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.
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.
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