Sarah Whitehead
Sarah Whitehead, also known as The Black Nun, is the name of the woman whose ghost is said to haunt the Bank of England, on account of her brother Paul, an employee there, being charged with forgery in 1811,[1] and executed for it in 1812.[2]
External links
- Trial of Paul Whitehead at Old Bailey Online
References
- [Peter Underwood's Haunted London, 1975]
- The Digital Panopticon Paul Whitehead b. 1775, Life Archive ID obpt18111030-44-defend374. Version 1.1, consulted 26 January 2019.
- http://www.london-ghost-tour.com/bank_of_england.htm
- http://www.ghosts.org.uk/ghost/3260/haunted/bank/bank-of-england/london.html
- http://www.haunted-london.com/haunted-historic-buildings.html
- a full account in, 'English Eccentrics,' by Edith Sitwell (chapter: 'Goose-Weather'). Published 1933, Faber and Faber,
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