Three women from the Lancashire village of Samlesbury – Jane Southworth, Jennet Bierley, and Ellen Bierley – accused by a 14-year-old girl, Grace Sowerbutts, of practising witchcraft. Their trial at Lancaster Assizes in England on 19 August 1612 was one in a series of witch trials held there over two days. All three women were acquitted.
Sample size fallacy
Failure to consider sample size when estimating the probability of obtaining a particular value drawn from a known population.
Samuel Bamford
English radical and writer, born in Middleton, Lancashire.
Samuel Hibbert-Ware
English geologist and antiquarian.
Samuel Johnson
18th-century English writer, critic, editor and lexicographer whose Dictionary of the English Language had far-reaching effects on the development of Modern English.
Samuel Linley
Oboist, singer and junior naval officer. A member of the musically talented Linley family fathered by Thomas Linley, Samuel first performed on stage in 1766.
Sandal Castle
Ruined medieval castle in Sandal Magna, Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. One of two castles built overlooking the River Calder, it was built by the Warrennes, the Earls of Surrey who were Lords of the Manor of Wakefield.
Sandbach Crosses
Two early 9th-century stone Anglo-Saxon crosses in the market place of Sandbach, Cheshire.
Sarah Baker
English actor, theatre manager, and one of the most successful self-made women of her time.
Sarah Chapman
One of the leaders of the matchgirls' strike of 1888.
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