Society (303 pages found in this category)


1858 Bradford sweets poisoning

The 1858 Bradford sweets poisoning was the arsenic poisoning of more than 200 people in Bradford, England, when sweets accidentally made with arsenic were sold from a market stall in the town.

1881 Lancashire miners’ strike

Bitter and violent Lancashire miners' strike of 1881 that lasted for seven weeks, and ended with no resolution.

A Little Bit of Cucumber

Comedic music hall-song first performed by Harry Champion in 1915, about the types of food preferred by the cockney working classes.

Act of Six Articles 1539

Act of Parliament introduced to curb excessive Protestant reform and to impose religious conformity.

Act of Supremacy 1534

Act of Parliament acknowledging King Henry VIII as the supreme leader of the Church of England.

Act of Uniformity 1558

One of the Acts of Parliament collectively known as the Elizabethan Religious Settlement. It introduced a Common Book of Prayer, and obliged everyone to attend their parish church every Sunday and on holy days. Those who refused were known as recusants.

Adele Meyer

Adele Meyer, Lady Meyer, (1862/3–1930) was an English socialite, social reformer, philanthopist and suffragist.

Albert Pierrepoint

English hangman who executed between 435 and 600 people in a 25-year career that ended in 1956.

Alice Glaston

Probably the youngest female to be legally executed in England, in 1546.

Alison Rough

Edinburgh merchant and property investor convicted of murdering her son-in-law in 1535.