Interesting Buildings From The Past...

Minster Lovell Hall… Oxfordshire England

The ruins of this once imposing manor house lay testament to a frightening and strange tale known as ‘The Mistletoe Bough’
One Christmas many, many years ago the house enjoyed the wedding of young William Lovell, eldest son of the Lovall family, and his attractive young bride. Everyone danced throughout the evening and as it became late and no-one yet wanted to retire, it was suggested that they all play a game of ‘Hide and Seek’
William’s bride offered to hide first, and dared William to find her before the others. Well, time passed and she could not be found. They searched all through the night and into the next day, but without any luck. For a further one week they searched, but never found her. William did not recover from his great loss and died just a few years later from despondency.
It was soon after when a servant found an old oak chest that had lay hidden in the attic from some years before, and when he raised the lid he stared in disbelief… For inside were the remains of a body dressed in a bridal gown.
For in her excitement… William’s young bride had climbed into the chest to hide from the others, and as she did so the lid closed behind her, locking her short life inside forever!