The high point of Rivington Moor in the West Pennine Moors is 1,496 feet high and has been the site of mining, a mass trespass, aeroplane disasters and murder.
Winter Hill Trespass
1896 protest organised when the landowner Colonel Ainsworth closed a track leading to Winter Hill, denying the right of access to the local population.
Witch bottle
Bottles or jars used in counterspells to reverse a curse imposed by a witch.
Witch of Berkeley
Legendary 11th–century witch who tried and failed to prevent the Devil from claiming her body after her death.
Witch of Burslem
Redirected to Molly Leigh (witch).
Witch of Endor
Female sorcerer who appears in the Old Testament (1 Samuel 28:3–25).
Witch of Redden
Redirected to Janet Kennedy, visionary.
Witch of Stapenhill
Redirected to Alice Gooderidge.
Witch stone
Redirected to hagstone.
Witch trials in early modern England
History of witch trials in England from the 15th to the 18th century.
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