Wife selling

Way of ending an unsatisfactory marriage by mutual agreement that probably began in the late 17th century, when divorce was a practical impossibility for all but the very wealthiest.

Wigan Pier

Area around the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, a wharf where coal from a nearby colliery was transferred from wagons into canal barges via an iron tippler. It was demolished in 1929.

Wilkes’ Gobs

Redirected to brick tax.

William Calcraft

19th-century English hangman, one of the most prolific British executioners.

William Cragh

Medieval Welsh warrior born in about 1262, whose supposed resurrection after having been hanged for the killing of thirteen men, was one of the 38 miracles presented to the Vatican to justify the canonisation of St Thomas de Cantilupe.

William Harrison Ainsworth

English historical novelist, at one time considered a rival to Charles Dickens.

William Harrison Ainsworth bibliography

Works of William Harrison Ainsworth (1805–1882) listed in order of their date of first publication.

William Henry Gaunt

English transport engineer who began his working life developing and building gas-powered trams.

William Holman Hunt

English painter (1827–1910), one of the founding members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.

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