Reputedly “the most haunted house in England”, described as such by psychic researcher Harry Price. Demolished in 1944.
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.
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