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Floods Near Mexbro’

November 1888
Sheffield Independent - Wednesday 14 November 1888Floods Near Mexbro’ Yesterday the riven Don and Dearne were again swollen, and much land was submerged.Between Mexbro'...

Local Court Cases – May 13th 1889

May 1889
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Monday 13 May 1889 Pulling a Collier’s Whiskers On Saturday at the West Riding Police Court, Doncaster, Joseph Howarth, collier, Bolton-on-Dearne, was...

Local Court Cases – May 14th 1889

May 1889
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 28 May 1889 Breaches of Colliery Rules. Walter Agar, pony driver, Market place, Mexbro', was fined 2s. 6d. and costs...

Local Court Cases – May 20th 1889

May 1889
Sheffield Independent - Monday 20 May 1889 Doncaster West Riding Police Court. On Saturday, at this court, Henry Stranach, a pot hawker, of Mexbro', was...

Yorkshire Coalowners & Local Wages Questions – Important Resolution.

May 1890
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Saturday 10 May 1890 The Yorkshire Coalowners and Local Wages Questions. An Important Resolution. A resolution of very great importance to...

A Ramble Round Mexborough – The Present and The Past.

May 1890
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 16 May 1890 A Ramble Round Mexborough The Present and The Past. Being a stare to my 'cycle, but few...

Notes and Comments – Tragedies at Bolton & Conisborough

August 1890
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 29 August 1890 Notes and Comments. The terrible tragedy at Conisborough—resulting as it has in the loss of two...

Unmuzzled Dogs

August 1890
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 01 August 1890 Unmuzzled Dogs Thomas Harrison, described as a gentleman, of Balby, was charged with having a dog unmuzzled. Fined...

The Coming Census.

March 1891
Sheffield Independent - Thursday 26 March 1891 The Coming Census. It is fully expected that the census now being taken will show the population to...

A Sunday Scene at Bolton

July 1891
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 24 July 1891 A Sunday Scene at Bolton James Ramsdell, labourer, Swinton, and John Bardwell, bricklayer, Mexborough, were charged with...