How historic house is linked to the infamous Bermuda Triangle
SOME people may say it would be almost impossible that a land-locked town in East Staffordshire would have a link to the Bermuda Triangle, a bed of water stretching over 500,000 square miles in the North Atlantic Ocean, where things are said to disappear without trace.
But the area famous for being the location of hundreds of missing aircraft and boats, otherwise known as “Devil’s Triangle”, linked to Burton due to a series of supernatural theories.
The link originates with historic Sinai House in Burton, which is said to be one of the most haunted places in England, and its links to paranormal activity are well documented.
However, Burton-based historian David Adkins wonders how many people actually know the ancient Grade II* listed house in Shobnall Road has a direct link to what it is arguably the most supernatural place on Earth.
In the latest of his remarkable historical claims about Burton, David said: “The link is through the Paget family as William Paget, who owned Sinai House, also gave his name to one of the nine parishes or regions of Bermuda.
“As such William Paget was not only the ancestor of three of the most influential people in English history – he also stamped his name onto one of the most supernatural and paranormal places on Earth.
“He directly links Sinai House to the Bermuda Triangle – both of which have been seen as ‘portals’ or ‘gateways’ to other worldly dimensions.
“William Paget became an ‘adventurer’ with the Virginia Company, which had been created to help found the colonies of North America.
“This famously established Jamestown – the first English settlement in America. As such, Paget was also part of the colonisation programme for the New World.
“As the first settlement of Jamestown ran into various difficulties, a rescue ship was sent but this was wrecked near Bermuda – thus starting the claim on these now infamous islands.
“The major shareholders of the Virginia Company had regions or parishes of Bermuda named after them and the Paget coat of arms, which was such a familiar site in Burton for generations, became the coat of arms of ‘Paget Parish,’ Bermuda – and remains so to this day.”
The Paget family have been reported by previous historians as being “a race apart”, with Queen Victoria supposedly once saying: “There are men, women and Pagets”.
Whether royalty actually said this or not doesn’t take away from the fact the man who once owned the Burton Abbey Estate and who used Sinai House as a hunting lodge is best remembered in one of the most supernatural places on Earth. William Paget was later in life killed in a hunting accident while out riding at Sinai House.