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.
Sir Alexander MacRobert
Self-made millionaire from Aberdeen
Sir Andrew Agnew, 9th Baronet of Lochnaw
Descendent of an old Scottish family whose main seat was Lochnaw Castle in Wigtownshire, Scotland.
Sir John Brunner, 1st Baronet
British industrialist, philanthropist and Liberal Party politician who, with Ludwig Mond, created the chemical company Brunner Mond.
Sitlington
Ancient township of four villages, renamed from Shitlington to Sitlington in 1929.
Six Acts
Six Acts of Parliament introduced in the aftermath of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre, intended to quash any further protests in support of parliamentary reform.
Skelmanthorpe flag
Banner made in honour of the victims of the Peterloo Massacre.
Skyhooks (Trafford Park)
Pair of 18-metre high statues at the northern entrance to Trafford Park, erected in 1995 to mark the area's regeneration
Slack Roman Fort
Castellum (fort) in the Roman province of Britannia, which may have been the Cambodunum mentioned as a station on the road between Deva Victrix (Chester) and Eboracum (York).
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