Fairy-like creatures at the centre of a shamanistic Scottish cult that existed in the 16th century. Members claimed to be able to enter into a trance which allowed them to fly out at night on swallows, and join with the seely wights.
Select Conversations with an Uncle
Collection of 12 humorous conversations between George and his uncle, and two reminiscences, by H. G. Wells, first published in 1895.
Shakerley
Suburb of Tyldesley in Greater Manchester, anciently a hamlet in the northwest of the township.
Sharston Hall
Former manor house built in Sharston, an area of Wythenshawe, Manchester, England in 1701.
Shoddy and mungo
Manufacture of shoddy and mungo, an early form of recycling, was an important industry in the Heavy Woollen district of West Yorkshire.
Shrew of Kentish Town
Redirected to Jinney Bingham, Mother Damnable
Shuttle Eye Colliery
Colliery on the South Yorkshire Coalfield at Grange Moor in West Yorkshire, between Wakefield and Huddersfield on the A642 road.
Shuttleworth Hall
17th-century manor house in the civil parish of Hapton, in Lancashire
Sicilian Baroque
Distinctive form of Baroque architecture which evolved on the island of Sicily, off the southern coast of Italy, in the 17th and 18th centuries that has given the island a unique architectural identity.
Silver-fork Novel
Genre of 19th-century English literature depicting the lives of the upper class and the aristocracy.
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