Episode 45: Whitley Beaumont Temple

Black Dick’s Tower, The Folly, Whitley Beaumont Temple, or just, The Temple, is an 18th Century ruin that sits in what used to be the Whitley Beaumont estate near Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.The legend goes that this once grand structure is haunted by the ghost of Richard Beaumont, who lost his head (literally) in a duel over bad debts.But how much of the story is actually true?SOURCES📚 Knights of England: A Complete Record from the Earliest Time to the Present Day of the Knights of All the Orders of Chivalry Volume One by William A Shaw💻 https://historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/beaumont-sir-richard-1574-1631 💻 https://landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2022/07/518-beaumont-of-whitley-beaumont.html 💻 https://huddersfield.exposed/wiki/Whitley_Hall,_Whitley_Beaumont_Estate,_Whitley_Upper COME SAY HI!Instagram - https://instagram.com/dontscareclaire/THE LEGAL STUFFI don’t claim ownership of all the extracts, including images, videos and audio, featured in this video. I will include material according to the Creative Commons CC0 licensing, or according to fair usage on the basis that I’m reporting, educating, or providing commentary or critique. Photo Credits: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DmRvtouJmZfnLj_I50o0Bfj-fQl1LTVPYHoadAvfDzk/edit?usp=sharing My whole aim for this channel is to educate and entertain you lovely people, using accurate factual information and personal experiences to the best of my knowledge. I spend hours and hours on the research for each one of my videos, using sources that I like to think are trustworthy. But let’s face it, no one’s perfect, and when you’re dealing with anything in history, especially the paranormal, mistakes will happen. If you’re interested, I’d highly recommend you do your own research, and if I have made a mistake, please tell me about it!