History (88 pages found in this category)


Elizabeth Tyldesley

Elizabeth Tyldesley (1585–1654) was a 17th-century abbess at the Poor Clare Convent at Gravelines.

Ellon Castle and gardens

Historic ruined castle remains, formerly Fortalice of Ardgith, focal point within a formal walled garden in Ellon

Epsom riot

Attack on the police station at Epsom, Surrey by about 400 Canadian soldiers on 17 June 1919.

Five Members

Five members of parliament whom King Charles tried to have arrested in the House of Commons on 4 January 1642.

Flixton Footpath Battle

Redirected to Flixton House.

Flora MacDonald

Jacobite heroine remembered for her role in the escape of the Young Pretender to the thrones of England and Scotland, Charles Edward Stewart, commonly known as Bonnie Prince Charlie, after his defeat at the Battle of Culloden in 1746.

Fogou

Underground passage or tunnel constructed in the Iron Age by digging trenches and lining the sides with drystone walling.

Fortescue Conspiracy

Attempt in 1558 to foretell the duration of the the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.

George Arthur Ferguson, 6th Laird of Pitfour

6th and final laird of the Pitfour estate in Aberdeenshire, the Blenheim of the North

George Ferguson (Lt Governor of Tobago)

George Ferguson (1748 – 29 December 1820) was the fourth Laird of Pitfour, a large estate in the Buchan area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland which became known as The Blenheim of the North.