A spooky tour of Northamptonshire invites readers to meet Oliver Cromwell, Mary Queen of Scots, soldiers, monks, murderers, nuns and animals in every corner of the county.
Here, extracts from the new book Paranormal Northamptonshire by Anthony Poulton-Smith, reveal some of the spookiest tales from around the county. You can buy the book, published by Amberley, for £14.99.

5. Rockingham Castle
Charles Dickens, during one of his stays at the Castle, looked to the grounds below where he saw a ghostly figure walk from the Yew Hedge to the wild gardens. He maintained he'd seen a Parliamentarian on the route they took when taking the castle during the English Civil War. | jpimedia

6. Denford - the Cock and the Blacksmith
A blacksmith who cannot leave his old shop is said to haunt The Cock in Denford, as well as a lady in white attire who locks the toilet doors and steals vital pieces of equipment from the kitchen. | jpimedia

7. Fotheringhay - Richard III
The last Plantagenet king, Richard III died at the Battle of Bosworth Field. He was buried at Greyfriars in Leicester and the story goes that he wasn't taken home to be buried at his birthplace of Fotheringhay because of the reports of unexplained funeral music in the empty St Mary and All Saints Church. | jpimedia

8. Barford Bridge
There have been many sightings in the past 30 years of a ghostly monk on the bridge across the A43 between Corby and Kettering. It may be a former resident of the nearby Pipewell Abbey. | jpimedia