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.
Kellas cat
A Kellas cat is a black Scottish feline, initially considered to be a myth or a hoax.
Kelpie
Shape-shifting water spirit inhabiting the lochs and pools of Scotland.
Kenyon and Leigh Junction Railway
The Kenyon and Leigh Junction Railway (K&LJR) opened on 3 January 1831 linking the Bolton and Leigh Railway (B&LR), which terminated near the Leigh Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, to the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&MR) at Kenyon.
Keppel’s Column
One of several follies and monuments erected on the Wentworth Park Estate in South Yorkshire.
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