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Savage Assault on the Highway near Bolton

January 1882
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 27 January 1882 Savage Assault on the Highway near Bolton John Henry Agas, coal dealer, of Mexboro’, was summoned for...

Hull and the Yorkshire Coal Trade

February 1883
Sheffield Daily Telegraph – Saturday 10 February 1883 Hull and the Yorkshire Coal Trade From the official return of the quantity of coal sent into Hull...

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...

Drunkenness Cases

April 1883
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 13 April 1883 Drunkenness Cases James Wilson was charged with drunkenness on 4 March at Denaby and was fined 5s....

Stealing Apples – Case Withdrawn

November 1883
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 09 November 1883 Case Withdrawn Thos. Ruckledge, collier, Bolton, was summoned for having stolen a number of apples from a...

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,...

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...

Floods in the Mexbro’ District.

January 1884
Sheffield Independent - Thursday 24 January 1884 Floods in the Mexbro’ District. At eleven o’clock last night the river Don was running over its banks at...

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...

Floods at Mexbro’.

February 1884
Barnsley Chronicle – Saturday 09 February 1884 Floods at Mexbro’. On Saturday there were again many acres of land around Mexbro’ flooded by the overflow of...