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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, "(contracted; show full)

The Cock Lane ghost became a focus of controversy between the [[Methodist]] and [[Anglican church]]es and is referenced frequently in contemporary literature.
 m  [[Charles Dickens]] is one of several Victorian authors whose work alluded to the story and the pictorial [[satirist]] [[William Hogarth]] referenced the ghost in two of his prints.

==Background==
(contracted; show full)[[Category:Hoaxes in the United Kingdom]]
[[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]]