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- 31 August 1785: The public intervene in the ascent by balloon of Joseph Decker at York Racecourse
- 2 June 1917: Olive Mallet and her lover Alfred Gorham are charged with falsely claiming benefits for poisoning she suffered at Barnbow munitions factory (Leeds)
- 17 March 1990: J. Salter encounters a swarm of ladybirds on the North York Moors
- 3 May 1641: On the day of the discovery of the True Cross, Driffield folk start moving their livestock out of town to high summer pasture, endangering crops
- 21 May 1641: Six corn-wains from villages east of Driffield pass slowly through Elmswell on their way to Malton
- 6 June 1641: Under a waning gibbous moon, armed with a penknife and sticky-willy unguent, a shepherd castrates Henry Best’s lambs at Elmswell (Driffield)
- 11 May 1641: William Simpson of Little Driffield takes a break from threshing to shear Henry Best’s sheep at Elmswell
- 9 May 1641: Sheepwashing preparatory to shearing at Elmswell (Driffield)
- 16 July 1638: Henry Best and several other well-off citizens of Elmswell (Driffield) are taxed to help relieve plague-stricken Hull
- 22 November 1641: Snow falls at Elmswell (Driffield), and sheep farmers jostle for low ground and feed
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