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Peg o’ Nell

Malevolent water spirit of the River Ribble in Lancashire, England.

Pendleton Colliery

Former colliery that operated on the Manchester Coalfield from the late 1820s. It was a major employer but was subject to water ingress, which ultimately bankrupted its owner.

Pennington Flash

Lake formed by mining subsidence in Leigh, Greater Manchester, the largest body of open water in Wigan.

Perran Foundry

Cornish foundry established in 1791 to supply steam-engine pumps and heavy machinery to mines, waterworks and ironworks.

Perranarworthal

Mostly rural parish in West Cornwall.

Piece Hall

Rare example of a large-scale cloth hall – an exchange for trading woollen and worsted cloth "pieces" – that is largely intact.

Pierre Adolphe Valette

French Impressionist painter who taught at the Manchester School of Art from 1906 until 1920.

Pilkington’s Lancastrian Pottery & Tiles

Former manufacturer of tiles, vases and bowls established in 1892, best remembered for their fine glazes such as Royal Lancastrian.

Pitfour estate

Estate in the Buchan area of north-east Scotland, home to James Ferguson of Badifurrow, the first Laird of Pitfour, and two generations of his family.

Port of Manchester

Customs port in North West England, created on 1 January 1894 and closed in 1982.