Yorkshire Almanac 2026

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[Letter to Lady Grey] A very wet harvest here; but I have saved all my corn by injecting large quantities of fermented liquors into the workmen, and making them work all night.

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• Alcohol (drug) (62) W/G ·
• Beer (36) W/G ·
• 📌Foston, North Yorkshire (5) W/G ·
• Smith, Sydney (1771-1845) (7), wit, writer, Anglican cleric W/G ·
• Wheat (14) W/G ·

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