Barnstaple Town & Workhouse Haunted History Tour

Schedule

Thu, 18 Sep, 2025 at 07:30 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

St Anne's Arts & Community Centre | Barnstaple, EN

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Walking Haunted History Tour of old Barnstaple with Susan Pengelly. True stories of how people lived a wretched existance in the Workhouse. The cottage homes for children, sounds cosy but was anything but. What happened to bodies that had no burial fee. Rascals and rogues ingenuity. All hail the underdog! many of whom were our ancestors. God love them, if they hadn't battled we wouldn't be here.
Tours starts at ThePlough@StAnne's, Paternoster Row, Barnstaple.
Tour ends at ThePlough@StAnne's, for refreshments and a chance to look at artefacts.
Well behaved dogs on leads welcome.
Tours will start promptly at the advertised time.
Tours will commence whatever the weather!
Feedback from a previous tour:
An excellent and interesting tour, with some lovely photos at the end to peruse with tea and cake. Sue was knowledgeable and approachable. A really brilliant event, and another one booked in.
Thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience, Sue was great in sharing the local history of Barnstaple and look forward to going on other tours too. Very welcoming and so well organised. Wonderful venue and event.
Fabulous tour. Really informative with humour. We’re still talking about it now ! Sue was a great guide and we’ll definitely be back for more tours. Thank you
An absolute delight! Sue was a brilliant guide! Articulate, interesting, funny…we were so impressed with the tour, we booked another one as soon as we got home!
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