Ten Scottish cottars who were imprisoned in 1908 after illegally setting up homes on the small Hebridean island of Vatersay.
Vesta Tilley
Vesta Tilley (1864–1952) was a popular English music hall performer and one of the most famous male impersonators of her era.
Vesta Victoria
English music-hall singer and comedian.
Vill
Historical term describing a unit or area of land containing several dwellings
Walter Arnold
First person in the UK to be fined for speeding.
Walthamstow Chase
Redirected to Tottenham Outrage.
Wapentake
Anglo-Saxon administrative unit.
Warrington Perambulating Library
The Warrington Perambulating Library has been described by historian Ian Orton as “one of the most revolutionary library advances of the nineteenth century”.
Whipping Tom
Name given to two sex offenders, one in London and the other in the nearby village of Hackney, active in 1681 and 1712 respectively.
White Cross Army
Organisation set up in 1883 by the social campaigner and author Ellice Hopkins, together with the Bishop of Durham, to promote “social purity”.