A new world record for the most people dressed as witches in ... the summit of the hill. The two-day trials in 1612 led to 10 people being hanged at Gallows Hill in Lancaster, after being found ...

The poem was commissioned to mark the 400th anniversary of the 1612 Pendle Witch Trials, which saw 10 people hanged at Gallows Hill in Lancaster. Ms Duffy said the echoes of those persecuted were ...

The statue was the idea of Pendle councillor James Starkie A ... The two-day trials in 1612 led to 10 people being hanged at Gallows Hill in Lancaster, after being found guilty of causing death ...

The twelve accused lived in the area surrounding Pendle Hill in Lancashire. All but two were tried at Lancaster Assizes on 18–19 August 1612, along with the Samlesbury witches and others ...

A LANCASTER ... witch trials of 1612 at Blackburn Library on Wednesday, October 17. In August 1612, 10 people from Pendle were convicted of witchcraft at Lancaster Castle and sent to the gallows.

This is Pendle witch country ... off to the gallows. At their trial, all but one was found guilty of various crimes of witchcraft, including murder and a plot to blow up Lancaster Castle.

there is at least one resident brave enough today to call herself a witch. Joe Hesketh, an artist, grew up near Pendle Hill. “I was a bit of a strange child,” she says, twiddling a strand of ...

According to contemporary accounts, she was carted to a spot called “Gallows Hill” for her hanging, as were 18 other accused “witches.” Giles Corey, the 20th person to be executed for ...

PERHAPS the most notorious witch trial of the 16th century, the legend of the Pendle witches is one of the many dark tales of imprisonment and execution at Lancaster Castle. Twelve people were ...

And look no further for information, than Lancaster University ... of Roughlee in the shadow of Pendle Hill lies a stunning sculpture of one of the Pendle Witches, Alice Nutter.

The Pendle Hill witch trials are a famous part of Lancashire's historyCredit: Alamy The trials are among the most famous in English history with ten women and two men charged with the murders of ...