Short story by H. G. Wells first published in 1898, about a snobbish young woman's rejection of a young man's advances because of what she perceives to be his absurd surname, Snooks.
Model village
Type of mostly self-contained community, built from the late 18th century onwards by landowners and industrialists to house their workers.
Molly Leigh (witch)
Woman accused by her local rector of being a witch, but never formally charged as such.
Monastic grange
Monastic granges were outlying landholdings held by monasteries independent of the manorial system. They could be of six known types: agrarian, bercaries (sheep farms), vaccaries (cattle farms), horse studs, fisheries or industrial complexes.
Monday’s Child
Nursery rhyme supposed to foretell a child's character or future from their day of birth.
Montague Napier
English automobile and aircraft engine manufacturer.
Montezuma’s Daughter
Novel by H. Rider Haggard published in 1893, the last of his best work.
Moorland
Dominant landscape of Britain's uplands, including many of its national parks.
Moors murders
Murders carried out by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley between July 1963 and October 1965, in and around what is now Greater Manchester, England. The victims were five children aged between 10 and 17 – Pauline Reade, John Kilbride, Keith Bennett, Lesley Ann Downey and Edward Evans – at least four of whom were sexually assaulted.
More Ghost Stories
Collection of seven short stories by the English medievalist and author M. R. James, first published in 1911.
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