Books

A guide for visitors to this area of outstanding natural beauty. The guide explores the old villages under Pendle Hill where the events of 1612 took place. It takes you on the route that the accused would have taken, through the Ribble Valley to Lancaster Castle where they were imprisoned, tried for...

Walter Bennett's short booklet has been a popular favourite over many years. It presents a concise yet extremely informative and readable account of one of the most notorious and renowned episodes in Lancashire history.

Was there really a satanic coven on Pendleside? Jonathan Lumby presents a remarkable series of new insights. He places the events in their wider European context and explains, far more satisfactorily than ever before, exactly why these disturbing events occured.

A history of Pendle Forest and the Pendle witch trials researched by an author born and bred within the Forest of Pendle. The product of years of study is this well illustrated book running over three hundred pages, that provides a great deal of new information on the legendary Pendle witches.

A CLASSIC NOVEL OF WITCHCRAFT. The Forest of Pendle during the early 17th. century; a wild inaccessible corner of Lancashire where the ancient fear of demons and witches is still part of life... and death.

Kate Mulholland's novel presents a vivid account of the tragic lives of the Pendle Witches, unfolding a rich tapestry of their loves, hatreds and final betrayal in the shadow of Pendle hill.