THE BULL HOTEL
ABERGELE

HISTORY:

The Bull Hotel is situated in the centre of Abergele town. The hotel has a pool room, bar, restaurant and cellar on the ground floor, with rooms to let on the 1st and 2nd floors.

In late 1848, Jane Roberts, who lived in Crown Street, in the town of Abergele, opened up her home to a Mormon preacher, John Parry Jr, who was a convert from Newmarket.

Jane Roberts, Jane Parry, Elias and Barbara Morris were his first parishioners. Throughout the years many people in and around Abergele became baptized and were converted to Mormonism.

On April 30th 1849, The Bull Hotel became a place of worship for the Abergele Branch of the LDS Church. Yet by April 1856 its use by the Mormons discontinued, as many of the members had emigrated to Salt Lake City in the Rocky Mountains and other areas of America.

A plaque which hangs on the restaurant wall at The Bull Hotel, shows the photographs of John Parry Jr and Elias Morris, and states the Bull Hotel as a place of worship.

HAUNTINGS:

The Bull Hotel is reputed to be haunted with several ghosts. It is believed one haunting is that of a young man who once lived at the hotel, who died in a road accident while he was out riding his motor bike. The young man was buried in the local cemetery just up the road from the hotel.

The figure of this young man has been witnessed by many staff and guests and is said to roam around the whole of the hotel, where he is said to be dressed in "black leathers".

There is also said to be the haunting of a monk, and it is thought he had died after slipping on a wet surface.

Another haunting is thought to be a female, yet it is unknown who this woman is.

There have also been reports of shadows, strange noises, cold spots, orbs and unusual smells, again, all around the hotel.