The Devon Witches, A. Castle Quarter, Exeter

The Devon Witches, A. Castle Quarter, Exeter

Last people in England to be executed for witchcraft 

The last people in England to be executed for witchcraft were tried and hanged in Exeter.

There's a plaque on a wall of the ruined Rougemont Castle that reads: 'THE DEVON WITCHES. IN MEMORY OF Temperance Lloyd Susannah Edwards Mary Trembles OF BIDEFORD DIED 1682 Alice Molland DIED 1685 THE LAST PEOPLE IN ENGLAND TO BE EXECUTED FOR WITCHCRAFT TRIED HERE & HANGED AT HEAVITREE In the hope of an end to persecution & intolerance.'

 

Location

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