First British woman racing driver and a women’s world land speed record holder. In 1905 she also established the record for the longest drive by a lady driver when she drove a De Dion-Bouton from London to Liverpool and back over two days.
Dovestone Reservoirs
Dovestone and its associated reservoirs occupy the valleys of the Greenfield and Chew Brooks above the village of Greenfield, on Saddleworth Moor in Greater Manchester.
Drake’s Drum
Drum said to have belonged to Sir Francis Drake, which if beaten will summon him to the defence of England.
DRK (car)
The DRK is a three-wheeled kit car produced by DRK Kits of Ellesmere Port, England, between 1987 and 1998.
Ducking stool
Seesaw-like device for the punishment of disorderly women, scolds and dishonest tradesmen.
Dunecht House
Stately home on the Dunecht estate in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Dunham Castle
Early medieval moated motte and bailey castle just to the northwest of present-day Dunham Massey Hall in Greater Manchester, England.
Dunham Massey Hall
English country house near Altrincham, in Greater Manchester, surrounded by historic formal gardens and a deer park. Built in the early 18th century by the Earls of Warrington, passing to the Earls of Stamford by inheritance, it has been owned by the National Trust since the death of the 10th and last Earl of Stamford in 1976.
Dunter
Spirits also known as powries, said to haunt the peel towers and castles of the Scottish border with England.
Early Closing Association
19th-century movement in support of the closure of shops on Saturday afternoons.
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