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	\|name=Mosborough Hall		\|name=Mosborough Hall
	\|type=~~Haunted~~ Manor ~~House~~ / ~~Hotel~~		\|type=Manor house / hotel
	\|~~region~~=Mosborough, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England		\|location=Mosborough, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
	\|~~first_report~~=~~Late 1600s~~		\|built=16th century (present hall); manor recorded from the 14th century
	\|status=~~Active —~~ regular ghost-hunting venue		\|status=Operating hotel
			\|known_for=Reputed to be one of Sheffield's most haunted buildings; regular ghost-hunting venue
	}}		}}
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			'''Mosborough Hall''' is a manor house dating to the 16th century in Mosborough, Sheffield, now operating as a hotel, widely reputed to be one of the city's most haunted buildings and a regular venue for organised paranormal investigations.<ref name="star1">{{cite web \|title=Mosborough Hall: the ghostly secrets of Sheffield's most haunted hotel \|url=https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/mosborough-hall-the-ghostly-secrets-of-sheffields-most-haunted-hotel-240976 \|publisher=The Star}}</ref>

	~~'''~~Mosborough ~~Hall''' is a manor house dating~~ to the ~~16th~~ century in Mosborough, ~~Sheffield~~, ~~now operating as~~ a ~~hotel~~, ~~widely reputed~~ to ~~be one~~ of the ~~city~~'s ~~most haunted buildings and a regular venue for organised paranormal investigations~~.		== History ==
			The manor of Mosborough has documented owners stretching back to the 14th century, including Lord John Darcy in 1340 and Sir James Strangeways in 1350.<ref name="mosboroughhistory">{{cite web \|title=The History of Mosborough Hall Hotel \|url=https://www.mosboroughhall.co.uk/about-us/our-history \|publisher=Mosborough Hall Hotel}}</ref> In 1420, it was granted to Robert Carey, a knight under Henry V, after he defeated a Spanish knight in a trial of arms at Smithfield.<ref name="mosboroughhistory"/> Carey's grandson, William Carey, was born at the hall in 1496 and went on to marry Mary Boleyn — elder sister of Anne Boleyn, and, during her time at Hampton Court, briefly the mistress of Henry VIII.<ref name="mosboroughhistory"/> The estate later passed to Joseph Stone, who in 1671 built a 110-foot brewery house on the grounds, generally credited as the origin of the brewing operation that later became Stones Brewery, part of Sheffield's Bass Brewery.<ref name="mosboroughhistory"/>

	== The White Lady ==		== The White Lady ==
	The hall's best-known ghost is "the White Lady," said to be a governess who worked at the hall in the late 1600s. According to the legend, she began an affair with the hall's married squire and became pregnant; though he initially promised her financial support and a cottage of her own, he later reneged, and when she threatened to reveal the affair to his wife, he slit her throat in her room under the pretence of finally keeping his promise. The sounds of their final, fatal argument are said to still be heard drifting through the hall at night, and her figure has been reported in the Lord John Darcy Suite, now marketed by the hotel as a themed "Haunted Ghost Package" for overnight guests.		The hall's best-known ghost is "the White Lady," said to be a governess who worked at the hall in the late 1600s.<ref name="star1"/> According to the legend, she began an affair with the hall's married squire and became pregnant; though he initially promised her financial support and a cottage of her own, he later reneged, citing financial constraints, and when she threatened to reveal the affair to his wife, he slit her throat in her room under the pretence of finally keeping his promise.<ref name="hauntedrooms-product">{{cite web \|title=Mosborough Hall Hotel — Sheffield, South Yorkshire \|url=https://www.hauntedrooms.co.uk/product/mosborough-hall-hotel \|publisher=Haunted Rooms}}</ref> The sounds of their final, fatal argument are said to still be heard drifting through the hall at night, and her figure has been reported in the Lord John Darcy Suite — the oldest room in the hotel and, by tradition, the room in which the murder took place — now marketed by the hotel as a themed "Haunted Ghost Package" for overnight guests.<ref name="star1"/><ref name="ghostpackage">{{cite web \|title=Mosborough Hall Hotel Ghost Package \|url=https://www.mosboroughhall.co.uk/packages/haunted-ghost-package \|publisher=Mosborough Hall Hotel}}</ref>

	== The spectral dog ==		== The spectral dog ==
	A large black dog, said to have belonged to the murdered governess and to have pined for her after her ~~death~~, has also been reported at the hall over the years, sometimes heard howling. ~~One~~ account ~~describes~~ a seamstress caring for a sick child at the hall ~~seeing~~ the dog appear in a doorway, approach the child's cot, gently grip her wrist without biting, and then vanish.		A large black dog, said to have belonged to the murdered governess and to have pined to death for her after her killing, has also been reported at the hall over the years, sometimes heard howling.<ref name="star1"/> A separate account attributes the dog's appearance instead to a seamstress who was caring for a sick child at the hall: she reportedly saw the dog appear in a doorway, approach the child's cot, gently grip her wrist without biting, and then vanish.<ref name="star1"/>

	== The doctor's ordeal ==		== The doctor's ordeal ==
	In the early 20th century, a local doctor sceptical of the hall's ghost stories reportedly spent a night alone in one of its rooms to disprove them. He passed the night without incident, but staff who unlocked the room the next morning found his bed apparently soaked in blood — blood the doctor himself, unharmed, had not noticed until he turned and saw their reaction.		In the early 20th century, a local doctor sceptical of the hall's ghost stories reportedly spent a night alone in one of its rooms to disprove them. He passed the night without incident, but staff who unlocked the room the next morning found his bed apparently soaked in blood — blood the doctor himself, unharmed, had not noticed until he turned and saw their reaction. He subsequently resigned his post as the hall's Medical Officer and never returned.<ref name="hauntedrooms-product"/>

			{{VaultLocationBrief
			\|type=Haunted Hotel
			\|reports=The White Lady (a murdered governess), a spectral black dog, and the "bloodied bed" account of a sceptical local doctor
			\|investigation=A regular venue for organised ghost-hunting events and overnight paranormal packages marketed by the hotel itself
			\|history=A manor site with documented owners from the 14th century, including a genealogical link to Mary Boleyn through William Carey, born at the hall in 1496; the present 16th-century hall now operates as a hotel
			\|assessment=Mosborough Hall's ghost stories are consistently repeated across local and hospitality press, but rest entirely on local legend and undated oral tradition rather than any documented historical incident matching the White Lady's story specifically.
			}}

	== See also ==		== See also ==
	* [[Mosborough]]		* [[Mosborough]]
			* [[Sheffield]]

			== References ==
			{{Reflist}}

	== External links ==		== External links ==
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	* [https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/mosborough-hall-the-ghostly-secrets-of-sheffields-most-haunted-hotel-240976 The Star — Mosborough Hall: the ghostly secrets of Sheffield's most haunted hotel]		* [https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/mosborough-hall-the-ghostly-secrets-of-sheffields-most-haunted-hotel-240976 The Star — Mosborough Hall: the ghostly secrets of Sheffield's most haunted hotel]

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{{CaseInfobox
|name=Mosborough Hall
|type=Haunted Manor House / Hotel
|region=Mosborough, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
|first_report=Late 1600s
|status=Active — regular ghost-hunting venue
}}

'''Mosborough Hall''' is a manor house dating to the 16th century in Mosborough, Sheffield, now operating as a hotel, widely reputed to be one of the city's most haunted buildings and a regular venue for organised paranormal investigations.

== The White Lady ==
The hall's best-known ghost is "the White Lady," said to be a governess who worked at the hall in the late 1600s. According to the legend, she began an affair with the hall's married squire and became pregnant; though he initially promised her financial support and a cottage of her own, he later reneged, and when she threatened to reveal the affair to his wife, he slit her throat in her room under the pretence of finally keeping his promise. The sounds of their final, fatal argument are said to still be heard drifting through the hall at night, and her figure has been reported in the Lord John Darcy Suite, now marketed by the hotel as a themed "Haunted Ghost Package" for overnight guests.

== The spectral dog ==
A large black dog, said to have belonged to the murdered governess and to have pined for her after her death, has also been reported at the hall over the years, sometimes heard howling. One account describes a seamstress caring for a sick child at the hall seeing the dog appear in a doorway, approach the child's cot, gently grip her wrist without biting, and then vanish.

== The doctor's ordeal ==
In the early 20th century, a local doctor sceptical of the hall's ghost stories reportedly spent a night alone in one of its rooms to disprove them. He passed the night without incident, but staff who unlocked the room the next morning found his bed apparently soaked in blood — blood the doctor himself, unharmed, had not noticed until he turned and saw their reaction.

== See also ==
* [[Mosborough]]

== External links ==
* [https://www.hauntedrooms.co.uk/haunted-places/sheffield Haunted Rooms — Top 5 Most Haunted Places in Sheffield]
* [https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/mosborough-hall-the-ghostly-secrets-of-sheffields-most-haunted-hotel-240976 The Star — Mosborough Hall: the ghostly secrets of Sheffield's most haunted hotel]

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