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Carol Ann Duffy said she ... the county's infamous witch trials. The Lancashire Witches will be put on posts along the 51 mile (82 km) Witches Walk from Pendle to Lancaster. The poem was ...
Anne Redferne and her mother Chattox were two of those accused of being Pendle ... witches, and bring them to justice." He arrested Alizon, granny Demdike, as well as their neighbours Anne Whittle ...
West Close Farm was occupied by Anne Redferne and her mum Anne Whittle, who were executed in 1612 after being found guilty of witchcraft. The Pendle Hill witch trials are a famous part of ...
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The cases of Pendle Witches Anne Whittle and Elizabeth Southerns will be presented to the Justice Secretary and Blackburn MP Jack Straw on Hallowe’en. Mr Straw will also be handed details of six ...
Pendle Hill was the backdrop to the UK’s most infamous witch trials (Picture: G. M. Demaline) Two of the accused: Anne Whittle and her daughter Anne Redferne (Picture: Wikimedia Commons ...
The trials of the Pendle witches in 1612 are among the most famous witch trials in English history, and some of the best recorded of the 17th century. The twelve accused lived in the area ...
Carol Ann Duffy said she ... the county's infamous witch trials. The Lancashire Witches will be put on posts along the 51 mile (82 km) Witches Walk from Pendle to Lancaster. The poem was ...
Jennet's evidence in the 1612 Pendle witch ... be Catholics or witches, and bring them to justice." He arrested Alizon, granny Demdike, as well as their neighbours Anne Whittle (also known as ...