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The statue was the idea of Pendle councillor James Starkie A statue to commemorate one of the Pendle Witches has been unveiled ... being hanged at Gallows Hill in Lancaster, after being found ...
Local artist Phillipe Handford sprayed the giant numbers 1612 on to Pendle Hill for the Witch Walk event earlier ... “We have a permanent memorial in the statue that was unveiled around a ...
we pass the statue of a woman named Alice Nutter. This wealthy farmer's widow was one of ten people from the villages around Pendle Hill who were hanged following the infamous Pendle witch ...
Here we share a walk that is part of Pendle Council's Witches Trail. Pendle Hill is a popular walking ... 400th anniversary of the famous trail, a statue of Alice was erected in Roughlee and ...
But the best way to see it all, I thought, would be to climb Pendle Hill and look out across the whole of witch country. The hill, a hulking slab of peat, moss and gritstone - 557 metres high ...
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 ...
Preston is after all in the shadows of Pendle Hill, the home of the infamous Lancashire Witches. My mum was a local historian and when we were growing up, as part of our Halloween tradition ...
As well as that hill, which is a landmark for hikers, Pendle has a history steeped in witchcraft, and this year marks the 400th anniversary of Britain's largest and most sensational witch hunt.
A statue to commemorate one of the Pendle Witches has been unveiled in her home ... in 1612 led to 10 people being hanged at Gallows Hill in Lancaster, after being found guilty of causing death ...
"She was a dignified person and the statue reflects ... of the Lancashire witch trials is being marked by a series of events being launched near Pendle Hill.
The two-day trials in 1612 led to 10 people being hanged at Gallows Hill in Lancaster ... Sarah Lee, of Pendle Council, said. "She was a dignified person and the statue reflects that." ...