American history (1575 pages found in this category)


Walton Hall, Derbyshire

Grade II* listed country house in the village of Walton-on-Trent, Derbyshire, built in 1723.

Wandering Jew

Jewish cobbler named Cartophilus, condemned by Jesus to roam the world without rest until the end of time, for taunting him on his way to the Crucifixion.

Wapentake

Anglo-Saxon administrative unit.

Warburton Toll Bridge

Privately owned statutory tolled undertaking which incorporates a public highway road length, one of the few remaining pre-motorway toll bridges in the UK.

Warrington Perambulating Library

The Warrington Perambulating Library has been described by historian Ian Orton as “one of the most revolutionary library advances of the nineteenth century”.

Water bull

Also known as tarbh uisge in Scottish Gaelic, a mythological Scottish creature similar to the Manx tarroo ushtey.

Wayde’s Essence

Short story by H. G. Wells, about a prominent politician who learns that the drug he has been taking for the last 17 years to dispel all self-doubt is in reality distilled water.

Wee Willie Winkie

Nursery rhyme about the best-known of the British sleep spirits, first published in 1841.

Welcome to Engole

Our home page.

Wellington Suspension Bridge

Bridge crossing the River Dee in Aberdeen, northeast Scotland