An Original Ghost Story for Christmas not heard for 100 Years

I found this story a few months ago. It was written by James Mills Woodward who was a local artist and amateur archaeologist in the town of Redditch in Worcestershire, England. The story was published by the Redditch Indicator in weekly articles at Christmas in 1887. It was then republished in 1924. So 100 years later, I'll be releasing the story in its modern form a podcast.