How They Met Themselves
Painting by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, in which a couple in medieval costume are confronted by their doubles.
Presbytery
Part of the chancel in a Christian church housing the altar, or a residence for Roman Catholic priests.
Eyebrow Cottage, Sale
Oldest surviving building in Sale, Greater Manchester, built c.1670.
Burial Act 1852
Act of parliament to prohibit burials in the metropolis of London.
Joan Cunny, witch
One of the 31 Essex witches, hanged in 1589.
Essex witches
Collective name given to the 31 people accused of witchcraft in the English county of Essex between 1566 and 1589.
The Great Stone, Stretford
Grade II listed structure in Stretford, Greater Manchester, probably the base of an Anglo-Saxon cross shaft.
Incidental Thoughts on a Bald Head
Essay by H. G. Wells first published in 1895, about the replacement of natural losses such as hair and teeth with artificial substitutes.
The Extinction of Man
Pessimistic essay by H. G. Wells first published in 1894, about some of the ways humanity could become extinct.
The Man of the Year Million
Satirical essay by H. G. Wells first published in 1893, about the evolution of human beings into a form resembling a human foetus.