Coven, a new musical about the Pendle Witch Trials, will have its world premiere. With music and lyrics by Grammy Award-winning Daisy Chute and Rebecca Brewer, and a book by Brewer, it is directed by ...

She accompanied him to the ale house and begged his father ... especially those as rural as Pendle. They were not witches per se but were believed to have special powers which they used to ...

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 ...

First and foremost, it’s a great pub: a fireplace, good real ale selections ... land-owning family in Pendle, who was hanged in 1612 for witchcraft during the Pendle Witch Hunt.

Willan, who has won two BAFTA Awards, for her writing and acting in Alma, is now working on her next project, a satire about the Pendle witch trials of 1612, which she is developing with fellow ...

For something so synonymous with Pendle, so much of what led to the 1612 witch trials remains shrouded in mystery. For years, doubts have been raised about precisely where the Pendle Witches are ...

And look no further for information, than Lancaster University academic Sophie James who has spent the last year researching the famous Pendle Witches, and has just had a paper published on the ...

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 sign for the village of Barley at the foot of Pendle gives a nod to the witch trials A petition to pardon people convicted of witchcraft including those hanged in a series of infamous trials ...