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Bottesford witches

Redirected to Witches of Belvoir.

Bottomry

Early form of maritime insurance, now defunct.

Boulton and Park

Thomas Ernest Boulton and Frederick William Park were two Victorian cross-dressers. In 1870, while in drag, they were arrested after leaving a London theatre. They were charged with conspiracy to commit sodomy, a crime that carried a maximum prison sentence of life with hard labour.

Box pew

Type of church seating with enclosed sides.

Bradford Colliery

Bradford Colliery was a coal mine in Bradford, Manchester, England.

Bradford Colliery Brickworks

Bradford Colliery Brickworks operated on the site of the Bradford Colliery in Bradford, Greater Manchester, then in the historic county of Lancashire, England,

Branks

Redirected to scold's bridle.

Bretton Hall

Country house on the north slope of the valley of the River Dearne in West Bretton near Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.

Brick tax

Tax on bricks introduced in Great Britain in 1784 to help pay for the American War of Independence.

Bridgewater Collieries

Coal mining company on the Lancashire Coalfield with headquarters in Walkden near Manchester.