The Stockwell ghost
In Stockwell, on 6 January 1772, in Mrs Golding's house, crockery was reported flying from shelves and violent noises were heard.
Wikipedia dates the start to 6 January 1772, at Mrs Golding's house. Crockery was reported to have dropped from a shelf, among it stone plates, saucers and cups, and food was flung across the room. The house also rang with violent noises. Mrs Golding took refuge with a neighbour, and the disturbances continued.
Vauxhall History, quoting a nineteenth-century telling, describes Mrs Golding as an elderly lady who lived by herself with a servant, Anne Robinson. It dates the first commotion to Twelfth Day evening, 1772. In that account, pots, pans, hams, cheeses and bread were thrown about, Mrs Golding feared the devil was at work, and she invited neighbours in as company.
Wikipedia adds that the disturbances were observed only when Ann Robinson was present.
"On 6 January 1772 at the house of Mrs Golding, various cups, saucers and stone plates were reported to have fallen from a shelf to the ground and food was thrown across the room. Violent noises were also heard around the house. Golding decided to take refuge with her neighbour but the disturbances continued. It was noted that the disturbances only took place when her servant Ann Robinson was present."
- The Stockwell Ghost, Vauxhall History
- Chapter 25 (Stockwell Ghost), via Tufts Digital Library, Tufts Digital Library (text citing Mackay, Extraordinary Popular Delusions)