7 Mitton

From Whalley turn left towards Mitton..

1.5 miles along, you will find the 'Three Fishes'. The are various reports of the role the 3 fishes may have played during the journey of the Witches and the Judges. Both have been mentioned as having stayed there, but neither with much evidence.

"In the late 16th and early 17th century the Three Fishes was a hiding place for criminals of the day. Some of the Pendle Witches are said to have been kept here before being taken to Lancaster."

Elsewhere (check) it is said to be the stopping off place for the judges. Certainly it is in a direct line from Read Hall (where Judge Nowell resided) through Whalley (where he prayed) on to the Inn @ Whitewell (for next rest) and to Lancaster, through the Trough of Bowland.

It may that it was a stop off for both. The witches may well have been taken to Lancaster on carts, so their ponies must have been fed and stabled at various points. There is rather gruesome evidence that carts were used. "It is thought that the hanging was carried out by putting the noose around the prisoner's neck while they stood on the cart which bought them there, which would then be moved away, leaving them dangling "

Perhaps the 3 Fishes was refuge for both the judges and the ponies