Society (304 pages found in this category)


Sawney Bean

Legendary 16th-century Scottish cannibal.

Scold’s Bridle

Device used to punish women whose language was considered to be unacceptable.

Scottish Big Cats

Redirected to Beast of Buchan

Scottish poorhouse

Scottish institution, occasionally referred to as a workhouse, provided accommodation for the destitute and poor.

Scottish Witchcraft Act 1563

Redirected to Witchcraft Acts.

Scottish Witchcraft Act 1649

Redirected to Witchcraft Acts.

Scuttlers

Members of neighbourhood-based youth gangs formed in working-class areas of Manchester, Salford, and the surrounding townships during the late 19th century.

Sir Andrew Agnew, 9th Baronet of Lochnaw

Descendent of an old Scottish family whose main seat was Lochnaw Castle in Wigtownshire, Scotland.

Sir John Brunner, 1st Baronet

British industrialist, philanthropist and Liberal Party politician who, with Ludwig Mond, created the chemical company Brunner Mond.

Six Acts

Six Acts of Parliament introduced in the aftermath of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre, intended to quash any further protests in support of parliamentary reform.