Cogges Manor Farm Ghost Hunt Witney Oxfordshire

A ghost hunt at Cogges Manor Farm as been on our ‘must do list’ for some time

Over the years we have heard so much about the hauntings of Cogges and we have now secured a date to take you there

On a ghost hunt with Haunting Nights rated 5 Star excellent on Trustpilot in Witney Oxfordshire we will have access to areas not open to the general public, areas where ghostly apparitions of children are seen.

Cogges Manor Farm on the banks of the river Windrush has a history dating back to 10th century becoming a manor house in the 13th century before becoming a working farm in the 17th century

Unexplained happening are often experienced with footsteps heard, numerous reports of dark shadows seen along with childrens laughter

Cogges has featured as Yew Tree Farm in the popular ITV drama Downton Abbey.

The original manor house was a Cotswold stone building dating from the middle of the 13th century. It originally comprised four ranges built around a courtyard. Of these the 13th century kitchen and part of the hall survive from one range and the dairy incorporates remains of one of the other ranges. 

The manor house was probably built after Walter de Grey, Archbishop of York bought part of the manor of Cogges in AD 1241. In 1242 the house was described as the Archbishop’s Court. By 1245 the Archbishop had given Cogges Manor to his nephew Sir Robert de Grey, with whose heirs the house remained until 1485. More than once in its history the family used the house as a dower house for the widows of successive Barons Grey of Rotherfield.

During the 16th century, the manor passed through various owners. One of them altered the mediaeval hall by inserting a first floor and adding a new, higher roof. The Blake family bought the manor in 1667 and added the current second wing to the house. In 1726, Daniel Blake sold Cogges Manor Farm to Simon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt. The Harcourt family leased out Cogges Manor Farm until 1919, when the then tenants, the Mawle family, bought the freehold.

With so many areas to investigate will one night be enough?