Blickling Hall is a site with a dark and mysterious history. A site that boasts not one, but two frightening ghosts - not to mention the headless horses that accompany them!
Teachers' Resource: Using the story in the history curriculum
This document looks at how the story 'The Headless Ghosts of Blickling Hall' can be used when teaching history
There's a statue and painting in Blickling Hall that say "Anne Boleyn born here 1507" in Latin. That's the key fact here.
Name: Annie.james@googlemail.com
25th June 2008
Its a myth - nobody knows exactly where Anne spent all her childhood. This is a local tale my Dad knows. Myths are based on local legend not 100% historic facts. Anne is meant to haunt loads of places including the tower of London Annie form Norfolk.
Name: Sammy
24th June 2008
Anne did not have a sixth finger this was invented in the Victorian Era and her childhood home was Hever Castle in Kent
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