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Swinton Urban Council
South Yorkshire times : Saturday, December 12th, 1970
Coun. Jack Haythorne (Chairman of Swinton urban council) and his wife, marie, gave a buffet party for...
Local Holiday Attractions
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 18 May 1894
Local Holiday Attractions
Little of the holiday-making of Whitsuntide has been confined to our own neighbourhood. The...
South Yorkshire Collieries & Hull Coal Trade
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 11 May 1894
South Yorkshire Collieries And The Hull Coal Trade
Great Increase Of Local Tonnage
100,000 Tons More Sent In...
South & West Yorkshire Coal Trade – Exports from Hull in 1903
Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer — Friday 08 January 1904
South and West Yorkshire Coal Trade
Exports from Hull in 1903
Yorkshire colliery owners and Hull shippers...
Wedding – SLEE & SCOTT
South Yorkshire Times, October 6th, 1933
Swinton
Wedding- SLEE & SCOTT
Miss Mary Elizabeth Scott, daughter of Mr. Walter Scott, 155, Queen Street, Swinton, was married at...
Conisborough 60 Swinton 31
Sheffield Daily Telegraph — Monday 18 May 1903
Conisborough v. Swinton.
At Conisborough. Score:—
Conisborough
Runs
Swinton
Runs
H. Shaw c and b Bowers
4
G. F. Shaw c and b Shaw
3
M. Harrison...
Swinton 107 for 6 Conisboro’ 105
South Yorkshire Times and Mexborough & Swinton Times — Friday 29 May 1903
Swinton 107 for 6 Conisboro’ 105
Beautiful, exciting weather was experienced on Saturday,...
Mexboro’ and District League – Results up to date.
Mexborough & Swinton Times — Friday 29 May 1903
Mexboro’ and District League. Results up to date.
Club
P
W
L
D
Pts
Mitchell Main
5
4
0
1
9
Hoyland Silkstone
5
2
0
3
7
Tankersley
5
2
1
2
6
Mexboro’
4
2
1
1
5
Wath Lane
4
2
1
1
5
Wombwell Main
4
2
0
2
6
Conisboro’
5
1
2
2
4
Denaby and Cadeby
5
0
1
4
4
Hickleton Main
3
0
0
3
3
Swinton
7
1
5
1
3
Rawmarsh
3
0
2
1
1
Wath
4
0
3
1
1
The Hull Coal Trade. Improved Figures.
Sheffield Daily Telegraph — Thursday 07 May 1903
The Hull Coal Trade. Improved Figures.
The recent reports of the satisfactory condition of the South Yorkshire coal...
Cricket – First Division – Bowling Averages
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 28 June 1895
Bowling Averages
Name
Club
Overs
Maidens
Runs
Wickets
Average
Lister
Rawmarsh
89
36
117
32
3.21
Nicholson
Mexborough
99.1
43
138
33
4.6
T. Gale
Wentworth
103.1
30
167
37
4.19
Jackson
Kilnhurst
30.3
5
51
10
5.1
Kilner
Mitchell
31
11
47
9
5.2
J. Ards
Wath
24
6
48
9
5.3
Lister
Mitchell
54
19
102
19
5.7
Beckett
Mexborough
98
16
196
34
5.26
W. Oates
Elsecar
34
9
62
9
6.8
M. Hirst
Elsecar
119
50
205
28
6.9
Robinson
Mitchell
91.2
38
118
18
6.10
G. W. Platts
Rawmarsh
57
15
130
20
6.10
J. Cox
Wentworth
74.2
25
106
16
6.10
W. Bamforth
Elsecar
155
51
225
39
6.11
Rev. Sharpe
Elsecar
38
8
88
13
6.12
R. Needham
Mitchell
77.3
30
134
20
6.14
G. Gale
Wentworth
22.3
5
42
6
7.0
J. Needham
Mitchell
36
4
92
12
7.8
Taylor
Swinton
35.3
10
87
11
7.10
Wood
Swinton
75.1
23
152
20
7.12
J. Ellis
Wath
64
15
106
13
7.15
Blurton
Kilnhurst
107
40
163
21
7.16
Whittlestone
Wombwell Main
68
13
112
12
9.4
Atkey
Swinton
51.3
22
91
9
10.1
Dickinson
Swinton
24
13
31
3
10.1
Payling
Rawmarsh
36
10
73
7
10.3
Bell
Swinton
43.1
8
124
12
10.4
Jas....
Cricket – First Division – Batting Averages
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 28 June 1895
First Division – Batting Averages
Name
Club
Inns
Not Out
Total Runs
Average
J. Morton
Kilnhurst
7
1
154
24.6
A. Jepson
Rawmarsh
4
1
93
23.1
R. Oates
Elsecar
10
5
193
21.4
W. Bamforth
Elsecar
11
2
181
20.1
Trueman
Wombwell Main
7
1
141
20.1
Woodcock
Mitchell Main
7
1
118
19.4
Kemp
Swinton
5
0
74
14.8
“Middy” Bennett
Mexborough
11
1
189
18.9
P. Needham
Mitchell
8
2
90
18.0
J. Needham
Mitchell
9
2
125
17.8
Greasley
Mitchell
7
0
85
17.0
Hirst
Elsecar
11
0
175
15.9
Gillidge
Mexborough
5
2
47
15.2
Saxton
Kilnhurst
5
1
63
15.2
Lister
Rawmarsh
9
1
120
15.0
F....
Mr. Andrew Montagu & Tenants – Celebration of 80th Birthday
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 14 June 1895
Mr. Andrew Montagu and His Tenants – Celebration of His 80th Birthday
On Wednesday evening, to commemorate...
South Yorkshire Collieries and the Hull Coal Trade
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 14 June 1895
South Yorkshire Collieries and the Hull Coal Trade
The Hull coal return shows that during the past...
Local Collieries & Hull Trade – Effects of Dockers’ Dispute
Sheffield Independent – Friday 26 May 1893
Local Collieries and the Hull Trade
Effects of the Dockers’ Dispute – Coalowners’ and Miners’ Losses
Yesterday, after anxiously waiting...
Footpath Improvements
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 05 May 1893
Footpath Improvements
There are signs of improvement around us. The footpath between Swinton and Mexborough opposite the...
Wedding – Joynes & Hays
South Yorkshire times : Saturday, December 12th, 1970
Miss Susan Joynes (Swinton) and mr. Adrian Hays (Shirebrook), who were married at Swinton Parish Church on...
Ladies of Swinton Fitzwilliam infants school
South Yorkshire times : Saturday, December 12th, 1970
Ladies of Swinton Fitzwilliam infants school Canteen Staff at their annual dinner-dance, held last Friday at the...
Santa Enjoys A Cuddle,
SANTA ENJOYS A CUDDLE. From the girls at Swinton L.N.E.R. Club. Andrea Hill. Susan Johnson and Angela Gordon thank Santa for their presents at...
Charming Dancers
South Yorkshire times : Saturday, December 12th, 1970
Susan Machon< (18) of 17 Duke street, Swinton one of the charming dancers in “red riding hood”,...
Mining Operations in the Don Valley – Easterly Extension
Sheffield Independent – Friday 19 May 1893
Mining Operations in the Don ValleyEasterly Extensions
The development of the South Yorkshire coalfield in an easterly direction has...
Threatened Strike Of Glassblowers
Sheffield Daily Telegraph – Friday 13 July 1883
Threatened Strike Of Glassblowers
The glassblowers employed by Messrs. Kilner Bros., Conisborough; Mr. Thomas Barron, Mexborough; Messrs. Waddington...
Miners’ Demonstration At Mexborough
Sheffield Daily Telegraph – Tuesday 26 June 1883
Miners’ Demonstration At Mexborough
The annual demonstration in connection with the Denaby Main Lodge of the Miners’ Association...
Sunday Closing Meeting at Mexborough Scenes at Swinton
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 16 March 1894
Sunday Closing Meeting at Mexborough
Scenes at Mexborough, Swinton, Denaby, and Conisborough
A public meeting to advocate the...
Mexborough Primitive Methodist Circuit
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 09 March 1894
Mexborough Primitive Methodist Circuit
A New Chapel for Denaby
The quarterly meeting connected with the Mexborough Primitive Methodist...
Railway Traffic from Yorkshire Collieries to Hull
Railway News – Saturday 14 April 1883
The Railway Traffic from the Yorkshire Collieries to Hull
The quarterly return relating to the tonnage of coal transported...