The East Anglian witch trials, 1645-47, was the deadliest witch-hunt in English history. An estimated 100 women and men were executed and as many as 300 suspected of witchcraft.

The East Anglian Witch Project aims to uncover the history of the witch-hunt by physically revisiting the towns and villages where it took place. By returning to these sites, the project documents what traces still remain and explores how local communities remember and interpret the trials today.

The project is led and researched by Kelsey Norris, a PhD student and Assistant Lecturer at the University of Essex. Her research focuses on men and masculinities during the East Anglian witch trials. Norris was inspired to create this project by a belief that history should be accessible and sees social media as a powerful tool for teaching public history. She believes it is vital to document the physical remnants of the East Anglian witch trials, or these histories risk being lost.