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Four hundred and eighty-three people set the witches record ... 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 400th anniversary of the Lancashire witch trials will be marked by ... 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 ...
The Pendle witch trials led to 10 people being executed at Gallows Hill in Lancaster after they were found guilty of the maligned practice. The campaign, led by Barrowford film-maker Emma Swinton ...
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.
In The Wonderful Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster, Potts talked about ... and brother James at Malkin Tower near Pendle Hill. The family survived mainly by begging and doing ...
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.
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 ...
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.
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 400th anniversary of the Lancashire witch trials will be marked by ... trials in 1612 led to 10 people being hanged at Gallows Hill in Lancaster, after being found guilty of causing death ...