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where Rose pleaded not guilty. Although acquitted, Rose remained and died in jail a few months after her acquittal. Five years later Cicely Makin was accused of witchcraft, and was unable to find five people who would swear that she was not a witch. After being given five years to mend her ways without success, Cicely was
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Canewdon is situated on one of the highest hills of the Essex coastline, from which St
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structures constructed of clay floors heated by flues, dating based upon Romano-British pottery. Salt was used in the ancient diet, for grazing animals, as a refining agent in metallurgy, for soldering and in dyes.
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underground telephone lines to a central plotting room for probable raid analysis and warning notification.
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