I need help. Does any1 know about pendle witches?

Answer 1

The Pendle Witches or Lancashire Witches were the most famous witches in English legal history.
In the year 1612, at Lancaster gaol, in the English county of Lancashire, ten men and women were hanged for the crime of witchcraft.

The Pendle Witches, as they became known, were believed to have been responsible for the murder by witchcraft of seventeen people in and around the Forest of Pendle.
There were in total thirteen Pendle Witches: Alizon Device, Elizabeth Device, James Device, Anne Whittle, alias Chattox, Anne Redferne, Alice Nutter, Katherine Hewitt, John Bulcock, Jane Bulcock & Isobel Robey were the ten hanged at Lancaster gaol.

Elizabeth Southerns, alias Demdike, died in Lancaster Gaol awaiting trial, but was nevertheless considered to be a witch on the basis of evidence already given. Jennet Preston, who lived just over the Lancashire border, was tried in Yorkshire and hanged at York in 1612. Finally, Magaret Pearson was found guilty of witchcraft at Lancaster, but not murder, and received a sentance of one years imprisonment.

Answer 2

Information about the Pendle Witches goes here. Meanwhile take a look in the Links section for other sites.


For Pendle Witches souvenirs and merchandise see Witches Galore, the famous shop in Newchurch. Open between 1100 and 1700, every day except Wednesday where it opens between 1330 and 1700.

As for the question we keep being asked about witches performing ceremonies on Pendle Hill around Halloween, here's what a couple of well respected witches in the area have to say...

"Its practically not safe to go out that night! The lanes round Pendle are stiff with traffic. Its traditional to go wild on Pendle Hill that night, but of late years the police wont let anyone stop the car around Pendle, so you have to get out early and walk I suppose. The pubs and stuff near the hill all shut. Even in town it gets riotous I hear."

"...about Halloween for reasons of personal safety I wouldn't want to be on the hill. I'm not a person who likes crowds or people out of control on drugs. For a self respecting witch, Halloween is Samhain, the festival of the dead. Same thing really. The best Samhains have been the ones on [name withheld]'s land. We put pictures of dead friends and relatives on the altar and bring them into the festivities."

Books about Pendle Witches:

"Oxford Bookworms: Stage 1: the Witches of Pendle", Rowena Akinyemi, Paperback - 48 pages (November 1994)

"Pendle Witches", Richard Catlow, Paperback (31 December, 1994)

"Pendle Witch-trial 1612", R. Hasted, ?

"Pendle Witches", Paula Rego & Blake Morrison, Hardcover - 56 pages ( 8 October, 1996)

"Pendle Witches: a Summary", E. Peel & P. Southern, Unknown Binding (May 1993)

"The Pendle Witches", Walter Bennett, Paperback (June 1993)

"The Witches of Pendle: Cassette", Rowena Akinyemi, Audio Cassette (December 1997)

Answer 3

I know it was the Whittles and Chattox that lived on pendle hill, chattox was head witch. she had a son(slow or disabled) she also has a familiar ( a little black dog).
I think chattox's son's last name was Demdyke?.They all lived in a shack like house on the hill. I read the book and visited pendle a long time ago i wish i could remember more for you.

Answer 4

They are witches, who apparently lived in Pendle. I only know them because of the buses named after them, but here's a page all about it.

Answer 5

Most haunted went there they said there was about 7 -8 witches there. They were supposedly attacked by the witches and a number of the crew lost consciousness.

Answer 6

didnt Most Haunted with Derek Acorah go there and find stuff out lol

Answer 7

No, I do not, but I find this for you:
Hope this works...
http://www.pendle.net/Attractions/pendlewitches.htm