The Witches of Elswick (2001 – 2007) were an English a cappella folk quartet comprising Becky Stockwell, Gillian Tolfrey, Bryony Griffith and Fay Hield.
Much of their material came from traditional music of the British Isles, including Two Sisters, Lord Randall, and "Daddy Fox".
They also performed more contemporary folk material, such as "Once Lived In Service" (Peter Bellamy), "Soldier, Soldier" (Peter Bellamy, based on the poem by Rudyard Kipling, "Bring Us A Barrel" (Keith Marsden).
Griffith (from Huddersfield) became friends with the two of them when she moved to the area, to be with her boyfriend, a dancer in a traditional dance team, who practised at the local pub.
When Hield (from Keighley) starting a degree course (a BMus in Folk and Traditional Music) in 2001, at Newcastle University, she moved into the flat, and the group formed later that year.