The Magic Shop
Short story by H. G. Wells first published in 1903, about a young boy and his father’s visit to a shop selling disturbingly realistic magical illusions.
British Premonitions Bureau
Organisation set up by the psychiatrist John Barker in 1966 in the wake of the Aberfan disaster. Its aim was to collect premonitions from members of the public in the hope of being able to issue warnings about similar tragedies in the future.
Scottish tower house
Characteristic style of Scottish castle building in the form of a tall tower, surrounded by one or more wings in L or Z-shaped floor plans in its later development.
Joseph Neil Paton
Damask designer and antiquarian with large collection containing witchcraft objects, including the skull of Lilias Adie. Father of the artist Joseph Noel Paton.
Potovens pottery
Hamlet on the Wakefield Outwood, now known as Wrenthorpe, where small pot works were built.
Elleine Smithe, witch
Essex woman convicted and hanged for witchcraft in 1579
A Detection of Damnable Driftes
Sixteenth-century pamphlet describing prominent Chelmsford witchcraft trials against Elizabeth Francis and others
Elizabeth Francis, witch
English woman tried three times for witchcraft, hanged in 1579 for bewitchment and murder by witchcraft.
The examination and confession of certaine Wytches at Chensforde
First pamphlet describing witchcraft trials in England; it covers the testimony of witches at Chelmsford Assizes in 1566.
Under the Knife
Short story by H. G. Wells first published in 1896, about an out of body experience while under anaesthetic.