Now! Then! 2025! - Yorkshire On This Day

A Yorkshire Almanac Comprising 365 Historical Extracts, Red-letter Days and Customs, and Astronomical and Meteorological Data

Entries for the tag ‘Baines, Edward (1800–90)’

Nonconformist editor (1834-) and proprietor (1848-) of the Leeds Mercury, Liberal MP for Leeds (1859-74), advocate of child factory labour and opponent of state education.

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