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- 7 November 1866: The Huddersfield Improvement Commissioners hear of the unsatisfactory arrangements for married couples in dosshouses
- 22 September 1829: John Broughall, an elderly Jewish pedlar, complains to Sheffield magistrates that he was ejected from the Tontine Inn (Haymarket) for running a shop inside
- 5 March 1829: Henry Burton of Hotham tells a rowdy public meeting at Beverley to petition parliament against Catholic emancipation and preserve “the Protestant constitution”
- 25 November 1828: Benefit scroungers from Wortley (Leeds) take a six-mile ride to West Ardsley
- 17 October 1826: Rabbi Phillips of York writes to the Herald accepting an apology from the evangelical Jew-converter (and convert) Joseph Wolff for taking his name in vain
- 11 August 1823: The Hull Packet publishes a selection of cross-column typographical serendipities
- 13 December 1847: The Rev. Hook of Leeds (49) tells a Coventry colleague of his popularity among his fellow elderly
- 6 November 1667: Cottage smiths of cutlery, scissors, shears, sickles and swords around Sheffield lobby for the expansion of exemptions from the 1662 hearth tax
- 3 January 1647: “H.M.” arrives at York with 36 carts containing £200,000, the first half of the sum paid to the Scots for custody of Charles I and to persuade their army to go home
- 7 March 1615: A great thaw begins in York – heavy flooding along the Ouse and Foss, followed by four months drought
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