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[[File:Cock lane ghost.png|250px|thumb|alt=A monochrome illustration of a narrow street, viewed from a corner, or intersection. A large three-storey building is visible on the right of the image. The ground floor has three windows, the first and second floors have two windows each. The roof appears to contain a row of windows, for a loft space.  The word "KING" is written between the first and second floors, and a sign, "Gas meter maker" hangs above the ground floor windows.|A 19th-century illustration of Cock Lane.  The haunting took place in the three-storey building on the right.]]
The '''Cock Lane ghost''' attracted mass public attention in 18th-century England.  In 1762 an apartment in [[Cock Lane]], a short road adjacent to London's [[Smithfield, London|Smithfield]] market and a few minutes' walk from [[St Paul's Cathedral]], was the site of a reported haunting centred around three people: William Kent, a [[usury|usurer]] from Norfolk, Richard Parsons, a parish clerk, and Parsons' daughter Elizabeth.

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[[Category:History of the City of London]]
[[Category:Crime in London]] 
[[Category:18th century in London]]

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[[fr:Fantôme de Cock Lane]]
[[ja:コック・レーンの幽霊]]