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Carry on along the By-Pass for a few hundred yards. On the right you should be able to see about 100 yards from road Higher White Lee Farm.
The Moore's
The Moore's
In Chattox's confession to being a witch, she said that while John Moore's blamed her for turning the ale sour, 'she had been asked by John Moore's wife to amend some sour ale and had tried to do so by reciting a charm but unfortunately the lady was much annoyed that witchcraft had been used. Chattox then directed 'the devil' to bite the head of one of Moore's cows and make it "go mad".
The cow died six weeks later.
Jonas Moore - 'The Father of Time' was a driving force behind the establishment of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. He wrote A New Systeme of the Mathematicks in late 1670s, He was born at Higher White Lee in Higham Pendle, on 8 February 1617, a son of a yeoman farmer, John Moore.[1] .
His older brother, also John, had allegedly been bewitched to death in about 1610 by Elizabeth Sothernes (Old Demdike), the most notorious of the Pendle witches.
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Then turn right towards Higham (53"49'25.38N 2"17'30.92 W)
Above, looking from Higham over where Chattox lived.
In the village you cannot miss the Four Alls Inn.
'Four Alls' stands for:
The King rules for all
The Priest prays for all
The Soldier fights for all
The Ordinary Man pays for all
The history of the Inn says
"Higham and the Four Alls Inn are mentioned in the infamous Pendle Witch story. One of the witches, “Chattox” was accused of turning the beer sour at the Four Alls Inn and bewitching the landlord’s son! "
We can guarantee there are no such complaints now . 2pts per pint
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