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Leighth Feight

Clash between Chartists and police in Leigh, Lancashire in August 1839.

Lever Park, Rivington

Grade II listed country park between Rivington ‌in Lancashire and Horwich in Greater Manchester.

Liber Poenitentialis

Set of 7th-century ecclesiastical laws applied to women – and only women – perfoming acts such as divination, raising storms, or murder by the use of magic.

Lilias Adie, witch

Elderly Torryburn woman who died after confessing to witchcraft; her face was reconstructed from photos of her skull.

Lillie Wallace, witch

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Lindow Moss

Raised peat bog in Cheshire, best known for the discovery of the preserved bog body of Lindow Man in 1984.

Lindow Woman

Partial remains of a female bog body discovered in a peat bog at Lindow Moss, Cheshire in 1983.

Lion comique

Type of popular entertainer in the Victorian music halls, a parody of upper-class toffs or “swells” made popular by Alfred Vance and G. H. MacDermott, among others.

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Little Moreton Hall

Moated half-timbered manor house 4.5 miles (7.2 km) southwest of Congleton in Cheshire, England, the earliest parts of which date from about 1504–1508.