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Designed by Gilbert Scott and built in 1868. Includes brief details and illustration. - [Read more]

Short biography of an early pioneer in steam locomotives. Includes selected writings and correspondence. - [Read more]

Outlines her efforts to become one of the first female doctors in the United Kingdom, and the subsequent foundation of a Women's Medical School. - [Read more]

Part of the Avesta, which is believed to be the work of Zarathustra himself. - [Read more]

Served as secretary of the Women's Labour League and was also active in the Women's Co-operative Guild, which was campaigning for minimum wage legislation, an improvement in child welfare and action to lower the infant mortality rate. Became one of the first women to enter the House of Commons. She was elected as Labour MP for Northampton. (1873-1953) - [Read more]

Offers information on Elizabeth Pease including bibliography and comments on each work. - [Read more]

Abstract: Born at Hawne House, Halesowen on 6th October, 1783. After being educated at Wolverhampton Grammar School, he began work at his father's bank. Attwood first became involved in politics when he joined the campaign against the East India Company. In 1812 the government appointed a Select Committee to of the House of Commons to investigate the activities of the East India Company. Attwood led the Birmingham delegation which gave evidence to the Committee. In June 1839, he presented the first National Petition to the House of Commons. Although it had been signed by over 1,280,000 people, the Commons rejected the petition by 235 votes to 46. Frustrated by the unwillingness of Parliament to respond to public pressure, he decided to resign from Parliament and died in Malvern on 9th March 1859. - [Read more]

Town in Mauritania with estimated 3,000 inhabitants and situated in Sahara, in the southeastern corner of the country. Economical base is trade and some agriculture. - [Read more]

Part of Sahara. Covers eastern Libya and western Egypt, and touches Sudan and Chad. - [Read more]

Town in the Somme region of the Western Front to which the French 2nd Army retreated in September, 1914. - [Read more]

Acquired a reputation as one of the most talented pilots in the RFC. Became flight commander of 74 Squadron and then commander of 85 Squadron. Shot down 58 planes. Awarded the Victoria Cross posthumously when his plane crashed behind German lines. (1887-1918) - [Read more]

Biography of journalist Hubert Bland and bibliography including comments on each work. - [Read more]

Formed when the Manchester and Leeds Railway acquired eight smaller companies. Includes brief history of the line. - [Read more]

Was leader of the Labour Party in the House of Commons. Became a regular contributor to socialist newspapers. Supported Britain's war involvement and was appointed Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Food. Includes excerpts from his Memoirs. (1869-1949) - [Read more]

City in Turkey with 2.1 million inhabitants, situated in the west of Turkey. - [Read more]

Was a major wool-exporting port. Station for several railway lines including the Great Western Railway, Bristol and Exeter Railway, and the Bristol and Gloucester Railway. Includes brief history. - [Read more]

Journal specializing in serial publication of novels. Published from 1860 to 1975. - [Read more]

Egyptian pharoah, reigning from 1504 to 1450 BCE. Includes brief biography. - [Read more]

Opposed parliamentary reform but spoke in favour of the measure when Edward Baines introduced a reform bill, pointing out that only one fiftieth of the working classes had the vote. (1809-1898) - [Read more]

Socialist member of the Women's Social and Political Union. Was a prominent member of the Women's International League for Peace, an organization committed to world peace. (1867-1954) - [Read more]