Societies (1579 pages found in this category)


Manchester Zoological Gardens

Gardens opened in 1838, on a 15-acre (6 ha) site between Broom Lane and Northumberland Street in Broughton, now in Salford, England.

Mancunian Film Corporation

British film production company founded in 1934, notable for establishing the only feature film studio outside of Greater London.

Mancunian Films

Redirected to Mancunian Film Corporation.

Mandrake

One of 2500 species of plants belonging to the Solanaceae family. Its psychoactive effects have been known to physicians since ancient times.

Manorial court

Lowest courts of law in England during the feudal period, their civil jurisdiction limited by subject matter and geography.

Margaret Aitken, the great witch of Balwearie

Pivotal figure in the great Scottish witchcraft panic of 1597.

Margaret Clap

Owner with her husband of a notorious molly house in 18th-century London.

Margaret Echlin, Lady Pittathrow

Redirected to Margaret Henderson, Lady Pittadrow.

Margaret Henderson, Lady Pittadro

Member of the Scottish elite who was accused then incarcerated for witchcraft in 1649, but died before her case went to trial.

Margaret Sibthorp

Editor of the "pioneering women's periodical" Shafts from 1892 until 1899.