The Farrington Inn - Farrington Gurney
History-
Little is known, just that it was built late 18th century
In the Domesday book, the village was known as Ferentone.
The second part of the name is believed to come from the Gournays, its ancient possessors, including Robert de Gournay in 1225.
When Sir Thomas de Gournay was implicated in the murder of Edward II at Berkeley Castle, his estates were confiscated; Farrington was later annexed to the Duchy of Cornwall.
The manor house is believed to date from 1637, and the old parsonage from around 1700.
Local industry included coal mining on the Somerset coalfield from around 1780 to sometime in the 1920s
On 17 September 1944 a Royal Air Force, Airspeed Horsa I (RJ113) was taking part in Operation Market Garden.
While en-route the aircraft exploded which caused the tail to separate and the glider crashed near Farrington Gurney, killing the two pilots and all 21 paratroopers.
Hauntings -
Guests would complain about the noise coming from one of the rooms, thinking it was the 'honeymoon' suite when there was no one in there.
This became so frequent that it was known as the honeymoon suite.
Shadows were seen in the corridors and the ghost of a lady would be seen at the attic window, by the landlady's children and other people.
One of the previous landlords, who had young children were often said to have nightmares, find their belongings messed up and hear their names being called by what they thought was their father, but was not, it was something mimicking?
The building had been blessed several times and exorcists called in.
Read more details on the link below
Thoughts/ Research
Unfortunately I am unable to find any maps earlier than the mid 1800's to check when it appeared and what may have been there before.
It was used for inquests, which is common for most village pubs at one time, evidence of this can be found in the newspaper archives, of which I found one dated 1860 of the accidental shooting of a game watcher.
As for the alleged male voice spirit, there was a man died at the pub in 1870, aged 60, quite likely the landlord at the time.
October 1869 there was a substantial fire in the stables, no one was injured, this was a year before the landlord above died.
Other than that, fairly routine 'pub' stuff.
It would be interesting to know if there was still activity or any reports to tie in with the above account, which was fairly recent and is just one persons/ families experiences.
To make it more compelling and to possibly give it a 'haunted' label, it would be good to have more historical sightings, eye witness accounts and activity.
Was it known in the village to be haunted? it would be great to hear from locals on this.
Source - Paranormal Bristol - Selena Wright
Wikipedia & Spooky Isles