History on Molrams Lane

Molram’s Lane

Around 200 years ago a wealthy landowner by the name of Molly Ram (sometimes written as Mollie Ram) used to enjoy a drink or two, much to the displeasure of her husband. Rumour has it that after one night too many drinking at the Royal Oak in Sandon, which is now The Crown, Mollie was murdered by her husband and dumped in a ditch on Lover’s Lane. Some people have witnessed a ghost on The Bringey too, which is the path that leads from the centre of Baddow to Woodhill Road, that leads to The Crown.

Her husband was not seen again, it is assumed that he fled the scene of the murder to avoid prosecution and a certain death penalty. As Mollie was such a popular character, the lane was renamed Molrams Lane.

According to a tale recited in Great Baddow, An Oral History, one night two women were walking one evening after dark along Molrams Lane towards Ladywell Corner on the Southend Road when they felt someone was behind them. They both turned and nobody was there but they had a strong feeling of an evil presence which continued to follow them for several hundred yards. It was pitch black as there was no street lighting and few houses.

Eventually they reached a house and were bathed in light, and one of them said “Thank God!”, at which point the evil presence immediately left.

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