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Marriages – July 1893
Mexborough & Swinton Times – July 1893
Marriages
Groom Name
Bride Name
Date
Place
Details
John William Price
Ada White
July 5
Register Office, Rotherham
Groom of Manchester; bride of Wath
Arthur Henry Burrows
Frances Annie Lister
July...
Deaths – July 1893
Mexborough & Swinton Times, July 1893
Deaths – July 1893
Name
Date
Place
Details
William Chambers
Jul-01
Crossland Street, Swinton
Son of John William Chambers, aged 4 years
Henry Froggatt
Jul-02
Roman Terrace, Swinton
Son of Albert...
Mexborough & District Collieries & Hull Coal Trade
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 14 July 1893
Mexborough and District Collieries and the Hull Coal Trade
Yesterday the official return showing the quantity of...
The Terrific Gale – Great Destruction of Life and Property
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Thursday 13 December 1883
The Terrific Gale
Great Destruction of Life and Property
At Kilnhurst a large portion of a stack belonging to...
Hull and the Yorkshire Coal Trade
Sheffield Daily Telegraph – Tuesday 18 December 1883
Hull and the Yorkshire Coal Trade
During the month of November the tonnage of coal sent to Hull...
Deaths & Marriages
Mexborough & Swinton Times, November 1883
Marriages
SENIOR—DRABBLE.—Oct. 28, at the Registrar’s Office, High Street, Doncaster, Frank Senior, glassblower, to Geraldine Drabble, both of Conisboro’.
ALLERTON—MULLINS.—Oct. 28,...
Drunkenness
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 09 November 1883
Drunkenness
John Barrett was summoned for having been drunk on the 22nd ult. at the Don Hotel,...
Savage Assault on the Highway near Bolton
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 27 January 1882
Savage Assault on the Highway near Bolton
John Henry Agas, coal dealer, of Mexboro’, was summoned for...
Another “Bounce” from Swinton
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 07 January 1881
Another “Bounce” from Swinton
Thomas Gregg, of Swinton, was charged with being drunk and disorderly there on...
South Yorkshire Collieries & Hull Coal Trade in 1881
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 20 January 1882
The South Yorkshire Collieries and the Hull Coal Trade in 1881
The annual return relating to the...
Hull and the Yorkshire Coal Trade
Sheffield Daily Telegraph – Thursday 11 October 1883
Hull and the Yorkshire Coal Trade
Hitherto the quantity of coal sent into Hull compares favourably with last...
Public Executioner Applications
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 14 September 1883
Public Executioner Applications
Applications for the post of public executioner are coming in thick and fast. Mexboro’...
Marconigrams – October 6th, 1933
South Yorkshire Times, October 6th, 1933
Marconigrams
West Yorkshire coal mines were operated at a loss of £210,611 during August.
Plans have been prepared for a new...
Marconigrams – October 13th, 1933
South Yorkshire Times, October 13th, 1933
Marconigrams
Lady Albreda Bourke of Kildare, an aunt of Earl Fitzwilliam, died on Monday.
The river Don rose three and...
Marconigrams – November 10th, 1933
South Yorkshire Times, November 10th, 1933
Marconigrams
The next Wath Rural Deanery Choirs Festival will be held in 1935.
Get ready to join our great knitting contest....
The Church Beautiful
South Yorkshire Times, October 13th, 1933
The Church Beautiful
An excellent study of the transformation wrought in the chancel of St. Michael’s Church, Swinton by the...
“Red Riding Hood”,
South Yorkshire Times : Saturday, December 12th, 1970
Susan Machon, (18), of 17 Duke Street, Swinton, one of the charming dancers in “Red Riding Hood”,...
The Hull Coal Trade – 30,000 Tons Decrease
Sheffield Daily Telegraph – Monday 06 April 1903
The Hull Coal Trade
A 30,000 Tons Decrease
The return furnished by the Hull Chamber of Commerce and Shipping...
An Echo of the Denaby Strike
Sheffield Daily Telegraph – Monday 07 December 1903
An Echo of the Denaby Strike
At the Doncaster West Riding Court, on Saturday, Enoch Townend, collier, Swinton,...
Sunday Gambling at Conisboro’ and Mexboro’
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 18 December 1903
Sunday Gambling at Conisboro' and Mexboro'
No less than 45 charges were made against boys and men...
The Hull Coal Trade – November Returns
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 11 December 1903
The Hull Coal Trade
November Returns
Denaby and Cadeby Collieries, which, of course, head the list, stand out...
Gross Cruelty to Pit Ponies – Mixed Penalties
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 27 November 1903
Gross Cruelty to Pit Ponies
Mixed Penalties
Heavy penalties were inflicted in two cases of cruelty to pit...
Wedding – Hargreaves & Fowler
South Yorkshire Times : Saturday, December 19th, 1970
Miss J. Hargreaves, of Greno Road, Swinton and Mr. T. S. Fowler of Overdale Road, Wombwell, after...
Move to cyprus
South Yorkshire Times : Saturday, December 19th, 1970
Mrs. Theophamous moved to Cyprus in May. Her husband is a electronics engineer there. He works away...
Off to Cyprus
South Yorkshire Times : Saturday, December 19th, 1970
Off to Cyprus
An 11 years old Swinton girl flew out on Tuesday to Cyprus, where she will...