Aylmerton, Norfolk, England
St. John the Baptist Church at Aylmerton
The Shrieking Pits
The area around the village is dotted with iron-age pits dating to around 900AD. One in particular pit near St. John the Baptist Church (pictured above) is reputedly haunted by the sounds of shrieks (hence its name), and the apparition of a woman in white. It is said she is searching for the body of her child who was murdered and buried here by her husband.
For further information, please read Haunted Britain by Antony D. Hippisley Coxe.
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Aylmerton is a village in the county of Norfolk, England.
It is in the area of North Norfolk and lies 2.2 miles south of the North Sea, 3.2 miles southwest of Cromer and 7.5 miles west of Holt.
Pictured left is St John the Baptist Church, Aylmerton courtesy of John Salmon. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
