Society (303 pages found in this category)


Herbert Campbell

English comedian and actor who appeared in music hall, burlesques and musical comedies during the Victorian era.

Heriot

Feudal form of inheritance tax that persisted until 1922.

Herring girls

Women and girls who travelled across Scotland to gut and pack fish in the fishing ports on the east coast of Britain.

Hogarth’s Act 1735

Act of the Parliament of Great Britain to give copyright protections to the producers of engravings.

Holloway Brooch

Awarded to women imprisoned in Holloway for militant suffragette activity, by the Women's Social and Political Union.

Holy Maid of Leominster

Known only as Elizabeth, she was installed in the rood loft above the chancel of the priory of Leominster by its prior in the late 15th or early 16th century.

Housing Act 1930

Act of Parliament making it easier for local authorities to clear slums, and obliging them to rehome the tenants of such areas.

Hugh Stowell

Church of England clergyman with a reputation as a vigorous firebrand of a preacher.

Hulme Hall

Former half-timbered manor house on the banks of the River Irwell in Manchester, demolished in about 1840.

Humphrey Chetham

English merchant responsible for the creation of Chetham's Hospital and Chetham's Library, the oldest public library in the English-speaking world.