The white poppy was introduced in 1933 by the British Women's Cooperative Guild as a pacifist alternative to the Royal British Legion's annual red poppy appeal.
Wife selling
Way of ending an unsatisfactory marriage by mutual agreement that probably began in the late 17th century, when divorce was a practical impossibility for all but the very wealthiest.
Wilkes’ Gobs
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William Calcraft
19th-century English hangman, one of the most prolific British executioners.
Window tax
Tax based on the number of windows a property had, widely but erroneously believed to have resulted in many windows being bricked up.
Witchcraft Act 1542
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Witchcraft Act 1563
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Witchcraft Act 1604
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Witchcraft Act 1735
Sometimes dated 1736, an Act of Parliament that repealed the statutes concerning witchcraft throughout Great Britain, including Scotland.
Witchcraft Acts
Series of Acts passed by the Parliaments of England and Scotland making witchcraft a secular offence punishable by death.