The Borley Rectory Companion

The Borley Rectory Companion traces the history of the Essex house from its construction in 1862 to the fire that destroyed it in 1939. Alongside the rectory’s changing occupants, the authors catalogue reported phenomena including unexplained footsteps, a phantom coach, a spectral nun, flying objects and windows said to have shattered without obvious cause.

Harry Price’s investigations receive particular attention, including his 1937–38 tenancy and the forty-eight official observers recruited to monitor the building. The book also considers later challenges to Price’s methods, placing competing interpretations of the haunting beside a detailed chronology. Documentary material from the tenancy, bibliographical references and accounts of investigators help map the evidence surrounding England’s most contested haunted house.