Travelling outside the center of the village is a large white house known as Greystones. It is said that the ghost of a monk from the Tudor era can be seen amid the trees that surround the house. The story goes that the monk fell in love with the daughter of a well-to-do family, but he could not be with her.
Sadly, she died under tragic circumstances and the monk eventually died of a broken heart. To those who have seen the apparition of the monk, he is sometimes accompanied by a woman. But neither has been seen since 1989 as reported by an journalist in the area.
The love interest of the monk lived at Rose Court, a house nearly 300 years old. It was built by a member of the Dering family that supposedly was having an affair with the young woman. The strain of the romantic triangle was said to be too much for her. She committed suicide by consuming a toxic drink. Residents who live near the house report strange noises and a foreboding atmosphere that fills the garden areas.
But of all the ghosts of Pluckley village, the most tragic story belongs a woman of modest means who died in an unfortunate accident.
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