Local legend has it that the 'Grey Lady' haunts the Ellowes grounds and School.

One theory put forward by locals is that a lady had drowned in the pool after a coach overturned at the bottom of the Ellowes drive, although no record of this has been found.

Apparitions and ghostly sounds of galloping horses have been reported.

Who was the 'Grey Lady'? There is a similar tale of a 'Grey Lady' that haunts the Dudley Castle grounds.

Could it be that of Eliza Gray Ballenden of Bleak House, Sedgley. Was this the 'Gray' Lady? Eliza was the second wife of John Lloyd Gibbons of Ellowes Hall, she died in 1929.
However she had moved away from the Ellowes after her husband's death in 1919.

The Grey (or Gray) Lady story possibly was perpetuated by past owners of the Hall to discourage local folk from trespassing on the estate.

The following appeared in a 1950s newspaper - Gornal.

'The Naughty Nine' gang is almost a legend.
On coming out of the pubs on Sunday mid-day the members of this gang would fight in the street till they knocked each other out. They would lie till opening time in the evening then they'd shake hands and return to their drinking.

Although the above is yet to be confirmed, it sounds about right...