Mini-based kit car designed by Richard Oakes and manufactured by D&H Fibreglass Techniques, set up by Harold Dermott and Maurice Holt in 1975.
Miliary fever
Outdated medical term for any infection characterised by a seed-like rash.
Militia Ordinance
Act of Parliament passed in 1642 allowing parliament to appoint military commanders without the king's approval.
Milton Court
17th-century country house in Dorking, Surrey, now converted to office accommodation.
Mind at the End of Its Tether
Last publication by the English author H. G. Wells, a darkly pessimistic prediction about the future extinction of the human race.
Mine boat
Boats built to transport coal from the Duke of Bridgewater's pits in Worsley
Mines and Collieries Act 1842
Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom prohibiting all females and boys under ten years of age from working underground in coal mines.
Mines rescue
Specialised job of rescuing miners and others who have become trapped or injured in underground mines because of accidents, roof falls or floods and disasters such as explosions caused by firedamp.
Mining disasters in Lancashire
Mining disasters in Lancashire in which five or more people were killed occurred most frequently in the 1850s, 1860s and 1870s.
Minsden Chapel
Grade II listed ruined 14th-century chapel near Preston, Hertfordshire, reputedly haunted.
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