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Kidnapped

Historical fiction adventure novel by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, written as a boys' novel and first published in the magazine Young Folks from May to July 1886.

Kilvey Community Woodland

Designated nature reserve on the fringes of the city of Swansea, Wales.

King of the cats

Folk tales about the king of a society of talking cats.

King’s Evil

Name given in medieval times to scrofula, a swelling of the lymph nodes in the neck caused by tuberculosis.

Kirklees Priory

Medieval nunnery associated with the legend of the death of Robin Hood.

Kiss of Shame

Redirected to Osculum Infame.

Kosmoid

Group of three companies set up by Glasgow doctor Alexander Shiels in 1904: Kosmoid Ltd, Kosmoid Locks Ltd, and Kosmoid Tubes Ltd.

L. C. Howitt

Manchester City Council’s chief architect from 1946 until his retirement in 1961.

Lady Agnew of Lochnaw (painting)

Oil on canvas portrait of Lady Agnew by John Singer Sargent completed during 1892. Commissioned by her husband Sir Andrew Noel Agnew, 9th Baronet.

Lady Emily Gordon Cathcart

Heiress known for her stance against Catholicism and her leading role in the Highland Clearances