Society (304 pages found in this category)


Plague House

Redirected to pest house.

Portwey Hospital

Grade II listed former workhouse and hospital in Weymouth, Dorset, redeveloped in the early 1990s for residential use.

Posset

Drink made from milk curdled by the addition of an acidic liquid such as wine or ale, which evolved into an early form of trifle.

Powis Almshouses

Almshouses in Chepstow paid for by a bequest from Thomas Powis in 1716, intended to house six poor men and six poor women.

Predictions of Isaac Bickerstaff

Pseudonym used by the satirist Jonathan Swift in a hoax predicting the "infallible" death of John Partridge, a well-known 18th-century astrologer and almanac maker, on 29 March 1708.

Punishment of Incest Act 1908

Act of Parliament making it illegal for the first time in England and Wales for a man to engage in sexual intercourse with any female he knew to be his grand-daughter, daughter, sister, half-sister, or mother.

Rag pudding

Savoury dish once popular in the mill towns of northwest England.

Records of the Past Exploration Society

Society established in 1900 in Washington D.C., with a particular interest in biblical archaeology.

Recusant

Redirected to Act of Uniformity 1558.

Red Windsor (cheese)

Pale cream English cheddar-style cheese made from pasteurised cow's milk marbled with a blend of port and brandy.