Post by lynz on May 18, 2004 7:36:18 GMT
heres a little bit of info for ya but its only stuff that was posted on mh. its quite hard to find anything on the net about ghostly goings on in chatham dockyard 
The Dockyard's origins date back to 1547, when a building was rented for the storage of rigging and sails belonging to royal ships wintering on the River Medway. The Dockyard itself was born in 1570, and the first vessel was built there in 1586. Many notable ships were built there during the 18th Century, including HMS Victory launched in 1765 (it was used as a hospital ship and prison hulk prior to its conversion to warship in 1800). Convicts were employed at the Dockyard, and were housed on prison hulks until Chatham Prison was built in the 1850's. Thet were mostly involved in repair work and the loading/unloading of cargo. John Dickens - father of Charles - was employed at the Dockyard as a naval pay clerk from 1817 to 1823. Another regular visitor was Samuel Pepys during the 1660's. Pepys records a ghostly event on his virst visit in 1661, when he was awoken at 3am and saw a pillow that he had removed from his bed stand upright. Other ghosts include Peg-leg Jack, who is heard walking in the oldest part of St. Mary's Barracks, a woman in black in the Commissioner's House, two Cavaliers on the kitchen-garden lawn, and a 17th Century drummer boy who hanged himself on St. Mary's Island.
The Dockyard's origins date back to 1547, when a building was rented for the storage of rigging and sails belonging to royal ships wintering on the River Medway. The Dockyard itself was born in 1570, and the first vessel was built there in 1586. Many notable ships were built there during the 18th Century, including HMS Victory launched in 1765 (it was used as a hospital ship and prison hulk prior to its conversion to warship in 1800). Convicts were employed at the Dockyard, and were housed on prison hulks until Chatham Prison was built in the 1850's. Thet were mostly involved in repair work and the loading/unloading of cargo. John Dickens - father of Charles - was employed at the Dockyard as a naval pay clerk from 1817 to 1823. Another regular visitor was Samuel Pepys during the 1660's. Pepys records a ghostly event on his virst visit in 1661, when he was awoken at 3am and saw a pillow that he had removed from his bed stand upright. Other ghosts include Peg-leg Jack, who is heard walking in the oldest part of St. Mary's Barracks, a woman in black in the Commissioner's House, two Cavaliers on the kitchen-garden lawn, and a 17th Century drummer boy who hanged himself on St. Mary's Island.
