Early computers (1579 pages found in this category)


Walter Arnold

First person in the UK to be fined for speeding.

Walter Bruce, minister

Scottish minister at Inverkeithing and Rosyth who played a significant role in the witch-hunt of 1649–1650.

Walter Traill Dennison

Orcadian folklorist and antiquarian

Walthamstow Chase

Redirected to Tottenham Outrage.

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.