Industrialist, politician and philanthropist.
Edward Ormerod
English mining engineer and inventor who worked at Gibfield Colliery in Atherton, Lancashire where he devised and tested his safety device, the Ormerod safety link or detaching hook.
Eilmer of Malmesbury
Benedictine monk who became the first European aviator when between 1000 and 1010 AD he jumped from the summit of a tower with wings fastened to his hands and feet, gliding for a distance of about 600 ft.
Eleanor Thornton
Inspiration for the Rolls-Royce flying lady mascot.
ELIZA
Early natural language processing computer program.
Elizabeth Raffald
18th-century English entrepreneur, author of The Experienced English Housekeeper, and possible inventor of the Eccles cake.
Ellenbrook tramway
A tramway built by the Bridgewater Trustees in the 1830s to transport coal to the Bridgewater Canal.
Ellesmere Colliery
Ellesmere Colliery in Walkden, on the Lancashire Coalfield, was sunk in 1865 by the Bridgewater Trustees. Production ended in 1923.
Elsecar
Former mining village in South Yorkshire, six miles north of Rotherham and six south of Barnsley.
Elsecar Collieries
Collieries in South Yorkshire owned by the Wentworth Fitzwilliams from the late-18th century.