The Infamous Essex Witch Hunt Tour of the 17th Century

This tour will terrify, and move you, in equal measure, as we remember the English Witch Hunts of the 17th century.

In Loving Memory

To the Girls and Women who tragically lost their lives in the Essex Witch Hunts of the 17th Century!

This tour was created by an Essex Woman to remember them!

Tour Details

This tour will ignite your imagination!

The history is very complex, yet it is equally moving.

Possibly over 300 girls and women were executed as witches, men, and some children too.

It was, and remains, a tragedy!

We follow in the chilling footsteps of Matthew Hopkins and John Sterne,

two of the most feared and hated witch hunters England has ever known.

The tour brings the stories of the girls and women who were so cruelly hunted and executed alive!

They were not witches, they were innocent women!

This tour aims to bring them justice, if only in our thoughts, alas, as only the passing of time, and history can!

Tour timings

FRIDAY TOUR

May

Coffee and Toilet Stop

6pm to 6.30 pm

Enjoy a delicious cup of coffee and cake, and toilet stop in an old Manningtree Pub before the tour starts. Jane will recommend Pub by email at time of booking.

6.30pm

Meet Jane your Tour Guide and group

Outside The Red Lion Pub, The Street, Manningtree, where Jane will warmly welcome you!

Tour starts promptly, please arrive on time!

6.30-8.30pm

Guided Walking History Tour with Jane

Tour ends

8.30pm

SUNDAY TOUR

April to the end December

Coffee and Cake and Toilet Stop

10.30am to 11am

At old Manningtree Pub, Jane will recommend at the time of booking.

11am

Meet Jane your Tour guide and the group outside The Red Lion Pub, The Street, Manningtree,

where you will be warmly welcomed onto the tour!

11am to 1pm

Guided Walking History Tour with Jane and group

The Tour Ends

1pm

Refreshments

Jane can recommend a local restaurant where you can enjoy a delicious Sunday Roast, please contact Jane once you have booked your ticket.

THE RED ROSE

Please bring a single rose to lay in Manningtree to remember those girls and women, who lost their lives during the terror of the Essex Witch Hunts.

We will pause as a group to remember them whilst on tour!

The Rose symbolises love!

Gift Cards

We have Gift Cards that may make the perfect gift for your special friend, or loved one!

Please visit www.essex-tours.com to purchase

Special Occasions whilst on Tour

Please let your Tour Guide know in advance of the tour, if you are celebrating a special occasion, and you would like this to be announced whilst on tour!

Please email your Tour Guide at the time of booking to let her know of any special suggestions, Jane will do her best to make any occasion extra special!

Walking Fitness

You must be walking fit

2-3 miles of easy walking

This tour is not suitable for the very elderly, those in wheelchairs, on crutches, walking sticks or zimmer frames.

AT THE TIME OF BOOKING

Please email Jane your mobile No, so she can contact you on the day of the tour in case of an emergency, or in case you are late arriving! This is important please.

Friendly well behaved dogs are welcome on tour, please keep them on a lead at all times whilst on tour