Bog body


Human cadaver that has been naturally mummified in a peat bog.

Lindow Woman

Partial remains of a female bog body discovered in a peat bog at Lindow Moss, Cheshire in 1983.

Congested Districts Board (Scotland)

Board set up to administer the money made available by the British government to improve congested areas of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland.

Worsley Man


Head of a sacrificed Romano-British Celt found buried in Chat Moss.

Janet Douglas, Lady Glamis

Scottish aristocrat executed in 1537 for treason. Modern day academics highlight that earlier accounts declaring she was tried for witchcraft are inaccurate.

Alice Ayres

English nursemaid who died after rescuing three children under her care when a fire broke out at their home in 1885.

Thomas Aikenhead

Last person to be executed in Britain for blasphemy, in 1697.

Robert Keyes

One of the conspirators in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605.