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- 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
- 19 September 1857: 2,500 employees of Titus Salt’s factory in Saltaire go on a work outing to the Art Treasures’ Exhibition at Manchester
- 19 March 1894: The Goole coroner wonders at the frequency of death by tripe
- 25 September 1779: The Rev. William Whytehead writes from Hornsea to his cousin four miles away with news of the Battle of Flamborough Head
- 23 August 1837: Robert Gibson, fishmonger of Queen Street, Hull, is beggared by his Liberal landlord for favouring the Conservatives in the general election, says the (Tory) Hull Packet
- 25 July 1837: Sir Walter James, 2nd Baronet (21) is elected MP for Kingston upon Hull, to the joy of a young Tory author
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