Borley Rectory – The Most Haunted House in England

[DB7]

A short from the writer of the BBC's Ghostwatch.

[jaycad]

'It’s always a joy to stumble upon something a little different on the daily jaunt across the internet and this teaser trailer for a forthcoming animated documentary is on a subject close to my heart.

I was pointed to the work of Ashley Thorpe by Stephen Volk, writer of The Awakening and Ghostwatch, and found this short trailer for his latest work, due out in 2012, on Borley Rectory, commonly referred to as the most haunted house in England. Certainly it has a colourful past with floating nuns, mysterious writing found scrawled on the walls and ghostly carriages thundering across the grounds and with psychic investigator Harry Price’s records of his visits there it has an infamy unparalleled.

Now Thorpe has chosen this house, the incidents and Harry Price himself, as the basis for his next work and reading through the comments of the post I was very pleased to see that I shared a connection with the director, there was a common spark which ignited our interest in the mythology of the place.

This footage was premiered at the Buried Alive Film Festival last November and on the Carrion Films website Thorpe talks about the project,

Borley Rectory is certainly in some ways a deviation from the previous films stylistically and in terms of content. It’s essentially an animated documentary, which I thought might be an interesting form to explore a subject like this. Borley Rectory, whether you believe Price or not regarding the validity of the haunting, was at least a place that attracted a wealth of quite eccentric characters over the years and each of them brought something of their personality to the house and by proxy to its reputation. I was talking to [writer of Ghostwatch and 2011's The Awakening] Stephen Volk recently and he commented about a haunting reflecting an absence in a person, a potentially fatal flaw in their character projected, and I find this a very interesting perspective…'

[jimw1]

The Borley Rectory and Church Story has always fascinated me' particularly the Foyster's Tenancy in the 30's.......

[jaycad]

The Borley Rectory and Church Story has always fascinated me' particularly the Foyster's Tenancy in the 30's.......

'Marianne,light mass prayers'!

[faginsgirl]

[batman]

I've been to Borley Rectory and it creeped the Hell out of me and Mrs Bat.

[jaycad]

I've been to Borley Rectory and it creeped the Hell out of me and Mrs Bat.

Is there anything on the site(ruins etc) or just a field nowadays?

[billy farmer]

[Robin Davies]

Here's an interesting Borley website with a useful photo gallery:
http://www.foxearth.org.uk/BorleyRectory/index.html

[jimw1]

Footage of Borley Church Graveyard and Church interior including the Waldegrave tomb...

[alan french]

Hi,
I have never been to Borley Abbey. Although, as you may have seen on another thread, I have personal interest in the subject of ghosts, I do not wish to get too involved with the subject. However, having said that, I did have personal reasons some years ago, to consult the website which Robin Davies refers, but on another subject, and found it quite useful.

Alan French.