Sandford Orcas Manor House, Dorset, England         OS Map Grid Ref: ST622210 MAPS FROM MULTIMAP 1:5,000   Photo 1:10,000   Photo 1:25,000     Photo 1:50,000     Photo 1:100,000     Photo www.streetmap.co.uk

Hauntings at the Manor As at Purse Caundle Manor, only some fifteen minutes drive away, Sandford Orcas is reputed to have a number of ghosts. En route, the Queen's Head public house in Milborne Port (part of which, co-indidentally, also dates from the Tudor period) is reputed to be frequented by a 'friendly' ghost. Many people have reported seeing seen the ghost of a previous owner; he was a farmer who committed suicide by hanging himself from the manor gatehouse adjacent to the churchyard. He is said to appear frequently in the garden, attired in his old working clothes. An 18th century priest used to kill visitors to the house while they were asleep in their beds and still ocassionally frightens guests in the hours of darkness by standing over their beds holding a knife. Yet another spectre who walks the dark corridors of the house sometimes is a one-time servant here who murdered his master. His greivance remains unknown. Another of the ephemeral residents here is perhaps the most disturbing of all - a boy who was raised at the house and took to the ocean waves. While sea, the young man killed a boy, then went quite mad. When he returned to Sandford Orcas, he was locked in a room at the back of the house which he never left again until his death. Or did he? ..... On some nights, when the moon is full, his screaming and banging on the door of the room which became his cell can be heard.