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Historical Diary – 11 – November Anniversaries

December 1892
Mexborough and Swinton Times December 30, 1892 Anniversaries November 1 Shocking accident to engine driver, Manvers Main ‘80 (Article Wath & Swinton site.) 2 Presentation to G. Thompson, Swinton.’89 3...

Historical Diary – 12 – December Anniversaries

December 1892
Mexborough and Swinton Times, December 23rd, 1892 Historical Anniversaries December 1              First election Rotherham and Hallamshire divisions ’85 2              Testimonial to W. Ping. Rawmarsh, ’86 3              Mrs. Barker, Mexboro’,...

Child Murder at Mexborough.

December 1892
Manchester Courier - Saturday 10 December 1892 Child Murder at Mexborough. What is apparently a case of child murder has been brought to light at Mexborough...

Child in Canal – Open Verdict

December 1892
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 16 December 1892 Open Verdict. The adjourned inquest relative to the death of the newly born female child, which...

Mr. John Dixon

January 1893
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 06 January 1893 Mr. John Dixon Was born in the year 1850 at the village of Grendon, which adjoins the...

Coal Reached at Cadeby – Cutting Through the Barnsley bed

January 1893
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Saturday 21 January 1893 Coal Reached at Cadeby Cutting Through the Barnsley bed Yesterday the work of sinking at Cadeby, which has...

The Hull Coal Trade – Returns for 1892

January 1893
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Friday 06 January 1893 The Hull Coal Trade The Returns for 1892 The j returns for December and for the all of last...

District Trade in 1892

January 1893
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 06 January 1893 District Trade in 1892 Although never having been particularly bright trade in Mexborough district during the past...

A Glassblower Drunk

January 1893
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 06 January 1893 A Glassblower Drunk Wm. Kirk, glassblower, Mexborough, was summoned for having been drunk and disorderly at Mexborough,...

An Unswept Chimney

January 1893
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 06 January 1893 An Unswept Chimney William Lawson, labourer, Mexborough, was summoned for allowing his house chimney to be...