huddersfield ghosts

there are many famous ghosts associated with this northern textile town arguably
"BLACK DICK" the most notorious , he is said to have a number of haunts one being BAY HALL at Birkby another is BLACK DICKS TEMPLE between Mirfield & kirkheaton . SIR RICHARD BEAUMONT was a first cousin of Elizabeth the first ,Along with the ramsdens these were the two wealthiest & most influential families in Huddersfield . "Black Dick" was a gambler , bad debter , highwayman who indulged in popular piracy to pay off his debts . It has been speculated he murdered a servant girl in his employ after discovering she was pregnant with his child . He is thought to have been killed at the entrance to one of the tunnels beneath Almondbury in a duel over money . To this day people report seeing the spectre of Black dick most commonly on july 5th , the day on which he died