The city was one of several locations where witch hunts and executions were conducted in the 17th century.(Pictorial Press Ltd/Alamy Stock Photo) A hawthorn tree in Lancashire’s borough of ...
The story of the Pendle witch trials has become part of Lancashire legend. They came about after a woman named Alizon Device was said to have cursed a pedlar who had refused to give her any pins.
This is presumably where 'witches', or women who did not fall ... The history is not only just an interesting aspect of this ...
IN “The Wonderful Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster” we have one of the most authentic documents in the whole literature of witchcraft. It was written as an account of the ...
Actress Suranne Jones is investigating the Pendle witches for a new TV series. The Dr Foster star will be seen visiting Pendle, Lancashire, where one of the most infamous witch trials took place ...
This mean that Ms Molland would have been England’s last executed “witch” and a plaque commemorating her death and that of three other women known as the Bideford witches – who were ...