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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Mark Brown North of England correspondent

English Heritage to host ghost story tours at five monasteries

English Heritage historian Michael Carter at the Rievaulx Abbey in North Yorkshire.
‘No ethereal grey lady or headless horsemen’: English Heritage historian Michael Carter at the Rievaulx Abbey in North Yorkshire. Photograph: Gary Calton/The Observer

“It is autumnal isn’t it, you can feel the death and decay,” said the clearly delighted historian Michael Carter as he prepared to embark on a new venture at some of England’s most spectacular and atmospheric ruins.

English Heritage will this weekend begin a new series of ghost story tours at five of its northern monasteries.

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