Milton Combe

In the tranquil embrace of West Devon’s Tavy Valley, where the hamlets of Buckland Monachorum and Milton Combe lie entwined by ancient lanes and whispered grief, the past haunts the present with spectral bells and ghostly hooves that bind the villages in a mournful dance. At St. Andrew’s Church in Buckland Monachorum, unmarked graves whisper of plague victims or murdered monks, their restless spirits tolling sorrowful bells at midnight on Christmas Eve since a hidden vault’s discovery in 1841, while in Milton Combe, a phantom horse and cart—seen by Elsie Taverner in 1962—creaks through the night, echoing a tragic journey from centuries past. These intertwined hauntings weave a tapestry of loss across the hills, their echoes of sorrow and mystery a testament to souls tethered forever to the land they once called home.