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Flooding

February 1883
Leeds Mercury – Tuesday 13 February 1883 Flooding The Don and Dearne have overflowed and flooded a large tract of land. The highways to several adjacent...

Almanack for 1881

December 1880
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 24 December 1880 Almanack for 1881 Mexboro’ Local Board Members | Order of RetiringStenton, H.Dickinson, P.Peace, W.Beevers, W. | April 15th,...

Chronology for 1879 (continued)

January 1880
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 02 January 1880 Chronology for 1879 (continued) July 1.—Suspicious death of a Mexboro’ man at the Wadsley Asylum. July 3.—Suicide of...

Chronology for 1879

January 1879
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 02 January 1880 Chronology for 1879 We give below the principal local events which have taken place during the past...

Mexborough and Parliamentary Representation

December 1884
Sheffield Daily Telegraph – Tuesday 09 December 1884 Mexborough and Parliamentary Representation It is considered that within a radius of six miles from either Mexborough or...

Signed for Mansfield Town

16 June 1933
South Yorkshire Times, June 16th 1933 Frank Raynor, of Goldthorpe, who has just been signed by Mansfield Town, was for some time with Goldthorpe United. He...

Barnburgh Colliery – Retirement Of Mr. T. L. Soar – Kilnhurst Official Appointed

June 1933
South Yorkshire Times, June 16th 1933 Barnburgh Colliery Retirement Of Mr. T. L. Soar Kilnhurst Official Appointed Mr. A. F. Linton, assistant manager at Kilnhurst Colliery, has been...

Wedding – Lee & Rowley

June 1933
South Yorkshire Times, June 23rd 1933 Wedding: Rowley & Lee The wedding of Miss Stella Lee. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Lee, of Kelly...

Barnburgh Champions

June 1933
South Yorkshire Times, June 23rd 1933 Barnburgh Champions The Barnburgh Colliery ambulance team who won the "Argenta" Cup at Blackpool on Saturday.  In the group are...

South Yorkshire Collieries and Hull – March 1884

April 1984
Midland & Northern Coal & Iron Trades Gazette, Wednesday 9 April 1884 South Yorkshire Collieries and Hull. The amount of trade done with Hull during the...

State of Coal Industry

March 1878
Birmingham Daily Post – Saturday 23 March 1878 Barnsley, Friday. The whole district is in a very unsettled state, whilst trade was scarcely ever more depressed....

Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List – 27th January 1939

January 1939
South Yorkshire Times - Friday 27th January 1939 Montagu Hospital The Week’s Casualty List Cases admitted to the Hospital during the week include:— THURSDAY: Alfred Nicoll, 10, West...

Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List – March 4th, 1939

March 1939
Montagu Hospital The Week’s Casualty List March 4th, 1939 Cases Admitted SATURDAY: John Murphy (50), 127 Prospect Avenue, Goldthorpe — compound fracture and pelvis injury, in street. MONDAY: Fred Hodkin (30),...

Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List – Friday 17th February 1939

February 1939
Montagu Hospital The Week’s Casualty List – Friday 17th February 1939 Cases Admitted MONDAY: Horace Pond (18), 21 Birdwell Road, Kilnhurst — lacerations of face and concussion, at...

Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List – Friday 10th February 1939

10 February 1939
South Yorkshire Times,  Friday 10th February 1939 Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List The following cases were admitted to the Montagu Hospital, Mexborough, during the...

Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List – Friday 03rd February 1939

February 1939
South Yorkshire Times, Friday 3rd February 1939 Montagu Hospital  The Week’s Casualty List Cases admitted to the Montagu Hospital during the week:— SATURDAY: John Murphy (50), 127, Probert Avenue,...

Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List – Friday 3rd February 1939

February 1939
South Yorkshire Times, Friday 3rd February 1939 Montagu Hospital  The Week’s Casualty List Cases admitted to the Montagu Hospital during the week:— SATURDAY: John Murphy (50), 127, Probert Avenue,...

Chronological Table of Principal Occurrences In 1883.

January 1884
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 11 January 1884 Chronological Table of the Principal Occurrences in the District In 1883. JANUARY 1.—A porter named Arthur Barber killed...

Hull and the Yorkshire Coal Trade In 1883.

January 1884
Midland & Northern Coal & Iron Trades Gazette - Wednesday 09 January 1884 Hull and the Yorkshire Coal Trade In 1883. During the month of December,...

The Proposed Petty Sessional Court For Mexbro’.

January 1884
Sheffield Independent - Friday 04 January 1884 The Proposed Petty Sessional Court For Mexbro’. The inhabitants of Mexbro’ have much confidence that the proposed application at...

Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List – 20th January 1939

January 1939
South Yorkshire Times, 20th January 1939 Montagu Hospital The Week’s Casualty List Admitted during the week to Montagu Hospital during the week were:— THURSDAY: John Henry Knight (19), 163,...

Obituary – “George Harry” Stables – Popular Barnburgh Cricketer

August 1933
South Yorkshire Times, August 11th 1933 Obituary "George Harry" A Popular Barnburgh Cricketer Barnburgh Cricket Club lost an old and valuable member in Mr. G. H. Stables....

Rose Queen – Pretty Ceremony At Snape Hill

July 1933
South Yorkshire Times, July 28th 1933 Darfield's Rose Queen Pretty Ceremony At Snape Hill About three hundred mothers and friends assembled at the Snape Hill...

Editorial – What of 1943 ?

2 January 1943
South Yorkshire Times January 2nd 1943 What of 1943 ? Standing on the threshold of 1943 the thought that is naturally uppermost in the minds of...

Wedding – Thompson & Parkin

August 1933
South Yorkshire Times, August 4th 1933 Wedding: Parkin & Thompson At the Regent Street Congregational Church, Barnsley, on Saturday, Mr. J. A. Parkin, only son of...