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Stein Street

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Stein Street

Date: 
2019
Location:
Stein Street
South Queensferry, EH30 9BH
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This is one of five streets to be named after women accused of witchcraft in South Queensferry

Marion Stein

Dates: 
fl 1643

A witch hunt was instigated in Queensferry by the Rev Ephraim Melville in 1643.

Marion Stein was one of 17 women accused of witchcraft and one of the eight executed

Sources
The Survey of Scottish Witchcraft

Young Drive

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Young Drive

Date: 
2019
Location:
Young Drive
South Queensferry, EH30 9BJ
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This is one of five streets to be named after women accused of witchcraft in South Queensferry

Isabel Young

Dates: 
approx 1618-1644

A witch hunt was instigated in Queensferry by the Rev Ephraim Melville in 1643.

Isabel Young was the daughter of John Young and Helen Hill. She was aged about 25 when she, her mother and her sister Margaret Young were amongst the 17 women accused of witchcraft. She and her mother were both amongst the 8 women executed.

Sources
The Survey of Scottish Witchcraft

Marion Little

Other names: 
Her name was sometimes spelled Marioun
Dates: 
fl 1643

A witch hunt was instigated in Queensferry by the Rev Ephraim Melville in 1643.

Marion Little was named as a witch and imprisoned on 27 March 1644. She was subsequently burned as a witch.

Sources
The Survey of Scottish Witchcraft

Little Street

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Little Street

Date: 
2019
Location:
Little Street
South Queensferry, EH30 9BL
Additional information: 

This is one of five streets to be named after women accused of witchcraft in South Queensferry

Helen Thomson

Dates: 
fl 1643

A witch hunt was instigated in Queensferry by the Rev Ephraim Melville in 1643.

Helen Thomson was one of 17 women accused of witchcraft. Her fate is unknown.

Sources
The Survey of Scottish Witchcraft

Thomson Place

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Thomson Place

Date: 
2019
Location:
Thomson Place
South Queensferry, EH30 9BG
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This is one of five streets to be named after women accused of witchcraft in South Queensferry

Marion, Margaret and Helen Dauline

Other names: 
Their surname was sometimes spelled Dalling
Dates: 
fl 1643

Marion, Margaret and Helen Dauline were accused of witchcraft in 1643 during the Queensferry Witch Hunts.

Margaret and Helen's fate is unknown; Marion was acquitted.

Sources
The Survey of Scottish Witchcraft

Dauline Road

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Dauline Road

Location:
Dauline Road
South Queensferry, EH30 9BP
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This is one of five streets to be named after women accused of witchcraft in South Queensferry