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Ferry Bridge

Historically important crossing over the River Aire in North Yorkshire, designed by John Carr.

Fetch

Apparition in the form of a double of a living person, often a portent of death.

Filmer

Short story by H. G. Wells published in 1901, a fictional account of the suicide of the inventor of the first successful flying machine, just before its maiden flight.

Finial

Decoration marking the top end of some architectural element such as a gable, newel post or fence post.

Five Members

Five members of parliament whom King Charles tried to have arrested in the House of Commons on 4 January 1642.

Flannan Isle

Ballad by the English poet Wilfrid Wilson Gibson, an imaginative account of the unexplained disappearance of three lighthouse keepers in December 1900.

Flapper

Term used to describe a sub-culture of young women in the aftermath of the First World War, intent on pleasure and flouting conventional standards of behaviour.

Fletcher, Burrows & Company

Owner of collieries and cotton mills in Atherton in North West England.

Flixton Footpath Battle

Redirected to Flixton House.

Flixton House

Grade II listed building in Flixton, Greater Manchester, scene of the Flixton Footpath Battle of 1826.