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Cunning Murrell

Hadleigh, Essex

The last of the great 'cunning men', who battled witches with iron bottles.

James Murrell was a cunning man, a folk healer and witch-finder, in Hadleigh. People came to him to cure illnesses, find lost property and break witches' spells.

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When
1785–1860
Where
51.5530, 0.6100
Group
Witches & witch trials

Visiting

Hadleigh Castle ruins overlook the Thames estuary. Southend Museums have displays on Murrell.

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