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.
Keuper Marl
Now deprecated term for multiple layers of mudstone and siltstone that occur beneath parts of the English Midlands and beyond.
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.
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