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Hellens Manor Herefordshire |
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 The manor was first used by French Monks who were sent to educate the locals. The hall we see today is from when the original hall was heavely modernised during the Tudor times. After the monks left it was granted to the de Balun family in 1066, it was eventually passed to the Mortimers and by 1301 it was passed on again to the Lords of Audley, who were created Earls of Gloucester in 1337. Hugh Audley set up a Baron Court at the manor and there were gallows in the grounds. James a nephew to the family rented the manor and he then leased it to Wallter Heylon. Walter was the one that gave the manor its name. His descendents continued to live their without hardly any interuption. It is now a museum and is open to the public.
Hellens Manor is said to be home to a few ghosts including a eldery man in Bloody Marys room who is known for interupting your sleep, monks have been seen, a woman in a different bedroom and a ghost of a man thought to be Philip Musgrave. Also bangs have been heard and things have been known to move.
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