Society (304 pages found in this category)


Amenity society

Organisation tasked with monitoring the planning and development of listed structures.

Anatomy Act 1832

Act of Parliament intended to increase the number or corpses available for dissection by medical students.

Ancient parish

Ancient or ancient ecclesiastical parishes encompassed groups of villages and hamlets and their adjacent lands, over which a clergyman had jurisdiction.

Anne Bonny

Female pirate who operated in the Caribbean during the 18th century.

Annie Kenney

English working-class suffragette, the poster girl of the Women's Social and Political Union.

Arsenic Act 1851

The Arsenic Act 1851 (14 & 15 Vict c. 13) was passed by the United Kingdom Parliament in 1851, during the reign of Queen Victoria in response increasing public concern over accidental and deliberate arsenic poisonings.

Arthur John Lewis Gordon

Diplomat, artist and collector; owner of Ellon Castle from 1880s.

Atherton Urban District

Atherton Urban District was from 1894 to 1974 a local government district in Lancashire, England.

Barque of St Peter

Ancient Christian symbol for the Church.

Barratry

English common law crime of excessive litigation, particularly for the purposes of profit or harassment.