Cotswold Olimpick Games
The Cotswold Olimpick Games is an annual public celebration of games and sports held on the Friday after Spring Bank Holiday near Chipping Campden, in the Cotswolds of England.
Gertrude Agnew
Biography of socialite Gertrude Vernon, Lady Agnew of Lochnaw, who gained prestige and notoriety from her portrait by artist John Singer Sargent.
Sir Andrew Agnew, 9th Baronet of Lochnaw
Descendent of an old Scottish family whose main seat was Lochnaw Castle in Wigtownshire, Scotland.
Burying in Woollens Acts
There were three Burying in Woollens Acts passed during the 17th century, to support the domestic woollen trade in the face of increasing competition from foreign imports
Joseph Denison (banker)
A wealthy banker and owner of the Denbies estate in Surrey.
Wife selling
Way of ending an unsatisfactory marriage by mutual agreement that probably began in the late 17th century, when divorce was a practical impossibility for all but the very wealthiest.
Stretford Public Hall
Public hall built in 1878 by the Manchester’s first multi-millionaire John Rylands.
John Rylands
John Rylands (7 February 1801 – 11 December 1888) was an English entrepreneur and philanthropist. He was the owner of the largest textile manufacturing concern in the United Kingdom, and Manchester’s first multi-millionaire.
1881 Lancashire miners’ strike
Bitter and violent Lancashire miners’ strike of 1881 that lasted for seven weeks, and ended with no resolution.
Catherine Hayes
Catherine Hayes née Hall (1690–1726), was the last woman in England to be executed by being burned alive.