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Ploughland

Redirected to oxgang.

Pollock and the Porroh Man

Short story by H. G. Wells first published in 1895, about a murdered witch-doctor whose severed head haunts the man responsible for his death.

Port of Manchester

Customs port in North West England, created on 1 January 1894 and closed in 1982.

Porte-cochère

From the French meaning "coach door", also known as a coach gate or carriage porch, a covered porch-like structure at a main or secondary entrance to a building that gives access to a vehicle while providing arriving and departing occupants with protection from the elements.

Porticus

Side chamber typically added to the north and south sides of early Christian churches to give the building an overall cruciform plan.

Portwey Hospital

Grade II listed former workhouse and hospital in Weymouth, Dorset, redeveloped in the early 1990s for residential use.

Posset

Drink made from milk curdled by the addition of an acidic liquid such as wine or ale, which evolved into an early form of trifle.

Potovens pottery

Hamlet on the Wakefield Outwood, now known as Wrenthorpe, where small pot works were built.

Potts of Leeds

Company founded in 1833 in Leeds, England to make domestic timepieces , which expanded into the manufacture and repair of public clocks.

Power-loom riots

Rioting by hand loom weavers in 1826 in Lancashire, England, protesting against the introduction of the much more efficient power looms.