20 September 1726: Dodworth (Barnsley) gets its first window glass
John Hobson. 1877. The Journal of Mr. John Hobson, Late of Dodworth Green. Yorkshire Diaries and Autobiographies in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. Ed. Charles Jackson. Durham: Surtees Society. A (morbid) compendium of everyday England. It is sometimes unclear whether the date given is that of an occurrence or that on which news reached his capacious ears. Get it:
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Guest put glass into the sash windows in the buttery, being the first that ever was in this town.
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Abbreviations:
- ER: East Riding
- GM: Greater Manchester
- NR: North Riding
- NY: North Yorkshire
- SY: South Yorkshire
- WR: West Riding
- WY: West Yorkshire
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The editor notes another sale, presumably around this time: “Paid Guest for glazing the great window, 16s (Royston Churchwarden’s Accounts).”
Am I interpreting this correctly? The replacement of oiled cloth, paper, shutters, or even thin sheets of horn by glass deserves a better entry.
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Guest put glass into the sash windows in the buttery, being the first that ever was in this town.
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