Metal collar formerly used as an instrument of punishment in Scotland.
Judy (satirical magazine)
British satirical magazine published from 1867 until 1907.
Juliana Horatia Ewing
English writer of children's stories, whose 1865 book The Brownies gave Agnes Baden-Powell the idea and the name for the junior level of the Girl Guides.
Juliana Horatia Ewing bibliography
Books written by Juliana Horatia Ewing (1841–1885) listed in order of their date of first publication.
Karst cave
The most common type of cave, formed by the solution of carboniferous rocks by the action of rainwater.
Katherine Harley
Suffragist who in 1913 organised the Great Pilgrimage, a march along six routes to converge on Hyde Park, London, where a rally in support of women's suffrage was held.
Katherine Mayne
16th-century Scottish woman convicted of the murder of her first husband, Alexander Cant.
Kaye’s Mineral Line
Standard gauge mineral line built to serve the pits owned by the Lister Kayes of Denby Grange in West Yorkshire.
Keep the Home Guard Turning
Comedy novel by Compton Mackenzie (1833–1972, portraying the exploits of the Home Guard on the fictional island of Todday during the Second World War.
Keeping of dogs to hunt, etc. 1390
Law passed during the reign of King Richard II to restrict the hunting of game to the wealthier members of society by forbidding the ownership of hunting dogs, ferrets etc. to anyone earning less than forty shillings a year.
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