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- 30 December 1779: Tombstone epitaph for William Carleill of Ecclesfield Hall (Sheffield), who died today aged 84
- 21 April 1826: Tombstone epitaph for Jonas Thackray of Grenoside (Sheffield) who died today aged 72
- 2 March 1797: Tombstone epitaph for George Wilkinson, village crier of Ecclesfield (Sheffield), who died today aged 94
- 6 December 1828: Tombstone epitaph for Joseph Batty (32) of Mortonley, who today fell into a coal pit 75 yards deep
- 28 April 1843: Thomas Hardwick announces the sale by auction at the Star and Garter of the Kirkstall Brewery, following the death in bankruptcy of Thomas Walker
- 5 November 1789: John Elley, a run-away apprentice to John Gelderd at Meanwood Tannery, Leeds, begins a distinguished career in the British Army, breaking the heart of his employer’s daughter
- 22 August 1896: A Leeds GP suggests that mysterious cases of diphtheria in Meanwood may be caused by its market gardens
- 27 July 1892: The Rev Lower Carter leads members of Leeds Geological Association from Hyde Park Corner on a tour of Rowley and Co’s quarries in Meanwood Valley
- 1 April 1979: Amid motorway mania in Leeds, West Yorkshire Council will today unleash secret plans to link Chapeltown and Woodhouse with a ¼-mile suspension bridge across Meanwood Beck
- 2 October 1815: Publican George Harwood, late of Beverley, announces his return to Hull and the White Horse, now the Black Horse
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