Ghosts of Totnes

Ghosts of Totnes gathers reported apparitions and local ghost stories linked to the old buildings and historic places of Totnes. Bob Mann presents the town as a landscape where haunting traditions recur from one location to the next, preserving tales attached to familiar streets, houses and estates.

Among the accounts is a Grey Lady associated with the old church tower at Dartington Hall. Local tradition connects her appearance with a woman said to have thrown herself from the tower, while motorists returning from performances have reportedly swerved to avoid a shadowy figure near the hall. The book records these stories as part of Totnes’s continuing folklore, where buildings, family histories and spoken tradition remain closely connected.