The Pendle Witches | Pendle Hill | Studio RTR

Television Presenter Zilpah Hartley, talks to locals in her home area of Pendle about the Pendle
Witches, Lancashire Witches.
Written and presented by Zilpah Hartley.
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Music "Old Pendle" performed by ScoldsBridle scoldsbridle.co.uk

[@B50Stevie]

I live around this area, and I would recommend visiting Pendle and it’s villages followed by a trip through the Trough of Bowland to Lancaster Castle, which is the route that the witches were transported along, (no M6 then) and you can actually end up in the dungeon the poor witches were taken. They were also sentenced there and hung on a hill just outside Lancaster, you can even go in a pub where many were allowed a last drink before the hanging. If you want a guided tour, the best guy for this is Simon Entwistle of Top Hat tours. Please note I am writing this during the virus lockdowns, so it’s well worth checking before you decide to visit.

[@leewarren29]

Pendle born and raised. Most beautiful part of England 🖤

[@johnlomax2502]

Part of my Lancashire family's history. Love you lot for posting this. X

[@Grabrack]

I live in Burnley,in the shadow of the Hill,I always feel at home in the Pendle area,I am a Pagan,and am very proud of our local History,The anniversary will be well marked by me,and many of my friends,

[@russtalbot9931]

My ancestor was Alice Nutter, my great grandmother was called Nelly Nutter

[@marinapeache3113]

I am very interested in the witch craft era especially the witches of Pendle I saw a doc on TV about it. I have a relative who lives in Lancaster and visited Pendle I would love to visit hopefully next year 2021😀

[@rizzla4871]

@@beckycrabtree533 you poor thing

[@rizzla4871]

@@beckycrabtree533 no way you actually replied lol

[@rizzla4871]

@@beckycrabtree533 aha never been to burnley closest iv been Is blackburn

[@Bobby-qn9yn]

Zilpah is the name of the narrator,born and bred in the foothillls of pendle hill,used to see her out and about in the local pubs when we were younger,,had mutual friends,lovely lass

[@danieldunne9683]

grew up in pendle and still live here it's beautiful and stunning, maybe you should of touched down on the land disputes at the time to Alice nutter had and a few others

[@chrisfallon9678]

Your not wrong ! I live in Burnley and love Pendle 👌👌

[@garyellison3589]

Very interesting, i used to go and stay at my Aunts farm at Twiston when i was a kid like half a century ago, Twiston lies at the bottom of the steep end of Pendle and at the age of 6 or 7 i new about the Pendle whitches and as a curious as we are when where kids. I asked my uncle n aunt some questions, the answers amazed me but all so put the fear of god in to me hence i had several sleepless nights after that, was never that keen at going back to Twiston for my holidays again but had to go,

[@meditation762]

Some stunning scenery in this footage. Enjoyed the clip. Thanks for the upload xx

[@cartimandua_]

An update on this is that the cottage was excavated and indeed was a cottage from around 1600s with a brick stove and they even found the skeleton of a cat in a wall space!!- it was really something else!!

[@stephenwhittam4895]

i love pendle hill is very intresting things to see and do good day out pendle hall in lancashire

[@themilitanthousewife8021]

Amazing place one day I want to climb Pendle Hill...I love to spot it as it appears on the M6. Magical and Mysterious.

[@faithoffaith]

will be visiting Lancashire next year can't wait!

[@SPELLBLINDING14]

Im decended from the witches ! And so proud of them

[@NiceButBites]

helen lavery Oh really? Wow that is so cool. Do tell!

[@russtalbot9931]

I do also my great grandmother was called Nelly nutter

[@kevinpople7828]

Jane Sherbourne/Southworth is my 11th great grandmother! x

[@BGynwa]

Wow zilpah is absolutley stunning

[@rachaelstanley7986]

Pendle "Forest" wasn't wooded. It was just an area set aside for hunting.

[@edgeman148]

Very nice piece, I was in the area late last year and stayed at Damhead Barn a really nice place in Roughlee where Alice Nutter is said to have frequented. I was there researching for our album release later this year; "The Witching of Pendle".

[@mikemorrissey5467]

Well your comment is nine years old and I tried Googling your album and nothing came up so I think it's safe to say that it wasn't very much of a success.

[@scott210882]

didnt they just excavate that site and did find the house that belonged to the Demdike family, it even had a mummified cat which was bricked up in a wall.

[@wiggysworld2098]

I lived in Sabden as a kid and loved going to play up on the hill. Great times

[@mikemorrissey5467]

The fact that the woman singing in the background can't really sing is what makes this all the more creepy. I think her voice is PERFECT for this video.

[@danielledewitt1]

Some of the pendle witches had familiars as they were known then in the form of 4 huge dogs Tib, Ball, Fancy and Dandy.

[@SimonaShine]

I'm reading the Spook's Apprentice of Joseph Delaney. Speaks about witches and Pendle Hill and everything. Never thought Pendle was real and all that stuff 🤯

[@danielledewitt1]

Simona S. Ofcourse pendle is real, as is pendle hill.

[@paganphil100]

Simona S.: Speaking as someone who has lived in Pendle for the last 40 years I can confirm that is is indeed real :-)

[@danielledewitt1]

Philip Fletcher I’d like to know how anybody could think it wasn’t real. Me and a friend with my niece tried climbing the big guy in 2019 aka pendle hill but didn’t quite make it to the top. We are trying again this year.

[@havingalook2]

...Just stumbled upon this - how fascinating. I can't say I was aware of this story. No doubt they were innocent. The lives lost due to stupidity and religious mania. Well done, thank you for this introduction. Hope the 400 anniversary in 2012 went well.

[@thecausticclan6174]

I am related to Jane and john Bulcock (2 of the pendal witches)

[@russtalbot9931]

I'm related to Alice nutter

[@SamuelBlack84]

I'm sorry your ancestors suffered so much

[@motherflange]

I'm related to Grotbags.

[@thomasholland1750]

My Grandparents lived in Burnley ,we used as child from Fleetwood visit them Pendle from Wyre Tom

[@savvi267]

I went here 2 or 3 days ago its beautiful I 100% recommend going Edit: Wear warm clothes its freezing

[@SamuelBlack84]

I've visited Pendle a few times over the years and even climbed Pendle Hill. Hard work😨😃It's a beautiful place

[@savvi267]

Sure is!

[@alishawoo1997]

I'm a pagan and I'm studying magick and I'm training to be a witch and I say go girls they wouldnt hurt a fly :)

[@danielledewitt1]

alisha phillips I hear Demdike was a nasty piece of work.

[@alexam5396]

You're studying magic? What do you mean,where?

[@MoonOchre5]

@cymrutroll Lancaster castle. The nearest pub is called The Merchants :)

[@julientallon5719]

Sidonie elle est sublime

[@jonfitz2278]

Nice one keep up the good work

[@AuzzieFaith]

Should I be scared because I'm going there in July

[@dragonvalo]

i can see my house from up on't t'hill

[@julientallon5719]

amen

[@Gunnar-Peterson]

When does this come out?

[@Keepingitrespectfulmostly.]

Victims deserve an official pardon. Any surviving relatives need to be given back the stolen land. Original land that was stolen from their ancestors or land equal to what was taken or an equal financial settlement. Response to video only.

[@scootskybadootsky]

Really? I didn't know about that. Was the cat accused of being the witches "familiar"?

[@rachaelstanley7986]

No. If it was Malkin Tower, the "witches" bricked the animal up alive as a protection against....witches. It was a common practice.

[@zorazen2]

Confessions by Torture Prescribed by the King & Preplanned Hangings.

[@abhishekkar1]

Doctor Who brought me here.

[@SamuelBlack84]

A' luv apple bobbing!

[@ColonelWalterKurtz]

There's still loads of Nutters around there.

[@KokowaSarunoKuniDesu]

I always understod it to be 'Oh Pendle, Oh Pendle ...'' Maybe the title has metastasized, for Media purposes.

[@sidoniegrimault5147]

Petite dédicace à Julien le sang de la veine

[@julientallon5719]

mon univers

[@jacksnstaffs8293]

1612 men punishing women and killing them. 400 years later men making money off those same women.

[@Hieronymous69]

Robert Nowell?? This guy needs to learn a few things.

[@GhibliFan1]

RIP to the women and men murdered by the state in the Lancashire 'witch trials'. Yet more blood on the hands of Christianity.

[@sandraforas3962]

GhibliFan1 lgwq?

[@julientallon5719]

Gabriel n’est pas un tubercule

[@discostu9585]

Git up on ye thill. Bangin twith mushrooms til froths a kikin.

[@julientallon5719]

Loane est proche du mollusque

[@cliffwade8151]

Too right....no place for evil witchcraft. EXODUS 22:18 KJV "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live."

[@marksadventures3889]

I think the evil's that have been done in the name of that deity speak for themselves. "And do as thou whilst and harm none is the law" - I think that stands for itself. Yes King James Matthew 7 versus 1-3 :" Judge not, that ye be not judged. 2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you". Seems he can't abide his own transcription. Later he regretted his action at the trial of a boy who lied and cost lives it was recanted. The act against Witchcraft was repealed.

[@julientallon5719]

Incrédule que vous etes

[@kopynd1]

pendle witches is nothing, newcastle was the witch hunters capital serious man, 21 hanged in 1 day on the town moor but kept from the history books in shame

[@MoonOchre5]

@cymrutroll Lancaster castle. The nearest pub is called The Merchants :)