Bear Hotel, Woodstock

Last updated

The Bear Hotel
The Bear Hotel in Woodstock.jpg
Bear Hotel, Woodstock
General information
Location Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England
AddressPark Street, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, OX20 ISZ
Coordinates 51°50′48″N1°21′23″W / 51.846734493370406°N 1.356474601499631°W / 51.846734493370406; -1.356474601499631 Coordinates: 51°50′48″N1°21′23″W / 51.846734493370406°N 1.356474601499631°W / 51.846734493370406; -1.356474601499631
Opening13th century
ManagementMacDonald Hotels and Resorts
Other information
Number of rooms53
Number of restaurants1
Website
https://www.macdonaldhotels.co.uk/bear

The Bear Hotel is a hotel in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, located opposite The Oxfordshire Museum, not far from Blenheim Palace. It is one of England's original 13th-century coaching inns and has stone walls, oak beams, open fireplaces and an ivy facade. The hotel has 53 bedrooms and its restaurant has 2 A.A. Rosettes and 2 RAC Dining Awards. [1] It is run by MacDonald Hotels and Resorts. Notable guests include Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor who stayed at the hotel on many occasions in the Marlboro suite. [2] [3]

Contents

Local legend

At least two of the bedrooms in the hotel are said to be haunted; room 16 is said to be haunted by a female ghost who turns lights on and off. [1] [2] Guests have reported their possessions being moved on many occasions in one of the rooms. [4] Also, employees are said to avoid being alone in the kitchen and the cellar at night.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stokenchurch</span> Human settlement in England

Stokenchurch is a village and civil parish in south-west Buckinghamshire, England. It is located in the Chiltern Hills, about 3 miles (5 km) south of Chinnor in Oxfordshire and 6 miles (10 km) west of High Wycombe. Stokenchurch is a commuter village, served by junction 5 of the M40 motorway to London, Oxford and Birmingham. The Stokenchurch BT Tower, to the west of the village, is a highly visible landmark on the edge of the Chilterns and pinpoints the village's location for miles ahead.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Woodstock, Oxfordshire</span> Human settlement in England

Woodstock is a market town and civil parish, 8 miles (13 km) north-west of Oxford in West Oxfordshire in the county of Oxfordshire, England. The 2011 Census recorded a parish population of 3,100.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kidlington</span> Large village in Oxfordshire, England

Kidlington is a major village and civil parish in Oxfordshire, England, between the River Cherwell and the Oxford Canal, 5 miles (8 km) north of Oxford and 712 miles (12 km) south-west of Bicester. It remains officially a village despite its size. The 2011 census put the parish population at 13,723.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lumley Castle</span> 14th Century Northern English Castle

Lumley Castle is a 14th-century quadrangular castle at Chester-le-Street in the North of England, near the city of Durham and a property of the Earl of Scarbrough. It is a Grade I listed building. It is currently a hotel.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mount Washington Hotel</span> Hotel in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire

The Mount Washington Hotel is a hotel in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, United States, near Mount Washington. It was designed by Charles Alling Gifford. In 1944, it hosted the Bretton Woods Conference, which established the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Steeple Aston</span> Human settlement in England

Steeple Aston is a village and civil parish on the edge of the Cherwell Valley, in the Cherwell District of Oxfordshire, England, about 12 miles (19 km) north of Oxford, 7 miles (11 km) west of Bicester, and 10 miles (16 km) south of Banbury. The 2011 Census recorded the parish population as 947. The village is 108 metres (354 ft) above sea level. The River Cherwell and Oxford Canal pass 1 mile (2 km) east of the village. The river forms part of the eastern boundary of the parish. The parish's southern boundary, 12 mile (800 m) south of the village, also forms part of Cherwell District's boundary with West Oxfordshire.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Deddington</span> Human settlement in England

Deddington is a civil parish and small town in Oxfordshire about 6 miles (10 km) south of Banbury. The parish includes two hamlets: Clifton and Hempton. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 2,146. Deddington is a small settlement but has a commercial centre including a market place, which hosts a popular monthly farmer’s market. It has been a market town probably since the 12th century. One of the Hundred Rolls of King Edward I from 1275–76 records Deddington as a borough. It has a deli, coffee shop, restaurant, three pubs and a town hall. Its football team is called Deddington Town FC.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Long Hanborough</span> Human settlement in England

Long Hanborough is a village in Hanborough civil parish, about 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of Witney in West Oxfordshire, England. The village is the major settlement in Hanborough parish. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 2,630.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Shipton-under-Wychwood</span> Human settlement in England

Shipton-under-Wychwood is an English village and civil parish in the Evenlode valley about 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Burford, Oxfordshire. The village is one of three named after the ancient forest of Wychwood. The others are Milton-under-Wychwood immediately to the west of the village and Ascott-under-Wychwood about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the east. The 2011 Census recorded Shipton-under-Wychwood's parish population as 1,244.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">The Oxfordshire Museum</span>

The Oxfordshire Museum is in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, located in Fletcher's House, Park Street, opposite the Bear Hotel. It is a regional museum covering the county of Oxfordshire. The museum is located on the edge of the Cotswolds.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stadhampton</span> Human settlement in England

Stadhampton is a village and civil parish about 7 miles southeast of Oxford in South Oxfordshire, England. Stadhampton is close to the River Thame, a tributary of the River Thames. The village was first mentioned by name in 1146, and was in the ownership of the bishops of Lincoln, the crown, and various Oxford colleges for most of subsequent history. The village includes several buildings of historical and architectural interest, including a parish church with features dating back to the 12th-century.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wootton, West Oxfordshire</span> Human settlement in England

Wootton is a village and civil parish on the River Glyme about 2 miles (3 km) north of Woodstock, Oxfordshire. In recent years the village is sometimes referred to as Wootton-by-Woodstock to distinguish it from Wootton, Vale of White Horse, which was in Berkshire but was transferred to Oxfordshire in the 1974 local authority boundary changes. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 569. The parish is bounded to the west partly by the River Glyme, to the north partly by a stream that joins the River Dorn, to the south-east by the course of Akeman Street Roman road, to the south-west by the pale of Blenheim Great Park and on other sides by field boundaries. It includes two deserted medieval villages: Dornford on the River Dorn, and Hordley on the River Glyme just downstream of the confluence of the Dorn and Glyme.

Tales of ghosts from the American Civil War have been popularly shared since its end. Among the locales that have become known for Civil War ghost stories are the Sharpsburg battlefield near Sharpsburg, Maryland; the Chickamauga battlefield in Georgia; Harper's Ferry, West Virginia; Buras, Louisiana; and Warren, Arkansas.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Holt Hotel (Oxfordshire)</span> Building in England

The Holt Hotel is an historic hotel near Steeple Aston, Oxfordshire, England. It is on the corner of the crossroads between the A4260 Oxford Road and the B4030, about 1 mile (1.6 km) southwest of Steeple Aston opposite a fuel station. It was founded in 1475 as a coaching inn with six rooms and now has 86 rooms. Its restaurant has been awarded a AA Rosette for quality cuisine.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Reportedly haunted locations in the United Kingdom</span> List of locations in the U.K where people have seen/ experienced paranormal activity.

The following is a list of reportedly haunted locations in the United Kingdom.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">The George Hotel, Crawley</span> Hotel and former coaching inn in England

The George Hotel, also known as the George Inn and now marketed as the Ramada Crawley Gatwick, is a hotel and former coaching inn on the High Street in Crawley, a town and borough in West Sussex, England. The George was one of the country's most famous and successful coaching inns, and the most important in Sussex, because of its location halfway between the capital city, London, and the fashionable seaside resort of Brighton. Cited as "Crawley's most celebrated building", it has Grade II* listed status.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Reportedly haunted locations in Scotland</span>

There are a number of reportedly haunted locations in Scotland.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">The Mermaid Inn, Rye</span>

The Mermaid Inn is a Grade II* listed historical inn located on Mermaid Street in the ancient town of Rye, East Sussex, southeastern England. One of the best-known inns in southeast England, it was established in the 12th century and has a long, turbulent history. The current building dates from 1420 and has 16th-century additions in the Tudor style, but cellars built in 1156 survive. The inn has a strong connection with the notorious Hawkhurst Gang of smugglers, who used it in the 1730s and 1740s as one of their strongholds: Rye was a thriving port during this period. Some of the smugglers, their mistresses and other characters are reported to haunt the inn.

References

  1. 1 2 "Reputedly Haunted Hotels and Inns". English Inns.co.uk. Archived from the original on 29 December 2010. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Ghostly goings-on in haunted county". Oxford Mail. 31 October 2009. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
  3. Porter, Darwin; Prince, Danforth (2010). Frommer's England 2011. Frommer's. p. 268. ISBN   978-0-470-61538-6.
  4. Underwood, Peter (1971). A gazetteer of British ghosts:Frontiers of the unknown. Souvenir Press. p. 271.