# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Hinchingbrooke House Paranormal Investigation
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 21 Feb, 2026 at 08:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Join us for a night of investigation at Hinchingbrooke House. 

£30pp

Founded as a Benedictine nunnery (St James‑extra‑Huntingdon), dissolved under Henry VIII in 1536. The church remnants were later integrated into the house  .

In 1538, Sir Richard Williams (alias Cromwell, nephew of Thomas Cromwell) acquired the estate for about £19 and began converting it into a Tudor country house. His son Henry (Oliver Cromwell’s grandfather) continued modifications, adding distinctive bow windows bearing family arms  .


17th century: Earls of Sandwich

Sold in 1627 to Sir Sidney Montagu, later the first Earl of Sandwich in 1660. Nine generations of the Montagu family resided there.

Notably visited by royalty: Queen Elizabeth I (1564), James I (1603, 1610), Prince Henry (1612), and Charles I, who was even imprisoned there in 1647 en route to Hampton Court  .


19th–20th centuries: Restoration & Reuse

An 1830 fire devastated the mansion's main staircase. Architect Edward Blore was commissioned for structural restoration, including a relocated bow window and interior redesign in a Jacobean style  .

Further alterations occurred in 1894 and the 1960s, notably reinstating a carved late-17th-century staircase from Rolls Park  .

In 1970, it was incorporated into Hinchingbrooke School, now housing the Sixth Form and serving as a venue for public summer tours, weddings, conferences, and seasonal Halloween scare events  .

Architectural Highlights

Gatehouse and perimeter walls date circa 1500, relocated from Ramsey Abbey by the Cromwells—complete with battlements and traceried arches  .

The building combines 2–3 storey stone and Tudor brickwork, featuring castellated parapets, multiple tall chimneys, timber-framed kitchen wings, and the 1602 bow‑window library  .

Interiors include 17th-century panelling (c. 1663), a 1580 library chimney-piece, and Blore’s grand restoration work  .

Hauntings & Curiosities

Two medieval stone coffins found during 1834 restoration revealed skeletons (one male, one female) dating between the 10th–11th centuries. Remnants of the priory survive in the house fabric  .

Numerous ghost sightings have been reported over centuries:

The White Lady, believed possibly to be Martha Ray (mistress of the 4th Earl of Sandwich, murdered in 1779), seen glowing in white and weeping near the house  .

A nun’s apparition near the nearby Nun’s Bridge, blamed in local lore for causing fatal accidents  .

Auditory phenomena: eerie footsteps, disembodied voices, and apparition of a dog and children—especially noted after the house transitioned into a school .
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/huntingdon/hinchingbrooke-house-paranormal-investigation/200028461655012
- **Event Categories**: dog
- **Interested Audience**: 
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## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Huntingdon
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: Hinchingbrooke
- **lat**: 52.336239400051
- **long**: -0.21207320004552
- **full address**: Hinchingbrooke, Huntingdon, United Kingdom

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Hinchingbrooke House Paranormal Investigation being held?
  - **A:** Hinchingbrooke House Paranormal Investigation takes place on Sat, 21 Feb, 2026 at 08:00 pm to Sat, 21 Feb, 2026 at 08:00 pm at Hinchingbrooke, Huntingdon, United Kingdom.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Hinchingbrooke House Paranormal Investigation?
  - **A:** Hinchingbrooke House Paranormal Investigation is organized by HOPE Paranormal Investigations.

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