Societies (1580 pages found in this category)


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

West Bretton

Village and civil parish in the Wakefield District of West Yorkshire.

West Pier Public Convenience

Category A designated public convenience in Rothesay, opened in 1900.

Westhoughton Mill

Former cotton mill built in 1804, the target of a Luddite attack in 1812.

Westminster Gazette

London Liberal evening newspaper published from 1896 until 1928, distinctive for its green newsprint.

Wharton Hall Colliery

Wharton Hall Colliery was in Little Hulton on the Lancashire Coalfield in Lancashire, north west England.