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The White Lady of Gibside

A countess who escaped.

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Illustration: The White Lady of Gibside
The legend
Ghost

The White Lady of Gibside

Stoney Bowes.

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What's there
Ruined hall in parkland
Legend from
Gateshead
Tone
Melancholy
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Before you go

National Trust estate near Rowlands Gill; the hall is a ruin. Check before you go.

  • Gibside
  • Near A694
  • The pin is approximate.

The unhappy heiress.

Mary Eleanor Bowes (1749-1800) inherited Gibside's fortune but was tricked into marrying Andrew 'Stoney' Robinson Bowes, who ran up debts and kept her a prisoner. Local tradition says the White Lady of Gibside Hall is her lingering spirit.

Sources

  1. What beckoning ghost, The Northumbrian —
  2. History of Gibside, National Trust —

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