Witchcraft in Orkney possibly has its roots in the settlement of Norsemen on the archipelago from the eighth century onwards. Until the early modern period magical powers were accepted as part of the general lifestyle, but witch-hunts began on the mainland of Scotland in about 1550.
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Witches at their Incantations
Painting by the Italian Baroque artist Salvator Rosa, completed in about 1646.
Witches of Belvoir
Mother and her two daughters accused of causing the deaths by witchcraft of two young nobles, Henry and Francis Manners.
Witches of Warboys
Three members of the Samuel family who were executed for witchcraft in Huntingdonshire in 1593.
Women’s Suffrage Journal
Magazine founded by Lydia Becker and Jessie Boucherett in 1870, focusing on news of events affecting women's lives.
Women’s Tax Resistance League
Suffragette group active from 1909 until 1918, encouraging woman to protest against their disenfranchisement by refusing to pay taxes.
Woodplumpton witch
Redirected to Meg Shelton.
Workhouse
Establishment where the destitute in England and Wales received board and lodging in return for work.
Worsley dry docks
Earliest surviving example of a dry dock on Britain's canals.
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