Trip to Lancashire

Last weekend my hubby and I had a two day trip to Lancashire, we have been wanting to go there for a while. The area around Pendle Hill has been associated with Witchcraft since the 1600's you can read the full story of the Pendle Witches here

It is an area of outstanding beauty with some fabulous views, albeit a little bleak in places. It was cold and windy while we were there so most of it was seen from the car. We had a nice couple of days and look forward to going back some day.

You can see photographs in the posts below.

Newchurch - St Mary's Church

This is the Church in the village of Newchurch

Newchurch village was home to one of the Pendle Witches - Chattox, she is alleged to have stolen teeth and bones from the graveyard in the 1600's. Good job the cat that came to meet us at the gate was a ginger one and not black!!

This carving in the wall of the church is known as the Eye of God.

This is the Church from the graveyard, the windows look as if they are boarded up but they aren't, they are beautiful stained glass and have been protected from the elements with sheets of perspex. Its a really quiet place and quite spooky, one of those places where you wouldn't want to be when it gets dark. We had a walk around the gravestones and there were a lot with the name Nutter so probably related in some way to the Pendle Witch Alice Nutter. In fact the lady that does The Witch Walk was called Nutter...... too spooky for me!!

St Mary's Church

View of the church from the graveyard

This is the grave of Ellin Nutter who died in 1658, and was one of the relations of the notorius Alice Nutter one of the witches of Pendle,. Alice was found guilty of witchcraft and was hung at Lancaster Castle in 1612.

My lovely husband said this is a more recent nutter!! Cheeky devil :)

View of Pendle Hill from the Church

Downham Village

This is the pretty village of Downham with spectacular views of Pendle Hill in Lancashire. The village has been used as a film location for the popular drama series Born and Bred featuring James Bolam and Michael French as father and son Doctors.Set in the fifties in the ficticious village of Ormston. Repeats can be seen on ITV3 at the moment.

Hello Everyone

Welcome to Chelmarsh Chunterings.

I decided to create this new blog just to record both daily/weekly happenings other than my crafty bits. I have lots of other interests such as gardening, listening to music, going to concerts and going to Folk festivals during the summer. We have a touring caravan and love visiting different towns and cities as well as the beautiful countryside. I will share with you some of my photographs along with my chunterings of all things I find interesting.

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