19th-century movement in support of the closure of shops on Saturday afternoons.
Eastbourne manslaughter
1860 legal case concerning the death of 15-year-old Reginald Cancellor at the hands of his teacher, Thomas Hopley.
Eccles cake
Named after the town in Lancashire where it was first made, the Eccles cake is a confection made of flaky pastry filled with currants.
Ectoplasm
Gelatinous substance that exudes from the body of a spiritualist medium during a seance, which the spirits being communicated with are able to mould into shapes allowing them to communicate with the living.
Edmund Hartley
Cunning man who is alleged to have practised witchcraft at Cleworth Hall in Lancashire
Education Act 1496
Act of the Scottish Parliament to make education mandatory for the eldest sons of barons and freeholders.
Edward Akroyd
Industrialist, politician and philanthropist.
Edward Ormerod
English mining engineer and inventor who worked at Gibfield Colliery in Atherton, Lancashire where he devised and tested his safety device, the Ormerod safety link or detaching hook.
Egyptian days
Days of the year that are considered to be unlucky to carry out any important undertaking.
Eilean Mòr Lighthouse Mystery
Unexplained disappearance of three lighthouse keepers in December 1900.
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