Inventors (1571 pages found in this category)


Mary Lackland

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Mary Lakeland

English woman executed for witchcraft in Ipswich in 1645, one of the few people in England to have been executed by burning after a conviction of witchcraft.

Mary Pannell

Woman associated with witchcraft at Ledston Hall in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Died in 1603, and is said to haunt the nearby woods.

Mary Pollock

Redirected to Enid Blyton.

Mary Pownall Bromet

Sculptor born in 1862 Leigh, Lancashire, where her father, James Pownall, was a silk manufacturer.

Mary Roberts

English natural history author (1788–1864).

Mary Taylor

Early advocate for women's rights, born in Gomersal in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England, (1817–1893).

Mary Toft

English woman from Godalming, Surrey, who in 1726 became the subject of considerable controversy when she tricked doctors into believing that she had given birth to rabbits.

Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary

English nursery rhyme that may be about Queen Mary I.

Masbro’ boat disaster

Sixty-four people, mainly children, were drowned in the River Don in Masbrough, Yorkshire, on 5 July 1841 when the launch of a boat went wrong.