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Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge

Society founded in London in 1826 to publish cheap and accessible works on scientific and artistic subjects.

Ten Scottish cottars who were imprisoned in 1908 after illegally setting up homes on the small Hebridean island of Vatersay.

Largest university museum in the UK, founded in 1867.

Young girl at the centre of a major prostitution scandal in 1885 that led to the age of consent for females being raised from 13 to 16.

Seesaw-like device for the punishment of disorderly women, scolds and dishonest tradesmen.

Redirected to brick tax.

Feudal form of inheritance tax that persisted until 1922.

Exhibition of fine art art held in Manchester in 1857, the largest art exhibition ever in the UK.

Act of parliament to prohibit burials in the metropolis of London.

Slogan used in a long-running campaign against duties o newspapers, their advertising content and the paper they were printed on.