England: The ghost in St Mary's, Shrewsbury

 I discovered a ghost in the church of St Mary the Virgin in Shrewsbury! In the Trinity Chapel there is the 14th century tomb of Sir Simon de Leyburn. 

This part of the church was once a much smaller chantry chapel, where priests were paid to pray and celebrate masses help his soul through Purgatory. What I tell parties of schoolchildren is that there is a ghost of someone, apparently a nun, still praying! She can sometimes be persuaded to manifest herself if a screen is placed at the correct angle beside the tomb:-

She looks a very friendly ghost!

   When I ask the school parties if they'd like to see the ghost, and also hear about the headless skeleton once excavated nearby, they are always very keen, but on one occasion the teacher-in-charge said, "I think it's time we went for lunch!"

  It's surprising how many adult tourists also want to see the ghost!