Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

COCK LANE GHOST

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 627 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
» Make a correction to this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

See also:

COCK See also:LANE See also:GHOST , a supposed apparition, the vagaries of which attracted extraordinary public See also:attention in See also:London during 1762. At a See also:house in Cock Lane, Smithfield, tenanted by one See also:Parsons, knockings and other noises were said to occur at See also:night varied by the See also:appearance of a luminous figure, alleged to be the ghost of a Mrs See also:Kent who had died in the house some two years before. A thorough investigation revealed that ,Parsons' daughter, a See also:child of eleven, was the source of the disturbance. The See also:object of the Parsons See also:family seems to have been to accuse the See also:husband of the deceased woman of murdering her, with a view to See also:blackmail. Parsons was prosecuted and condemned to the See also:pillory. Among the crowds who visited the house was Dr See also:Johnson, who was in consequence made the object of a scurrilous attack by the poet See also:Charles See also:Churchill in " The Ghost." See A. See also:Lang, Cock Lane and See also:Common Sense (1894).

End of Article: COCK LANE GHOST

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.
Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.

Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.

[back]
COCHLAEUS, JOHANN (1479-1552) 		[next]
COCK X (or Come), HIERONYMUS [JEROME] (1510-1570)

Site © 2006 - Net Industries