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- 18 May 1732: The burial of George Crooks of Barnsley, who died of camping
- 3 April 1732: Mr Spencer’s great ox is killed at Barnsley
- 22 September 1731: Death of a mad mule-baiter
- 12 September 1731: Edward Garner of Dodworth dies, perhaps the victim of his runaway horse
- 22 March 1731: “Vegetable caterpillars” amid the artichokes at Dodworth (Barnsley)
- 28 November 1730: The troubles of a suicided chicken-thief at Rothwell do not end with death
- 10 October 1730: John Hobson observes a fiery red star to the north over Barnsley
- 17 November 1812: A doggerel inscription at St. George’s, Doncaster, commemorates two sons of ringing master Robert Smith, one of whom died by his father’s bells
- 7 September 1837: Mary Frances Heaton is gaoled at Doncaster for a breach of the peace and later sent to the West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum
- 11 August 1863: A painful scene at the burial of Adam Watson at Worsbrough Dale (Barnsley)
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