28 April 1730: John Hobson meets a nematicide at Woodall (Rotherham)
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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28th.—Dined at Burrowbridge. Lodged at Woodhall’s firth, where I met with Thomas Craibtree, a tanner, nephew to the late Mr. Brook, of Field head. He had formerly a good estate near Bradford, but is now reduced, and gets his living by going about and selling a medicine to kill worms.
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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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28th.—Dined at Burrowbridge. Lodged at Woodhall’s firth, where I met with Thomas Craibtree, a tanner, nephew to the late Mr. Brook, of Field head. He had formerly a good estate near Bradford, but is now reduced, and gets his living by going about and selling a medicine to kill worms.
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- Charlatan (2) ·
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