Form of tenure under English feudal property law.
Society for Psychical Research
Registered charity founded in 1882 to conduct scientific investigations into psychic and paranormal phenomena.
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
Society founded in London in 1826 to publish cheap and accessible works on scientific and artistic subjects.
Spiritualism
System of beliefs and practices intended to establish communication with the spirits of the dead.
Sponging house
A sponging house was a place of temporary confinement for those arrested for non-payment of a debt.
Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2008
Act of Parliament repealing more than 250 Acts of Parliament no longer considered to be of practical use.
Statute of Silence 1581
Act of Parliament introducing a series of increasingly gruesome punishments for speaking or publishing anything that Queen Elizabeth I did not wish to hear.
Stocks
Device used to publicly humiliate those found guilty of minor offences.
Stool of Repentance
Redirected to cucking stool.
Stretford Memorial Hospital
Former hospital in Stretford, Greater Manchester.