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9:44am Wednesday 16th November 2011 in Blacko
By Chris Gee, Reporter
A PERMANENT memorial to ‘Pendle Witch’ Alice Nutter is set to be unveiled to mark the 400th anniversary of the famous Witch Trials.
More than £10,000 has been raised for the project and artists from across the country are currently competing to create the life-size statue, to be placed in Blacko Bar Road, in the village of Roughlee.
The scheme was the idea of Pendle councillor James Starkie whose interest in the story dates back to his time as an art student in Lancaster, near the castle where the ‘witches’ were imprisoned and tried.
Coun Starkie said: “Our vision is to create a lasting memorial to a past resident of the village.
"It will depict her sitting down and people will be able to rest on benches by her side.”
Alice Nutter was unusual among the accused of 1612 in being comparatively wealthy, the widow of a tenant farmer.
She entered a plea of not guilty to the charge of murdering Henry Mitton by witchcraft but was later hanged after evidence that she was present at what was deemed a ‘witches’ coven’ at Malkin Tower, Blacko, on Good Friday, 1612.
The statue, entitled Alice and commissioned by Roughlee Parish Council, is due to be unveiled on April 14.
Other events will take place in the county to mark the 400th anniversary of the trials which still resonate internationally, with tourists from all over the Far East, visiting Pendle.
Comments(6)
Rose Rouge
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10:27am Wed 16 Nov 11
notchuffed
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11:00am Wed 16 Nov 11
Lifeinthemix wrote:You call yourself "linfeinthemix". It's time you got a life started to really mix and stopped being a bitter twisted moron.
memorial..... what twisted idiot thought this one up? perhaps a better memorial would be of a statue of the magistrate that wanted her land
Phuck Mei Banjina
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2:24pm Wed 16 Nov 11
Lifeinthemix wrote:Well said,It's a sick and shocking idea.
memorial..... what twisted idiot thought this one up? perhaps a better memorial would be of a statue of the magistrate that wanted her land
happycyclist
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3:28pm Wed 16 Nov 11
LunaKoumori
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2:29pm Wed 14 Dec 11
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Lifeinthemix says...
9:57am Wed 16 Nov 11
perhaps a better memorial would be of a statue of the magistrate that wanted her land