Ipsden, Oxfordshire, England
The Monument to John Thurlow Reade
The Monument
A pyramidal stone monument (pictured above) to John Thurlow Reade who died in India in 1827, can be found in a field 800 metres north of Ipsden House. The apparition of John Reade appeared to his mother at Ipsen.
For further information, please read Haunted Britain by Antony D. Hippisley Coxe.
Watch Folly
Watch Folly is an area near Ipsden. It was in this area that the author Coxe conveys the murder of a shepherd boy. He was accosted by a group of sheep-stealers and hung from an oak tree. The area is said to be haunted as a result.
For further information, please read Haunted Britain by Antony D. Hippisley Coxe.
Location
Visitor Information
Ipsden is a village and civil parish in Oxfordshire, England.
It is situated in the Chiltern Hills about 3 miles southeast of Wallingford.
Pictured left is the monument to John Thurlow Reade courtesy of Giles Robinson. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
