Riots & uprisings (1575 pages found in this category)


Hulton Collieries

The Hulton Colliery Company operated on the Lancashire Coalfield from the mid-19th century in Over Hulton and Westhoughton, Lancashire.

Humphrey Chetham

English merchant responsible for the creation of Chetham's Hospital and Chetham's Library, the oldest public library in the English-speaking world.

Humpty Dumpty

One of the best-known English nursery rhymes, about an egg, and almost certainly intended as a riddle.

Hundred (Shire Division)

Administrative subdivision of a shire.

Hunger Strike Medal

Awarded by the Women's Social and Political Union to those suffragettes who had gone on hunger strike during their imprisonment.

Hush-a-bye Baby

Perhaps the best-known English lullaby, the earliest known version of which was published in about 1765.

Huskar Pit Disaster

Deaths of 26 boys and girls working underground, drowned by an overflowing stream.

Hylas and the Nymphs

Hylas and the Nymphs is a painting by the English artist John William Waterhouse, exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in 1897. It shows the Greek hero Hylas being enticed to his death into a pool of water by a group of nymphs.

Images and captions

Inserting Images and captions.

Imitation game

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