Tower house in the parish of Udny, southwest of Pitmedden and northeast of the hamlet of Udny Green, Aberdeenshire
Udny Mort House
In the 18th and 19th centuries body-snatchers, also known as resurrectionists, shush-lifters or noddies, excavated graves to meet the increasing demand from medical colleges for bodies to dissect, as not enough were being supplied from executions.
Ullerwood Castle
Early medieval fortification, possibly a shell keep, in Ringway, Greater Manchester, England.
Under the Knife
Short story by H. G. Wells first published in 1896, about an out of body experience while under anaesthetic.
Undine
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.
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