• 1885 establishments in the British Empire (9 C, 10 P)
• 1885 establishments in England (125 P)
• 1885 establishments in Ireland (76 P)
• 1885 establishments in Scotland (77 P)
• 1885 establishments in Wales (12 P)

C

• British companies established in 1885 (13 P)

P

• Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885 (420 P)

R

• Railway stations in the United Kingdom opened in 1885 (1 C)

A

• The Anarchist (newspaper)

B

• British Covered Court Championships

C

• Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy
• Colonial Defence Committee
• Commonweal (newspaper)
• Conservative Women's Organisation
• County Surveyors' Society
• The Court and Society Review

G

• General Union of Loom Overlookers
• Gross indecency
• Gunn & Moore

H

• Harrow History Prize

J

• Jardine baronets

L

• The Lady (magazine)
• Leeds Central High School
• Lord Chancellor's Department
• Loyal Irish Union

M

• Medical Defence Union

N

• New Humanist

P

• Permanent Secretary to the Lord Chancellor's Office

R

• Royal Commission on the Depression in Trade and Industry

S

• Baron St Oswald
• First Salisbury ministry
• Scottish Office
• Socialist League (UK, 1885)
• Society of Lithographic Artists, Designers and Engravers
• The Souls
• SSAFA
• Sunday Chronicle

T

• Turnbull & Asser