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.
Powerdrive
Three-wheeled microcar produced from 1955 until 1957.
Powis Almshouses
Almshouses in Chepstow paid for by a bequest from Thomas Powis in 1716, intended to house six poor men and six poor women.
Powrie
Redirected to Dunter.
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
Group of English artists formed in 1848 to counter what they saw as the corrupting influence of the late-Renaissance painter Raphael.
Predictions of Isaac Bickerstaff
Pseudonym used by the satirist Jonathan Swift in a hoax predicting the "infallible" death of John Partridge, a well-known 18th-century astrologer and almanac maker, on 29 March 1708.
Preparing for a Fancy Dress Ball
Oil on canvas painting by the English artist William Etty, first exhibited in 1853.
Presbytery
Part of the chancel in a Christian church housing the altar, or a residence for Roman Catholic priests.
Priest hole
Secret hiding places in the homes of prominent Catholics to hide priests from persecution.
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