Southend Evening Echo March 2000
March 2000 when I was reported having discovered a very interesting history of a Pub in the village of Canewdon, Essex. On my first visit to The Anchor Inn Canewdon, I had seen a young girl dressed in Puritan costume standing in the corner. At the time I said nothing to the then Landlord of the Pub, as I felt he would not be interested.
However, on my second visit I realised that there was now a new Landlord, on talking to his wife I asked if she was aware that there was a Spirit of a young lady in the Pub. She smiled and said she had heard the story but was loathe to believe. On my third visit I spoke to her husband who said that there was a room upstairs that was supposed to be haunted. I asked if I would be allowed to visit it. He agreed, we made our way up the stairs the minute I entered the room I could feel the presence of a frightened, young girl.
As I also do Trans work, the young lady spoke through me. Giving her name as Catherine, not Sara as every one believed her name to be. She had been imprisoned by a very wicked Uncle in the seventeenth century (1660) during the time of the Witchfinder General. Treated as a witch she had died a very unhappy young girl.
I gave a great deal more information, all of which was borne out by local Parish records. I gave dates, names and families even nationalities. I also believe that among the names that I gave one was actually the name of the man who beheaded Charles I. The Anchor Inn, Canewdon is full of history.
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