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Para-InvestigationsPara-Investigations Text Box: The Golden Fleece is York's Most Haunted pub, thus one of the England's most haunted sites. The Golden Fleece is well known for its Ghosts. Being an ancient building which is mentioned in the York Archives as far back as 1503, the Golden Fleece stands directly opposite York's most historic and picturesque street, the shambles. The inn gets its present name and distinctive sign from The Merchant Adventurers who owned it and who were responsible for the burgeoning woollen trade based on the River Ouse. Richard Booth, the landlord of the inn in 1667, minted his own coin - as a number of York merchants were allowed to do at this time - showing the pub sign on one side. After the Restoration an Effigy of Oliver Cromwell hung for some years in the pavement opposite the inn. The yard at the rear is named after Lady Alice Peckett, whose husband John was the Lord Mayor of York and also owned this historic inn around 1702. In times gone by, the cellar was used to store the bodies of people who were hung at Bale Hill before the families came to claim them. In 1852 it was re-named the Golden Hart but then reverted to the Golden Fleece The rear yard is named after Lady Alice Peckett whose husband, John, owned the premises as well as being Lord Mayor of York around 1702. Many guests have reported seeing the late Lady Peckett wandering the endless corridors and staircases in the wee, small hours and, including ghostly apparitions and moving furniture, hers is just one of the five resident spirits. Poltergeist has been seen moving furniture and rumour is that there are five resident ghosts that still reside at the Inn. One famous ghost is one of a World War 2 airman who fell to his death out of a window, he is said to still wander the Inn and prods people who stay there The Golden Fleece Ghost Watch

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