Norah Wilmot (1889–1980) was the first British woman racehorse trainer to officially train a winning horse. Her historic win came with her filly Pat, at Brighton in August 1966, just one day after she became one of the first two women to be granted a training licence by the Jockey Club.
North Berwick witch trials
Series of Scottish witch trials held between 1590 and 1593
North Western Gas Board
Former state-owned utility area gas board providing gas for light and heat to industries and homes in the north-west of England.
Nostell Colliery
Former colliery on the South Yorkshire Coalfield, about four and a half miles south east of Wakefield, on the Nostell Priory estate.
Nostell Priory
Palladian-style country house built near the site of a 12th-century Augustinian priory.
Nuckelavee
Horse-like demon from Orcadian mythology that shares some of the characteristics of humans.
Nuggle
Mythical water horse of mainly Shetland folklore where it was also referred to as a shoepultie or shoopiltee in some areas of the islands
Number 13 (short story)
Horror story by M. R. James, first published in 1904, about a hotel room that only exists during the hours of darkness.
Number of the beast
Hideous beast whose number is 666, introduced in the Book of Revelation, which many have seen as a description of the end of the world.
Numerology
Modern successor to arithmomancy, embodying the belief that numbers can explain the workings of the universe and thus allow predictions to be made.
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