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- 15 September 1872: Death of “York’s last Waterloo hero”
- 27 December 1745: A correspondent from Stokesley (Hambleton) recounts the destruction of their Catholic chapel by a youthful mob during the Jacobite invasion of England
- 12 April 1706: The first four-day stage coaches from York to London and vice versa depart from the Black Swan in each city
- 12 July 1692: Philip Wharton finances the annual donation of large numbers of English bibles and catechisms to poor children in York
- 4 November 1725: Mary Wandesford of York (spinster) finances with her will the foundation of a Protestant convent
- 24 February 1631: Samuel Rabanke ensures that after his death the people of Danby (Scarborough) will recall his fondness for the number nine
- 5 July 1603: In his will, William Clapham gives poor pupils at the Giggleswick free school something to celebrate on St Gregory’s Day
- 30 January 1410: Henry IV acts against salmon poaching in Yorkshire
- 27 October 1866: Dr Hook, Dean of Chichester, writes to his wife from his old vicarage in Leeds
- 7 November 1866: James Robinson of Barnsley is observed teaching his dog to worry cats
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