Tag Archives: witchcraft

The Witches of Lynn

Posted on October 31, 2018 by

It’s strange how one thing leads to another. When I was researching the French POWs in King’s Lynn, I came across Devil’s Alley, where the warehouse that was used for temporary accommodation was situated. This led on to the legend … Continue reading →

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Halloween Event!

Posted on October 23, 2014 by

A week today on Thursday 30th October the Norfolk Record Office will be displaying a spooky array of material relating to Norfolk’s ghostly encounters, hideous deaths, witchcraft and the unexplained. There will also be readings of ghost stories taken from … Continue reading →

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Norfolk Witchcraft Trials

Posted on October 20, 2014 by

Trials for witchcraft were fairly common in Tudor and Stuart times: several can be found in the Yarmouth quarter sessions records, for example (Y/S 1/2).  By far the biggest trial was that of 1645.  Yarmouth Assembly actually invited Matthew Hopkins … Continue reading →

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