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	\|type=~~Hub Page —~~ London ~~Borough~~		\|type=London borough
	\|~~region~~=North London, England		\|location=North London, England
	\|~~first_report~~=~~1622 (Hadley Road witch)~~		\|status=Multiple reportedly haunted sites, actively documented
	\|~~status~~=~~Active~~		\|known_for=Setting of the Enfield Poltergeist, Britain's most extensively documented poltergeist case
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	'''Enfield''' is a London borough in North London, best known on The Vault as the setting of the [[Enfield Poltergeist]], Britain's most extensively documented poltergeist case.		'''Enfield''' is a London borough in North London, best known on The Vault as the setting of the [[Enfield Poltergeist]], Britain's most extensively documented poltergeist case.

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	The borough's best-known case by far — see [[Enfield Poltergeist]] for the full account of the 1977–1979 investigation centred on the Hodgson family's council house on Green Street.		The borough's best-known case by far — see [[Enfield Poltergeist]] for the full account of the 1977–1979 investigation centred on the Hodgson family's council house on Green Street.

	== The ~~phantom coach~~ of Bell ~~Road~~ ==		== The Phantom Coach of Bell Lane ==
	A horse-drawn coach is said to ~~float~~ above Bell ~~Road~~ at high speed, ~~blamed for several~~ road ~~accidents over~~ the ~~years~~.		A horse-drawn coach, wheels and all, is said to travel above ground level along Bell Lane at high speed, its horses' hooves and wheels audible despite the coach itself appearing to float; the last widely reported sighting was in November 1961.<ref name="londonist">{{cite web \|title=The Saturday Strangeness \|publisher=Londonist \|url=https://londonist.com/2007/10/the_saturday_st_22}}</ref> Local tradition traces the haunting to the 18th century, when the surrounding countryside was marshland and the road itself sat considerably higher than it does today, with speeding coaches occasionally veering off the highway and plunging into the swamp, sometimes fatally.<ref name="hauntedbritain">{{cite web \|title=The Haunting Of Bell Lane \|publisher=Haunted Britain \|url=https://www.haunted-britain.com/bell-lane-enfield.htm}}</ref>

	== The Hadley Road witch ==		== The Hadley Road witch ==
	Local legend holds that a woman living on Hadley Road ~~in the 1600s~~ was executed for witchcraft in 1622, and that her ghostly form returns to the lane on cold, misty nights.		Local legend holds that a woman living on Hadley Road was executed for witchcraft in 1622, and that her ghostly form returns to the lane on cold, misty nights; the Paranormal Database, a systematic UK-wide catalogue of reported hauntings, records the case among its entries for Enfield.<ref name="paranormaldatabase">{{cite web \|title=The Paranormal Database — Haunted Roads \|publisher=Paranormal Database \|url=https://www.paranormaldatabase.com/reports/roaddata.php?pageNum_paradata=29&totalRows_paradata=797}}</ref>

			== Other reported sites ==
			Paranormal investigator Jason Hollis, of the North London Paranormal Investigations team, has documented a wider range of reportedly haunted sites across the borough in his book ''Haunted Enfield'', including Trent Park mansion, Forty Hall, Myddelton House, and Camlet Moat — a medieval moated site in Trent Park's woodland said to be watched over by a dark, silently observing figure, variously attributed to 12th-century nobleman Geoffrey de Mandeville or highwayman Dick Turpin.<ref name="spookyisles">{{cite web \|title=Enfield: 5 Haunted Places To Visit \|publisher=Spooky Isles \|url=https://www.spookyisles.com/enfield-haunted-places/}}</ref>

	== See also ==		== See also ==
	* [[Enfield Poltergeist]]		* [[Enfield Poltergeist]]
			* [[London]]

			== References ==
			{{Reflist}}

	== External links ==		== External links ==
	* [https://www.~~all~~-~~about~~-~~london.com~~/~~2014~~/05/~~ghostly~~-~~goings~~-on-~~haringey-and-enfields~~.~~html All About London~~ — ~~Ghostly Goings On: Haringey and Enfield's Most Haunted Places~~]		* [https://www.spookyisles.com/enfield-haunted-places/ Spooky Isles — Enfield: 5 Haunted Places To Visit]
			* [https://www.haunted-britain.com/bell-lane-enfield.htm Haunted Britain — The Haunting Of Bell Lane]

	[[Category:~~North London~~]]		[[Category:Haunted Locations]]
			[[Category:Enfield]]

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{{CaseInfobox
|name=Enfield
|type=Hub Page — London Borough
|region=North London, England
|first_report=1622 (Hadley Road witch)
|status=Active
}}

'''Enfield''' is a London borough in North London, best known on The Vault as the setting of the [[Enfield Poltergeist]], Britain's most extensively documented poltergeist case.

== The Enfield Poltergeist ==
The borough's best-known case by far — see [[Enfield Poltergeist]] for the full account of the 1977–1979 investigation centred on the Hodgson family's council house on Green Street.

== The phantom coach of Bell Road ==
A horse-drawn coach is said to float above Bell Road at high speed, blamed for several road accidents over the years.

== The Hadley Road witch ==
Local legend holds that a woman living on Hadley Road in the 1600s was executed for witchcraft in 1622, and that her ghostly form returns to the lane on cold, misty nights.

== See also ==
* [[Enfield Poltergeist]]

== External links ==
* [https://www.all-about-london.com/2014/05/ghostly-goings-on-haringey-and-enfields.html All About London — Ghostly Goings On: Haringey and Enfield's Most Haunted Places]

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