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Conference hydra::dejavu

Title:Psychic Phenomena
Notice:Please read note 1.0-1.* before writing
Moderator:JARETH::PAINTER
Created:Wed Jan 22 1986
Last Modified:Tue May 27 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2143
Total number of notes:41773

1860.0. "Swaston Hall, England" by STRATA::THOMAS () Thu Jul 22 1993 06:54

         Has anyone ever heared of or visited a place called Sawston Hall
    Cambridge, England? It is the former residence of Queen Mary Tudor,
    also known as Bloody Mary. 
         The article also mentions a secret room called the priest's hole.
         Any idea about this place and any other haunted homes in England.
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1860.1Some info on priest holesSWAM1::MILLS_MATo Thine own self be TrueThu Jul 22 1993 17:2610
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    Don't know Sawston Hall, but priest holes are not too rare in homes
    that date back to Tudor times. During the Reformation, English families
    who wanted to keep their Catholic religion had these built into their 
    houses where priests who visited for the purpose of celebrating Mass
    for the family could hide if the king's men came by looking for them.
    
    
    Marilyn