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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)nd which were becoming more frequent, could not be stopped.  They apparently emanated from Elizabeth Parsons, who also suffered fits, and the house was regularly disturbed by unexplained noises, likened at the time to the sound of a cat scratching a chair.<ref name="ElizabethODNB"/>  Reportedly determined to discover their source, Richard Parsons had a carpenter remove the [[Panelling|wainscotting]] around Elizabeth's bed.<ref>{{Harvnb|Lang|1894|p=165}}</ref> He approached 
the John Moore, assistant preacher at St Sepulchre's since 1754 and rector of [[St Bartholomew-the-Great]] in [[Smithfield, London|West Smithfield]] since June 1761.  The presence of one ghost, presumed to belong to Fanny's sister, Elizabeth, had already been noted while Fanny lay dying, and the two concluded that the spirit now haunting Parsons' house must be that of Fanny Lynes herself.  The notion that a person's spirit might return from the dead to warn those still alive was a commonly h(contracted; show full)[[Category:18th century in London]]
[[Category:18th-century hoaxes]]

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