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In the history of the United Kingdom and the British Empire, the Victorian era was the reign of Queen Victoria, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22...

impressive monument to both attract and intimidate the populace. In late Victorian times Devil's Dyke became a tourist attraction, complete with a fairground...

In Great Britain and former British colonies, a Victorian house generally means any house built during the reign of Queen Victoria. During the Industrial...

Victorian literature is English literature during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837–1901). The 19th century is considered by some the Golden Age of English...

show is performed by a single puppeteer inside the booth, known since Victorian times as a "professor" or "punchman", and assisted sometimes by a "bottler"...

health importance. The post of chief medical officer dates back to Victorian times. The equivalent title may go under different names across countries...

Committee, to protect and enhance its character and amenities. Until late Victorian times, it was a distinct village outside London, sitting astride the main...

sexes. While some genital piercings have been around since at least Victorian times (e.g. Prince Albert piercing jewellery), a recent increase in popularity...

While the popularity of savouries has waned since their height during Victorian times, there has recently been a renewed interest in savouries. Typical savouries...

child discipline, with credible stories of such going back at least to Victorian times. "Petticoat punishment", as a sexual fetish interest, involves imagining...

traditionally used for its medicinal properties, and was a popular motif in Victorian times. There is still not a consensus over the precise botanical species...

century, and a 17th-century mansion, both of which were rebuilt in Victorian times. The gardens date to the 1630s, although they too were restructured...

The trackway across the down today is known as the B3046 route. By Victorian times Preston Candover and Nutley had a population of over 500 people. The...

aired in the first quarter of 2014. A single episode aired in 2016, as a Victorian-era special, followed by a fourth series in 2017. As of 15 January 2017...

the documentation of whisky in savoury cooking goes back to at least Victorian times, where its use in meals is documented in Isabella Beeton's famous cookery...

The Royal Victorian Order (French: Ordre royal de Victoria) is a dynastic order of knighthood established in 1896 by Queen Victoria. It recognises distinguished...

English dish that used to be eaten by working-class people in London in Victorian times; it was also popular in the early 19th century in the USA. However...

trading took place from braziers or carts. It was not until late Victorian times that shops began to appear. The first recorded shop was Henry Blanchard’s...

expression" (presumably Wakhi), and it was generally used for the Pamirs in Victorian times: In 1876, another British traveler, Sir Thomas Edward Gordon, employed...

Threshing flails. Look up flail in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Antique Farm Tools Agriculture in Victorian Times Picture of one kind of rice flail...