Ancient Ram Inn
The Ancient Ram Inn is a Grade II* listed building[1] and a former pub located in Wotton-under-Edge, a market town within the Stroud district of Gloucestershire, England. The inn has been owned by many people since 1145 and was in the private ownership of until his death in December 2017. This inn was said to have also been owned by the local St. Mary's Church when first built. The pub is reputed to be haunted.
Original uses[]
The inn's original use was to house the masons and other builders employed to construct the neighbouring church. It was later - 1154 - taken up as the dwelling of the first recorded vicar; Gerinus. There are no later records of vicars or reverends living in the inn, so it is believed that the local town vicarage was built in the late 1100s.[2][3]
Televised paranormal investigations[]
The Ancient Ram Inn has been investigated by many paranormal researchers, particularly for television shows like Ghost Adventures and Most Haunted.[4] The inn was featured on Great British Ghosts and was also investigated by a UK Paranormal Study group led by Kieron Butler, which consisted of seven people, including photographers and mediums/spiritual advisors.[5] The Ghost Club (the oldest paranormal research organisation in the world) investigated the inn in 2003[6] but didn't register anything paranormal. Horror actor Nathan Head discussed the Ancient Ram Inn in an episode of the Canadian television show Aberration: Into the Unknown. The Danish paranormal research team DPA (Dansk Parapsykologisk Aspekt) has also been there with a TV crew, shooting an episode for a Danish ghost-hunter TV show. The Swedish YouTubers Jocke & Jonna investigated the inn on their ghost-hunt show Spökjakt with a medium, TV crew and LaxTon Ghost Sweden.[7]
References[]
- ^ Historic England. "The Ancient Ram Inn (1088885)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
- ^ Ram Inn Archived 26 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine Documentary
- ^ Ram Inn Facts Archived 5 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine Facts
- ^ Most Haunted, accessed 9 November 2012
- ^ BBC Gloucestershire BBC News, accessed 9 November 2012
- ^ Ghost Club: Ram Inn
- ^ "Discovery+ | Stream 55,000+ Real-Life TV Episodes".
External links[]
Media related to Ram Inn, Wotton-under-Edge at Wikimedia Commons
- Grade II* listed buildings in Gloucestershire
- Wotton-under-Edge
- Reportedly haunted locations in South West England
- Former pubs