16th-century manor house in Longville in the Dale, Shropshire, now owned by the National Trust and used as a youth hostel since 1937.
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.
William Hulton
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.
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