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.
Mathematical Bridge
Footbridge across the River Cam in Cambridge, England, connecting two parts of Queens' College, built using seven shorter lengths of straight timber to form an arch.
Mathematical fallacy
Series of steps which is seemingly correct but contains a flawed argument, or a spurious proof of an obvious contradiction such as that 1 = 2. Fallacies differ from simple mistakes in that there is an element of concealment in the presentation of the proof.
Mather Lane Mills
Former complex of cotton mills built on the banks of the Bridgewater Canal in Bedford, Leigh in Lancashire, England.
Matthew Hopkins
English witch-hunter who claimed to hold the office of Witchfinder General, although that title was never bestowed by Parliament.
Matthew Murray
Matthew Murray was an engineer born in Newcastle on Tyne who became known for improving steam engines and building the first commercially successful steam locomotive.
Maud Foster Windmill
Seven-storey, five-sail tower mill close to the Maud Foster Drain, from which she is named, in Skirbeck, Boston, Lincolnshire.
Maurice Winnick
English musician and dance band leader of the British dance band era.
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Meg Shelton
Reputed witch whose corpse kept reappearing from its grave until it was covered by a large boulder.
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