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 ...

Welcome to Lancashire, home of the ultimate seaside resort, Blackpool! Blackpool has many attractions for the visitor: sandy beaches, the famous Tower and the Tower Ballroom, the pier and of course, ...

The area became known as Summit Hill around the 1850s, according to a video by the Knoxville History Project, but before that, it bore a more sinister name: Gallows Hill. In her long-running ...

“As a child, I used to get dragged up Pendle Hill to go walking with my folks ... sonnets exploring the mistreatment of the Pendle Witches, many convicted of witchcraft and sent to the gallows at ...

She explained: “Give me witches, wizards and vampires any day. My husband bought me the first Harry Potter the other day. A Statue of Alice Nutter one of the Pendle Witches in her home village ...

Lancashire is one such lure, with interest in the Pendle Witch Trials of 1612, which saw 10 people hanged after being imprisoned at Lancaster Castle ... village of Pendle Hill attracting visitors ...

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.

Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to Lancaster Guardian, you get 70% fewer ads while viewing the news that matters to you. The Pendle witch trials led to 10 people being executed at Gallows ...

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 ...

The Pendle witch trials led to 10 people being executed at Gallows Hill in Lancaster after they were found guilty of the maligned practice. Emma Swinton, of the Justice for Witches group ...

James VI — now James I of England — had written a creed against witchcraft after his “brush” with witches in New Berwick, and local authorities had their eye out for any sign of witchcraft. In Pendle ...