The ruins of Lesnes Abbey date back to 1178 and are no strangers to myths and legends.

The Abbey was founded by Richard De Luci and has creepy woodlands that, legend has it, are haunted by a monk who was killed for being caught with a woman.

There is, allegedly, also a phantom horseman who also inhabits the historic landmark.

As well as these legends, a new creepy picture has surfaced appearing to show a spirit in the bottom corner.

The shadowy figure looks like it is in a tunic and leggings, according to its owner.

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Karen Sowsbery, part of Lesnes Abbey's Walking Group, said: "The photo has been handed down in our family from my granddad James Preston.

"As you can see it shows a figure, in a tunic, and tailored leggings called chausses and pointed shoes.

"This photo was given to my grandad by his friend who worked at Tate and Lyle. My grandad, having a natural interest in ghosts and living just up the road from the Abbey, took the photo to many experts. They proved in wasn't a fake and not a double negative. However they couldn't say one way or another if it was a ghost. Many believed indeed in was."

This is not the first 'ghost' spotted in Abbey Wood, as one man captured spooky footage in Overton Road last year.

The photo of the figure at the Abbey was taken in the 1930s.

Mrs Sowsbery, of Tunstock Way, said: "My mother, now 80 and her three siblings named the photo Richard de Luci, who was the founder of the Abbey.

"They spent many days as children taking photos hoping to catch the eerie figure again on their photos.

"To the day my grandad died he believed this was a genuine photo of the ghost of Lesnes Abbey."

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