Witch Map Project
@witchmapproject.bsky.social
Student-led project mapping global witchcraft memorials at Cardiff University. @cuhistarchrel.bsky.social
If you have any suggestions or questions please contact us at: witchmapproject@gmail.com.
If you have any suggestions or questions please contact us at: witchmapproject@gmail.com.
Sources:
salemwitchmuseum.com/locations/pr...
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/site...
#earlymodern #medievalsky #witchtrials #salemwitchtrials #salem #hextag
salemwitchmuseum.com/locations/pr...
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/site...
#earlymodern #medievalsky #witchtrials #salemwitchtrials #salem #hextag
Proctor's Ledge Memorial - Salem Witch Museum
For many years it was believed that the nineteen innocent people who were executed in Salem in 1692 were hanged at the summit of Gallows Hill, on the edge of...
salemwitchmuseum.com
August 1, 2025 at 10:25 AM
The memorial is a semi-circular wall, with the 19 victims’ names inscribed in the stones. An oak tree is in the centre. It was designed by Martha Lyon, and dedicated on July 19th 2017, the anniversary of the executions of Sarah Good, Elizabeth Howe, Susannah Martin, Rebecca Nurse, and Sarah Wildes.
August 1, 2025 at 10:25 AM
The memorial is a semi-circular wall, with the 19 victims’ names inscribed in the stones. An oak tree is in the centre. It was designed by Martha Lyon, and dedicated on July 19th 2017, the anniversary of the executions of Sarah Good, Elizabeth Howe, Susannah Martin, Rebecca Nurse, and Sarah Wildes.
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Witchcraft memorials public - Google My Maps
Witchcraft memorials public
www.google.com
August 1, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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We will check in with our emails from time to time, so if you notice something we've missed on the map you can still contact us at witchmapproject@gmail.com.
Another thank you to @webstermedieval.bsky.social and @janmachielsen.bsky.social for being great supervisors and helping us so much!
Another thank you to @webstermedieval.bsky.social and @janmachielsen.bsky.social for being great supervisors and helping us so much!
August 1, 2025 at 9:40 AM
We will check in with our emails from time to time, so if you notice something we've missed on the map you can still contact us at witchmapproject@gmail.com.
Another thank you to @webstermedieval.bsky.social and @janmachielsen.bsky.social for being great supervisors and helping us so much!
Another thank you to @webstermedieval.bsky.social and @janmachielsen.bsky.social for being great supervisors and helping us so much!
Her statue, made by descendant Marianne Lüdick in 1988, stands beside Jesuit Friedrich Spee’s, who condemned witch trials in 1631. Henot was officially rehabilitated in 2011.
Katharina also has a street and a school named after her. The 1989 movie ‘Die Hexe von Köln’ details her life. 🎥
Katharina also has a street and a school named after her. The 1989 movie ‘Die Hexe von Köln’ details her life. 🎥
July 31, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Her statue, made by descendant Marianne Lüdick in 1988, stands beside Jesuit Friedrich Spee’s, who condemned witch trials in 1631. Henot was officially rehabilitated in 2011.
Katharina also has a street and a school named after her. The 1989 movie ‘Die Hexe von Köln’ details her life. 🎥
Katharina also has a street and a school named after her. The 1989 movie ‘Die Hexe von Köln’ details her life. 🎥
The writing on the sculpture reads “Sculpture in honour of Thomassa Roig. In homage of the victims of gender-based violence in the past, present, and future." The square and sculpture opened in November 2021 as part of World Day of Violence Against Women.
#earlymodern #witchtrials #medievalsky
#earlymodern #witchtrials #medievalsky
July 30, 2025 at 10:26 AM
The writing on the sculpture reads “Sculpture in honour of Thomassa Roig. In homage of the victims of gender-based violence in the past, present, and future." The square and sculpture opened in November 2021 as part of World Day of Violence Against Women.
#earlymodern #witchtrials #medievalsky
#earlymodern #witchtrials #medievalsky
Sources: hagothehills.wordpress.com/2014/03/24/g...
www.atlasobscura.com/places/griss...
#history #witchtrials #salemwitchtrials #memorial #witchhunt #witchcraft #medievalsky #earlymodern #hextag
www.atlasobscura.com/places/griss...
#history #witchtrials #salemwitchtrials #memorial #witchhunt #witchcraft #medievalsky #earlymodern #hextag
Grissel Jaffray – The Dundee Witch
Grissel Jaffray was the last so called “witch” to burn in Dundee. Not a huge amount is known about the charges brought against her as documents relating to her trial were mysteriously d…
hagothehills.wordpress.com
July 29, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Local lore says Grissel had a son, a sailor. When he returned and saw the smoke rising over Dundee from her execution, he turned back and never came home again. ⛵
July 29, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Local lore says Grissel had a son, a sailor. When he returned and saw the smoke rising over Dundee from her execution, he turned back and never came home again. ⛵
On November 11, 1669, Grissel was found guilty. She was strangled and then burned at the stake. If you follow Peter Street to Seagate, you’ll come to a black “X” laid in cobblestones. That marks the exact place of her execution.
July 29, 2025 at 9:27 AM
On November 11, 1669, Grissel was found guilty. She was strangled and then burned at the stake. If you follow Peter Street to Seagate, you’ll come to a black “X” laid in cobblestones. That marks the exact place of her execution.
Sources:
www.vpm.org/news/2022-10...
www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-w...
vbmuseums.org/blog/grace-s...
#witchtrials #earlymodern #medievalsky #witchcraft
www.vpm.org/news/2022-10...
www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-w...
vbmuseums.org/blog/grace-s...
#witchtrials #earlymodern #medievalsky #witchcraft
The witching of the Virginia midwife: The state’s thorny history with the profession
Midwifery was criminalized in the commonwealth until 2005.
www.vpm.org
July 28, 2025 at 9:26 AM
She is depicted with a raccoon and carrying a basket of rosemary, which represents her love for animals and nursing ability. The statue was created by Robert G. Cunningham in 2007, located by Sentara Bayside Hospital, near where she was imprisoned. There is also a plaque describing her trial.
July 28, 2025 at 9:26 AM
She is depicted with a raccoon and carrying a basket of rosemary, which represents her love for animals and nursing ability. The statue was created by Robert G. Cunningham in 2007, located by Sentara Bayside Hospital, near where she was imprisoned. There is also a plaque describing her trial.