Historic Landscape
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Pendle Hill
Dominating the Lancashire countryside near Clitheroe, Pendle Hill is world-famous as the centerpiece of the 1612 Pendle Witch Trials, one of England's most infamous witch hunts. Twelve local villagers, primarily elderly matriarchs Old Demdike and Old Chattox and their families, were accused of practicing sorcery and murdering ten people. Today, the mist-shrouded slopes remain a major center of dark folklore and ghost reports.