Help for Andy: Trying to find the location and information of the Three
Mariners in Lower Deptford
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Three Mariners is an old sign, of which there are examples among the trades
tokens, and which is still to be seen on two or three public-houses in
Lon...
1 week ago
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Kathleen's talk was excellent. What may have been the last witch trial in England took place in 1701 when Sarah Morduck was accused of causing a neighbour's illness at Bankside (near the site of the Tate Modern). Even though she was found not guilty, she was beaten up and left for dead. The motives for her being accused seem to have been financial rather than witchcraft. Still she was lucky compared to another woman who was hanged at Tyburn as a witch accused, among other things, of having sex with satan in the form of a squirrel!
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