Now! Then! Source: Stovin, The Stovin Manuscript (1893)

George Stovin. 1893. The Stovin Manuscript. Yorkshire Archaeological Journal. London: Yorkshire Archaeological Society.

George Stovin (ca. 1695-1780), country gentleman, antiquarian, and geographer of the levels. Get it: All sources.

5 February 1643: Rioting locals reïnundate Hatfield Chase in protest at flooding and a loss of fishing and fowling caused by Netherlandish colonists and Cornelius Vermuyden’s land reclamation scheme

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Now! Then! is an almanac portraying Yorkshire on this day. Now! lists modern happenings in the heavens and on earth. Then! consists roughly of 934 historical serendipities (750K words) from the last 2,000 years, quoted from 1,586 more-or-less contemporary accounts, and dealing with 6,697 subjects, such as (automated list!) Leeds, York, West Riding of Yorkshire, Church of England, London, Sheffield, Bradford, poetry, Horse, Kingston upon Hull ... Leeds’s Singing Organ-Grinder has been compiling and coding Now! Then! The Yorkshire Almanac at bedtime to educate himself about his new home since moving from Hackney to Headingley in April 2021. It will soon be available in printed and e-book editions. You can also book a performance with barrel organ of The Yorkshire Almanac Songbook.

Toutes ces choses sont passées/ Comme l'ombre et comme le vent: se non è vero, è ben trovato.

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