Meg Shelton
Reputed witch whose corpse kept reappearing from its grave until it was covered by a large boulder.
Reputed witch whose corpse kept reappearing from its grave until it was covered by a large boulder.
One of the earliest motorised scooters.
Nursery rhyme about the best-known of the British sleep spirits, first published in 1841.
18th-century English cook, author of The British Housewife.
Short story by H. G. Wells first published in 1894, about an episode in the romantic life of a young maidservant who is engaged to be married.
Staffordshire woman convicted of witchcraft in 1596 on the false testimony of an 14-year-old boy.
British manufacturer of steam and petrol-powered vehicles active from 1908 until 1916.
Suffragist who in 1913 organised the Great Pilgrimage, a march along six routes to converge on Hyde Park, London, where a rally in support of women’s suffrage was held.
English graphic artist whose name has become synonymous with the genre of saucy postcards, particularly associated with the seaside.
The last short story written by H. G. Wells, published in 1937, about an archbishop who develops doubts about his relationship with God.