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Paranormal activity at the Royal Anchor ?
- paul (4th Nov 2025 16:10:49)
Hi,
According to history a Highwayman/Smuggler, called Captain Jacques still haunts the establishment in the Square.
Staff have witnessed his presence, late night, wearing a cloak and tricorn hat.
During his time locally, he hid contraband at Bramshott Church. Unfortunately for him, he was shot dead by Excisemen.
Anyone locally experienced odd events, maybe we do come back?
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Re: Paranormal activity at the Royal Anchor ?
- D (4th Nov 2025 18:46:40)
I think there was a thread on this a few years ago, my grandmother used to tell me room 6 is haunted.
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Re: Paranormal activity at the Royal Anchor ?
- paul (4th Nov 2025 19:14:56)
Hi D,
Yes your are right, The then room 6 was occupied by the Captain.
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Re: Paranormal activity at the Royal Anchor ?
- Morris (4th Nov 2025 21:04:53)
Can you still stay at the anchor or are the upstairs bedroom rooms kept empty?
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Re: Paranormal activity at the Royal Anchor ?
- Local (4th Nov 2025 23:14:28)
Wow, does this mean there is a God too? Should we all be in church this Sunday?😂
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Re: Paranormal activity at the Royal Anchor ?
- geoff (5th Nov 2025 08:03:36)
Well if there truly is a ghost then he's done a great job of scaring people away. Every time I go past the pub it looks completely empty.
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Re: Paranormal activity at the Royal Anchor ?
- D (5th Nov 2025 10:18:34)
Paul, I do believe Liphook and surrounding area is an area of "heightened paranormal activity". That is what drew the likes of George Bernard Shaw, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Boris Karloff here.
Yes, Local, I do go to church. I hope you don't have a problem with that.
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Re: Paranormal activity at the Royal Anchor ?
- Super hans (5th Nov 2025 16:45:25)
I heard the ghost also leaves 5 star TripAdvisor reviews.
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Re: Paranormal activity at the Royal Anchor ?
- J (5th Nov 2025 19:58:31)
How strange that I was literally just re-reading some of Adam Carew’s book “Ghosts of East Hampshire†only last night. Lots of local ghosts (around Bramshott in particular) mentioned there including Captain Jacques.
I’d definitely be interested in finding out more about the various apparitions!
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Re: Paranormal activity at the Royal Anchor ?
- Lorac Nostaw (6th Nov 2025 17:40:40)
Is this ghost responsible for the post box being out of use outside the Millennium Hall? We thought someone might have put something nasty into it. We await the denouement.
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Re: Paranormal activity at the Royal Anchor ?
- paul (6th Nov 2025 21:17:50)
Hi Lorac,
I believe the end of the Postbox outside the Millennium Centre, is a Royal Mail Ghost change.
The location will become a Drop-off, and Collection boxes facility instead.
With Royal Mail starting in England in 1660, there maybe many past Posties in our village, living as Ghosts.
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Re: Paranormal activity at the Royal Anchor ?
- Joe (7th Nov 2025 08:55:34)
The post boxes are all being changed they will have solar powered units on the top and will be a drop off point for small parcels and there will still be a separate compartment to post letters.
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Re: Paranormal activity at the Royal Anchor ?
- Liphook Heritage Centre (18th Nov 2025 09:37:01)
The Liphook Heritage Centre has several short accounts in our collection related to Captain Jacques time at the Royal Anchor.
As we are open on Saturday 22nd November (Christmas Market), why not come in and see them for yourself.
Open from 10 - 1pm.
We look forward to welcoming you then.
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Re: Paranormal activity at the Royal Anchor ?
- paul (18th Nov 2025 18:54:38)
Hi,
As the notorious, smuggler, and highwayman was Captain Jacques.
He lived in room 6, first floor, of the Royal Anchor.
His stash, and contraband, was hidden at Bramshott Church.
I wonder on a night-off, if he wandered over to the Green Dragon pub, for a quiet drink?
Maybe a Statue could be mounted as "honour amongst thieves", in the Square.
There is still enough of his type around our Parish, and he would be proud.
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Re: Paranormal activity at the Royal Anchor ?
- er (19th Nov 2025 10:48:33)
I recall being told that in days gone you could rent a room at the Royal Anchor Hotel, so presumably a lot of people will have spent an uncomfortable night in the 'haunted' Room 6!
I notice that now the address is listed as an HMO on the council website, (Liphook's only HMO I believe!). Presumably that's for staff.
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Re: Paranormal activity at the Royal Anchor ?
- Joe (19th Nov 2025 13:25:28)
Not so sure the council’s website is up to date? I know of at least one other and all those people on Air b and B should be registered
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