Window tax
Tax based on the number of windows a property had, widely but erroneously believed to have resulted in many windows being bricked up.
Early Closing Association
19th-century movement in support of the closure of shops on Saturday afternoons.
Burns Cottage
Birthplace of Robert Burns (1759–1796), Scotland’s national poet.
Red Windsor (cheese)
Pale cream English cheddar-style cheese made from pasteurised cow’s milk marbled with a blend of port and brandy.
Sarah Chapman
One of the leaders of the matchgirls’ strike of 1888.
Gibbeting
Public exhibition of the bodies of executed criminals by hanging them from a gallows-like structure, where they were left to rot, held together with iron hoops.
Merkin
Pubic wig, originally used to cover syphilitic pustules and gonorrheal warts in the genital area.
Act of Supremacy 1534
Act of Parliament acknowledging King Henry VIII as the supreme leader of the Church of England.
Amenity society
Organisation tasked with monitoring the planning and development of listed structures.
Mary Bolles
17th-century Yorkshire woman uniquely created a baronetess in her own right.