The Lancashire Witches

The Lancashire Witches

Author: Robert Poole

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9780719062049

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A study of England's biggest and best-known witch trial, which took place in 1612 when ten witches from the forest of Pendle were hanged at Lancaster. A little-known second trial occured in 1633-4, when up to nineteen witches were sentenced to death.


Family History in Lancashire

Family History in Lancashire

Author: Andrew Gritt

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published: 2020-07-13

Total Pages: 143

ISBN-13: 1527556743

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This book explores the history of the family in Lancashire during and after industrialisation. The family is society’s most basic building block and, as each contributor shows, its ability to adapt to circumstances is one of its most enduring qualities. Economic change created social stresses which, whilst resulting in administrative and institutional change, were primarily absorbed within family groups. Indeed, it could be argued that the family was society’s most effective safety valve and shock absorber, as individuals responded to the pressures created by industrialisation with its associated problems. This book brings together the work of leading historians who have each made unique contributions to our understanding of the family in the North West.


Lancashire Folk-Lore

Lancashire Folk-Lore

Author: John Wilkinson, T.T. Harland

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2018-04-05

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 3732659143

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Reproduction of the original: Lancashire Folk-Lore by John Harland, T.T. Wilkinson


Made in Lancashire

Made in Lancashire

Author: Geoffrey Timmins

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 1998-12-15

Total Pages: 394

ISBN-13: 9780719045394

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Presents a new perspective on the Industrial Revolution providing far more than just an account of industrial change. Looks at the development of the economic structures and includes chapters on financing the revolution, technological change, markets and demand, transport and food. The final section looks at economic change and its impact and includes chapters on demography, the household, families, authority and regulation, and the built environment. Providing a complete summary of the various debates in the literature on this period, making a strong case for re-introducing a regional approach to the history of the age.