Now! Then! 2024! - Yorkshire On This Day

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A sad event occurred at Holbeck, near Leeds, on Monday afternoon. Mr. Walley, who is a wool-stapler in Leeds, was married on the 2lst [of June], at the church of St. Mary the Virgin, London, to Sarah Ann, the daughter or Mr. Joshua Haldren, of Hoxton, the lady being about 27 years of age. Up to Monday last nothing had occurred to create any dissatisfaction between Mr. Walley and his bride, and on the day named he was about to receive company. When Mr. Walley left home in the morning, his lady appeared in her usual health and spirits, and in the course of the day retired to her dressing-room, for the purpose, of changing her dress and preparing her toilet, previous to the arrival of her friends; but as she did not return, the servant proceeded to her room, where the unhappy lady was found quite dead. She had committed suicide by dividing the jugular vein of the neck.

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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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A sad event occurred at Holbeck, near Leeds, on Monday afternoon. Mr. Walley, who is a wool-stapler in Leeds, was married on the 2lst [of June], at the church of St. Mary the Virgin, London, to Sarah Ann, the daughter or Mr. Joshua Haldren, of Hoxton, the lady being about 27 years of age. Up to Monday last nothing had occurred to create any dissatisfaction between Mr. Walley and his bride, and on the day named he was about to receive company. When Mr. Walley left home in the morning, his lady appeared in her usual health and spirits, and in the course of the day retired to her dressing-room, for the purpose, of changing her dress and preparing her toilet, previous to the arrival of her friends; but as she did not return, the servant proceeded to her room, where the unhappy lady was found quite dead. She had committed suicide by dividing the jugular vein of the neck.

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