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Manningtree

Essex

Home town of Matthew Hopkins, the self-styled Witchfinder General.

During the chaos of the Civil War, Matthew Hopkins and his partner John Stearne went from town to town across East Anglia hunting witches. They used sleep deprivation, searched suspects for 'devil's marks' and 'swam' them in ponds.

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When
1644–1647
Where
51.9440, 1.0620
Group
Witches & witch trials

Visiting

A small riverside town on the Stour estuary. Mistley Towers nearby is linked to Hopkins in local legend.

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