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- 13 March 1728: Wild daffodils in the hedges at Wickersley (Rotherham)
- 4 January 1728: Martha Savile (100) is buried at Mexborough (Doncaster) in a Cudworth family coffin
- 21 November 1727: The funeral of Cornelius Wood of Barnsley, killed in a rabbit trap
- 5 October 1727: The burial of Francis West (80) removes a witness of the deforestation caused by demand for charcoal in iron production around Higham (Barnsley)
- 28 June 1727: Gentlemen at Barnsley wear cockades in their hats to celebrate the proclamation of George II (but why red and orange?)
- 31 October 1674: Riding home to Pontefract from Wakefield fair, a sozzled Silvanus Rich enters the River Calder in flood at Wakefield bridge
- 14 February 1818: 17 girls aged 9-18 die in a fire at Thomas Atkinson’s cotton mill at Colne Bridge (Huddersfield), but the counting house and warehouse are saved
- 2 December 1726: The Rev Hopkins of Kirkheaton castrates himself to prevent further mischief
- 9 October 1726: Two horsemen attack the house of Mr Goodwin, rector of Tankersley (Barnsley)
- 20 September 1726: Dodworth (Barnsley) gets its first window glass
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