Entries
Most recent additions first.
- 2 April 1683: A domestic dispute at the Heywoods’ in Northowram (Halifax)
- 12 February 1677: Heavy snow leaves Oliver Heywood unsure whether to cross the Pennines into Lancashire
- 24 February 1673: Oliver Heywood regrets impulsively baptising the child of an irresponsible Quaker father
- 11 February 1674: A successful national fast
- 5 February 1691: Approaching 60, Oliver Heywood contemplates his place in the cosmos
- 2 January 1673: Despite Charles II’s Declaration of Indulgence, Presbyterians Oliver Heywood and Christopher Richardson are detained while preaching at Lascelles Hall (Kirkburton)
- 14 August 1673: A retired coal miner, unable to live from carding wool, decides to return to a pit at Royds Hall (Bradford)
- 27 August 1673: John Holden fatally mugs his wife at Lightcliffe (Calderdale), but witnesses are fearful, and the jury sees only manslaughter
- 11 May 1674: A poor man at Ossett (Wakefield) punishes his child for taking a piece of bread
- 22 September 1674: A shotgun wedding ends in tragedy for young Mr Robinson of Sowerby
RSS feed
Bluesky
Extwitter