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Throwley Old Hall is a ruined mansion dating from the early 1500s, brooding over the Peak District landscape from its hilltop location near Ilam. The seat of the Meverell family from its completion in 1503, the hall went through several owners after the last Meverell lady married into the Cromwell dynasty. One strange occupancy was as a meeting place for the religious sect known as The Muggletonians, who believed prayer and worship to be a pointless waste of time and that the soul died with the body. Nonetheless they believed in the power of curses which they pronounced on their opponents with relish, with the peaceful Quakers seen as their arch enemies. Throwley Old Hall is said to be haunted, mainly by a little blonde haired boy who wanders the ruins asking for help, then bursts into tears when none is forthcoming. A farmer claimed to have once seen a headless woman standing amid the crumbling walls, the front of her dress soaked with blood. A horse-drawn carriage is said to make its presence known by either sight or sound depending on the time of year, re-enacting its final journey where it allegedly crashed near the hall, killing its two passengers. Fans of the supernatural stories of MR James might be interested to know that a huge ash tree stands next to the ruins, with one branch almost touching the crumbling tower; as you can see in one of the images I climbed its huge roots and took an image at the base of the Ash. The area in which the ruins stand was eerily quiet.. the only sound punctuating the air came from some polythene sheets occasionally flapping in the wind from the roof of the farm building behind it. #personalgrowth #motivational #graves #haunted #ghosts #paranormal #ghoststories

14/12/25 the stepping stones were under water after high amount of rain, still passable just with wet feet

Impressive old ruins with a notice board explaining the history

Impressive buildings, was having work done when I went so some paths was closed

Check during the winter as the stepping stones weren't accessible and the path had flooded

A great little coffee shop to call at, the cakes are amazing 😋

Impressive on passing but not an attraction in itself.

Tiny and full of lovely goodies to eat and drink. Gets busy in fine weather and locates in quaint hamlet. They even have pain killers :)