Acle, Norfolk, England
The new Acle Bridge
The Bridge
The bridge at Acle is haunted by the phantom of a man who avenged the untimely death of his sister by slitting the throat of the murderer, her husband Josiah Burge. However, it is said that a year later, he too was killed, but this time the perpetrator was a ghostly skeleton. Every 7th April, the ghost appears on the bridge along with fresh blood. However, the old bridge has been replaced. Does this mean the haunting has ended?
For further information, please read Haunted Britain by Antony D. Hippisley Coxe.
Location
Visitor Information
Acle is a small market town on the River Bure on The Norfolk Broads in Norfolk, England.
It is located halfway between Norwich and Great Yarmouth. It has the only bridge across the River Bure between Wroxham and Great Yarmouth.
Pictured left is the new Acle Bridge courtesy of Jeremy Halls. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
