Early guillotine, or decapitating machine, used in the town of Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. It was probably installed during the 16th century as an alternative to beheading by axe or sword.
Halkett boat
Type of lightweight inflatable craft designed by Lt Peter Halkett (1820–1885) during the 1840s. When deflated, the hull can be used as a cloak, the oar as a walking stick, and the sail as an umbrella.
Hamlet (place)
Rural settlement smaller than a village.
Hammersmith Ghost
Early 19th-century hoax that reinforced the standard white-sheeted ghost look, and set a legal precedent for self-defence.
Hamstone
Golden-brown sedimentary stone, from Ham Hill in Somerset.
Hanged, drawn and quartered
Statutory penalty in England from 1352 for men convicted of high treason.
Hanging Bridge
Medieval structure spanning the Hanging Ditch, which connected the rivers Irk and Irwell in Manchester, England, part of the city's medieval defences.
Harlequinade
British comic theatrical genre developed in England between the 17th and mid-19th centuries.
Harper Runabout
The Harper Runabout is a three-wheeled motor vehicle designed by Robert Harper and manufactured from 1921 until 1926.
Harris’s List of Covent Garden Ladies
Annual directory of prostitutes working in Georgian London, published from 1757 until 1795.
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