Horace Henry Cauty
English painter of genre, landscape and historical scenes (c. 1846 –1909).
The Holborn Monthly Magazine
Short-lived women’s magazine published from April 1903 until April 1904.
Ballingdon Hall
16th-century Grade II* listed manor house in Sudbury, Suffolk, which came to national attention when it was towed from its original site in 1972.
Rats
Ghost story by M. R. James first published in 1929, about a locked room containing the remains of a gibbeted former owner.
St Matthew’s, Stretford
Active Anglican church in Stretford, Greater Manchester, built in 1841–1842.
Act of Supremacy 1534
Act of Parliament acknowledging King Henry VIII as the supreme leader of the Church of England.
The Diary of Mr Poynter
Ghost story by M. R. James, first published in 1919, about an apparently possessed scrap of chintz, said to be a memorial to the hair of a 17th-century nobleman.
The Uncommon Prayer-Book
Horror story by M. R. James published in 1925, about the theft of a number of prayer-books repeatedly found to be open at a particular psalm, despite being stored in a locked and disused church.
Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2008
Act of Parliament repealing more than 250 Acts of Parliament no longer considered to be of practical use.
A Neighbour’s Landmark
Ghost story by M. R. James published in 1925, about the disappearance of a woman who steals her neighbour’s property by removing a cursed landmark.