| Show old english building has regulation ghost A tragic story is attached to samlesbury liall hall a fine old medieval building between preston and blackburn which it ii is pro posed to acquire for the nation lather than allow it to be e demolished says bays lon ion don tit bits it has a ghost a woman in white and a handsome young knight who meet in tho the grounds titter foft wailings failings wai lings of despair and then vanish the white lady i is the daughter of an ancient owner of i samlesbury who forbade he her r to see her lover because lie ho had given up hi his ancient faith the couple continued to meet on the wooded slopes elopes of the alie ri abble hoping that the father would relent but one day the girls girl brother surprised them and slow slew the kni knight glit the girl retired to a convent and soon died but on certain nights the story goes sho she can be seen nitting flitting alom along 0 the corridors and gallery of lier her old honic homo out into the grounds to the spot where her lover met his death |
