialise and run down Mistley Hill near Manningtree, and its appearance foretells a death in the Norman family". (3) |
| Sources: | (1) A. A. MacGregor: 'The Ghost Book' (Robert Hale, 1955), p. 72. (2) Letter from Mr. C. T. Palmer of Leiston to Ivan Bunn, 24/10/1975. (3) 'Folklore' Vol. LX111 (June 1952), p.100. |
| Place Name: | Mistley - OE 'wood where mistletoe grew' |
| Other: | See encounters below. |
| Location: | Mistley |
| Encounter: |
"Mrs Powell, who was still living in 1938, had seen the apparition.” |
| Source: | 'Folklore' Vol. LX111 (June 1952), p.100. |
| Location: | Mistley |
| Encounter: | "A native of the district assured me that he had seen it [the Mistley white dog] as recently as 1953." |
| Source: | A. A. MacGregor: 'The Ghost Book' (Robert Hale, 1955), p. 72. |
| Location: | Mistley |
| Encounter: | A headless white dog was seen in the 1960s by Mr. Ivan Garwood of Mistley, on the hill near the railway station. |
| Source: | Letter from Mr. C. T. Palmer of Leiston to Ivan Bunn, 24/10/1975. |
| Location: | Mistley |
| Encounter: | Another witness is said to have seen a headless white dog trotting up and down the hill near the railway station one night in the 1960s. |
| Source: | Letter from Mr. C. T. Palmer of Leiston to Ivan Bunn, 24/10/1975. |