lO Davis's video: Saltersgate Inn Levisham North Yorkshire Haunted History

See more stories on https://www.facebook.com/historyhaunted/ The legend of: Saltersgate Inn , Levisham, North Yorkshire, England, Saltersgate Inn and "the fire that never goes out", dates back to 1648 tells that a fire must burn continually in the hearth to avert catastrophe.The Saltersgate Inn was situated on the A169 According to local history the curse stems from the 1730s when the landlord, a retired sea captain allowed smugglers to use his inn so that locals could avoid paying high taxes on goods. One night after an unsuccessful raid by the tax inspectors, one of the excise men stayed behind but was caught and murdered by the smugglers. His body was buried under the fireplace and so that no one would ever find the body, the landlord told his family that the fire was never to go out. His idea was that no one would ever search under a fire that was lit. By the time the landlord died thirty years later, not letting the fire go out had become a tradition which was carried out until recently. Legend has it that if the fire ever goes out, the ghost of the Excise Man will haunt the Saltersgate Inn and terrorise its inhabitants. The fire that burned in the grate of the pub is no longer lit....it closed in 2007 .The fireplace is still in the building but the surround was taken out by the owner in 2010 when he was preparing to renovate the property. Surveyor Tom Dales, of Allsop, who is working on behalf of the pub’s owner, said: “The surround was in poor condition and our client removed it for safe keeping while the initial work was going on. It can be restored and he is happy to let a new owner have the surround.” The North York Moors National Park Authority has confirmed that the planning permission to convert the Saltersgate Inn into a hotel is applicable indefinitely. Wonder if the New owners will be haunted NOW THE FIRE HAS GONE OUT 😨 Levisham is a small village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire. www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/ http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/ www.telegraph.co.uk All photos from google map Except stated on photo Music ~Kevin MacLeod ~ Loss