Landowner who lived at Hulton Hall in Lancashire, notorious for his part in the Peterloo Massacre.
William James Neatby
Ceramic designer and artist born in Barnsley, Yorkshire, who trained as an architect but changed career and went to work for Burmantofts Pottery.
William Speirs Bruce
Scottish naturalist, polar scientist and oceanographer who organised and led the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition of 1902–1904.
William Wailes
English 19th-century stained-glass artist, one of the most accomplished of his generation.
William Waterhouse
English artist; father of John William Waterhouse
Window tax
Tax based on the number of windows a property had, widely but erroneously believed to have resulted in many windows being bricked up.
Windsor witches
Four women from Windsor executed for witchcraft in 1579.
Winnats Pass
Hill pass and limestone gorge in the Peak District of Derbyshire, England.
Winter Hill
The high point of Rivington Moor in the West Pennine Moors is 1,496 feet high and has been the site of mining, a mass trespass, aeroplane disasters and murder.
Winter Hill Trespass
1896 protest organised when the landowner Colonel Ainsworth closed a track leading to Winter Hill, denying the right of access to the local population.
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