David Castleton (Author)<p>The South London suburb of Nunhead is said to get its name from a pub, The Old Nun's Head. The pub, in turn, is reputed to have got its name from the notion that the mother superior of a local convent was beheaded during the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Her head is said to have been placed on a spike on the village green, on the spot where the pub now stands. Though there is little evidence to support this claim, there may have been a convent in the area with links to an Augustinian priory in Shoreditch. The cellars of the pub are said to be haunted by the nun and to contain bricked-up tunnels that once led to the convent. <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/London" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>London</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/gothic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gothic</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/psychogeography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>psychogeography</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/weird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>weird</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>folklore</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ghosts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ghosts</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/paranormal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paranormal</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/pub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pub</span></a></p>