Pendle Hill

Cold, sunny day - Pendle Hill (1,827 ft), Burnley.  
Most famous for its links to the notorious witch trials of 1612 when ten people were executed having been found guilty of witchcraft.  Their 'crimes' included causing madness, making clay images, and more importantly using witchcraft to murder sixteen people over a period of nearly twenty years. The evidence given against them was based on memories, hearsay and superstition, and would not even be considered in a modern court.
The defendants came from the Pendle Hill area and from among these defendants five were from two families.
Despite the trial being one of the best documented in the world, mystery still surrounds how the Lancashire villagers came to be found guilty of witchcraft.

No witches about today - too cold :-)