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.