Gainsborough Old Hall, an English Heritage property in Lincolnshire, has unveiled a 'staggering' array of witches' marks, first carved to ward off evil spirits and demons.

Centuries-old ‘witches marks’ found carved into walls of English manor house A volunteer tour guide found an inscription cursing a previous owner of Gainsborough Old Hall, an old manor house ...

Gainsborough Hall is one of the biggest and best-preserved medieval manors in England. In the last couple of years, however, a long-time English Heritage volunteer uncovered 20 carvings indicating ...

A man has been arrested after police found 50 weapons in a house in Lincolnshire. Officers raided the home in Gainsborough and found flick knives, air weapons, a throwing knife and knuckle dusters ...

Gainsborough’s House: this is what a £10 million glow-up gets you Three years in the making, the substantial extension to the Grade I-listed house in Sudbury, Suffolk does its former ...

Four homes on Grey Street in Gainsborough were damaged but nobody was injured, says the fire service.

Gainsborough Old Hall is a medieval manor house built for Sir Thomas Burgh, an "ambitious and successful soldier who negotiated his way through the fast-changing politics of the 15th-century Wars ...

‘Witches marks’ and curses found at historic Gainsborough manor About 20 carvings in “a wide range of designs” including some meant to trap demons or to seek help from the Virgin Mary have ...

A discovery of etched symbols and writing at a British Manor House has experts examining their possible meaning. The etchings found in the centuries-old Gainsborough Old Hall are likelier to be ...

Around 20 carvings dating back to the 16th century were found at Gainsborough Old Hall, in the Lincolnshire market town of the same name.

Alongside carvings, approximately 100 burn marks were found around Gainsborough Old Hall. The burn marks were once believed to protect against fires.