Undines (or ondines) are a category of imaginary elemental beings associated with water, first named in the alchemical writings of Paracelsus. Similar creatures are found in classical literature, particularly Ovid's Metamorphoses.
Unitary authority
Local government administrative unit in England and Wales.
Urban district
Administrative areas that had district councils and shared local government responsibilities with a county council.
Vagabonds and Beggars Act 1494
Act of Parliament intended to suppress beggars and itinerant vagabonds.
Varney the Vampire
Main character in a series of penny dreadfuls produced from 1845 until 1847. The stories introduced many of the ideas represented in modern vampire stories, such as Varley's fangs leaving two puncture wounds on the necks of his victims.
Vatersay Raiders
Ten Scottish cottars who were imprisoned in 1908 after illegally setting up homes on the small Hebridean island of Vatersay.
Vesta Tilley
Vesta Tilley (1864–1952) was a popular English music hall performer and one of the most famous male impersonators of her era.
Vesta Victoria
English music-hall singer and comedian.
Vestry
Redirected to sacristy.
Victoria Arches
A series of bricked-up arches in an embankment of the River Irwell in Manchester. They served as business premises, landing stages for steam packet riverboats and as Second World War air-raid shelters.
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