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The Park Park House (correctly named The Park) is a 17th century Grade II listed building in Donington Lincolnshire. It was built in 1645 by The Gleed Family and an additional cottage was added in 1707. It has travelled through The Gleed Family until 1991 when it was aquired by a German family who worked at Gosberton Dental Care. The family moved back to Germany to persue a further dental occupation and it was later bought by Scott Lewis and his (now ex) wife Samantha who still live at The Park to this day.

History Not much is known about the history of The Park. From 1948 - 1989, The Park was used to hold fetes for the Donington Village Church and drew families from miles around to visit it's lucious 9 acre lawn. However, not all of the known history is as bright as that. A newspaper article published in 1906 documented when a housemaid working at The Park discovered that the chimney was blocked up and that there was a strange smell around the servants quarters. On Sunday 1st April 1906 she decided to investigate as the smell was getting unbarable and found that all the stuffing had been removed from the chimney and a hard, brown parcel was lodged in the breast. The housemaid informed a coachman of her discovery and when he unwrapped the parcel they saw, to their horror, the decomposing body of a newborn baby. The coachman took the infant corpse to The Saddle House and called a detective to the case. It hasn't been solved.

Isobel Parker Isobel Parker was a nurse who was working at The Park after the owner (unnamed) fell ill with a serious condition, believed to be tuberculosis. She was employed on the 21st March 1774 to take care of the owner, however strange occurences started taking place. There would be bad smells lingering around the Master Bedroom and deer were found dead on the lawn, even the family dog was found dead with cuts all over it's body. Staff at the time had no idea what could be causing these occurences. However, when a maid who was clearing Isobel's room, she saw a terrible sight. She described a creature hovering over Isobel's bed, almost a mirror image of her. The maid alerted the staff who saw this as a sign of possession. All the strange events happening at The Park were blamed on Isobel Parker and they locked her in her bedroom, staff describe the experience over the next few weeks as "terrifying" as Isobel would constantly scream through the night and violently shake the door handle. Eventually the local vicar was called to examine her, he declared she was possessed by the demon Abaddon (Greek translates to "The Destroyer") and called the extreme need for an exorcism. He alerted John Thomas (The bishop of Rochester) who came and performed an exorcism in The Park. Unfortunately there is no information on what happened during the exorcism but Isobel Parker reportedly died 2 weeks later.