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Alongside the Roman-soldier tradition, Treasurer’s House has reports of a “grey lady” seen in rooms. The National Trust also records stories in which children appeared to react to a woman whom accompanying adults could…
Open archive record →Frank Green, the industrialist who acquired Treasurer’s House in 1897 and later gave it to the National Trust, was remembered as exacting about the arrangement of his rooms and collections. The house preserves a…
Open archive record →The National Trust’s account of Treasurer’s House records reports associated with Roman figures that pre-date or sit alongside Harry Martindale’s famous 1950s experience. One concerns a female guest of former owner Frank Green who…
Open archive record →One of York’s best-known modern ghost traditions concerns Harry Martindale, an apprentice heating engineer working in the cellar of Treasurer’s House in the 1950s. He later described hearing a sound and seeing a group…
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