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Craig Williams

Glasgow petition launched to erect memorial to 'Witches of Pollok' in Pollok Park

A petition has been launched to erect a memorial to the Witches of Pollok in Pollok Park.

The petition called on Glasgow City Council to memorialise the five women and one man from Pollokshaws and Polloktoun who were sentenced to death for witchcraft in 1677.

Bessie Weir, Margret Jackson, Jonet Mathie and John Stewart "were strangled and burned at Paisley" and "executed because of superstition, misogyny and class privilege", while Annabel Stewart was spared.

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