 It is alleged that a young girl was playing hide and seek and she was found dead behind a wall and a curtain.It also says that "during the Commonwealth era, there were hints of counterfeiting activities in the vaults and cellars of Clegg Hall"; it was common for smugglers and counterfeiters of the period to use tales of ghosts to scare off locals.Some time in the 1950s there was a fire at the hall which caused severe damage.