First library to be set up under the provisions of the Public Libraries Act 1850, in Manchester, England, which allowed local authorities to impose a local tax of one penny to pay for the service.
Early advocate for women’s rights, born in Gomersal in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England, (1817–1893).
Emily Susan Ford (1850–1930), artist and campaigner for women’s rights, was born into a Quaker family in Leeds. She trained as an artist at the Slade School of Art and exhibited at the Royal Academy.
Described by the historian Ian Orton as “one of the most revolutionary library advances of the nineteenth century”.
Singer who possessed great beauty, subject of several paintings, poet and writer.
18th-century English entrepreneur, author of The Experienced English Housekeeper, and possible inventor of the Eccles cake.
Account of a series of English witch trials that took place on 18–19 August 1612, commonly known as the Lancashire witch trials.
Three women from the Lancashire village of Samlesbury accused by a 14-year-old girl, Grace Sowerbutts, of practising witchcraft. All three were acquitted.
Convicted witch who escaped the death penalty because she had caused no harm to anyone.
Cunning man who is alleged to have practised witchcraft at Cleworth Hall in Lancashire.
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