Clitheroe Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
town in Lancashire, England
About Clitheroe
The Pendle Witchesare Clitheroe's dark claim to fame. Belief in witches, and legal and church persecutions, took hold in Britain in the 16th century. Witchcraft was made a capital crime, and people started seeing them everywhere. In 1612 eleven people living around Pendle Hill were tried for witchcraft: eight women and two men were found guilty and hanged, one woman was acquitted. Others such as the nearby "Samlesbury Witches" were tried about the same time, an unusual spate of cases. So many "confessions" have been wrung out under torture, but the striking factor here was how the accused seemed to believe in their own supernatural powers. Six of them came from the Demdike and the Chattox families, who were rival folk-healers quick to accuse the other. It had all started when Alizon Device
Top Attractions in Clitheroe
Explore the best things to see and do in Clitheroe:
- ★Browsholme Hall
- ★Clitheroe Castle
- ★Sawley Abbey
- ★St Mary Magdalene
- ★Stonyhurst College
- ★Whalley Abbey
Where to Eat in Clitheroe
Must-try local food and restaurants:
- 🍴Brizola
- 🍴Parker's Arms
- 🍴The Wellsprings
- 🍴Three Fishes
- 🍴Tom's Table
Where to Stay in Clitheroe
- 🏨Coach & Horses
- 🏨Freemasons at Wiswell
- 🏨Red Pump Inn
- 🏨Rose & Crown Hotel
- 🏨Spinning Block Hotel
- 🏨Swan & Royal Hotel
Clitheroe Travel Guide Sections
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