Gawthorpe Hall at Padiham has opened an exhibition to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the Pendle witch trials.
It will feature rare items, including an original copy of the book ‘The Wonderful Discovery of Witches in the County of Lancaster’, which originally made the trials famous in 1612.
The exhibition will also be named after the book, written by Thomas Potts, who was the court clerk at the trials of the witches. Other items will include ‘lucky charms’ that people used in the 17th century — such as mummified cats.
The exhibition will run until July 8 and will be the first in a series of events at Gawthorpe Hall marking the 400th anniversary of the trials.
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