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1891   Feb Death of Mr. John Robinson, Hemingfield, Lundhill Colliery Manager
1919   Feb Wombwell Man’s Shocking End – Sad Fatality at Houghton Main
1919   Mar Jump Soldier’s Death.
1919   Mar Oldest Man in Township Passes Away
1919   May A Wombwell Churchman – Mr W Thorpe
1919   Dec Barnsley Co-op’s. Loss. – The Death of Mr J Elliott, J.P., President.
1921   Jan Obituaries in 1920
1921   May Obituary – Mr George Hinchcliffe – Seventy Years at Wombwell Main.
1921   Sep Colonel Mitchell’s Will – £1,000 for Servants.
1921   Dec The Years Local Obituary
1922   Dec 1922 Obituaries
1923   Nov Obituary – Remarkable Career of late Mr. John Robinson.
1926   Aug Mr. C. H. Elliott – Hundreds of Employees at Funeral.
1927   Oct Irving Washington – Obituary
1928   Mar Obituary – Josuah Silverwood
1928   Apr Bravo Roy ! (video)
1928   Apr Roy Kilner – 1. His Death
1928   Apr Roy Kilner – 2. His Career
1928   Apr Roy Kilner – 3. Leeds Mercury – A Happy Man
1928   Apr Roy Kilner – 4. Local Tributes
1928   Apr Roy Kilner – 5. Roy’s Beginning
1928   Apr Roy Kilner – 6. Cricketing Family
1928   Apr Roy Kilner – Sheffield Daily Telegraph
1928   Apr Roy Kilner’s Funeral – 2. Funeral Procession – Remarkable Scenes
1928   Apr Roy Kilner’s Funeral – 3. Rector’s Eulogy “”A Yorkshire Wicket Down.”
1928   Apr Roy Kilner’s Funeral – 4. Final Procession and Burial (videos)
1928   Apr Roy Kilner’s Funeral – 5. Thousands Astonishing Pilgrimage to Grave –
1928   Jun Funeral with Military Honours
1929   Jan Obituary – Mr. F. C. Wilson – Churchwarden – Fine Craftsman.
1929   Jul Mr John Davison – A Methodist Pioneer
1929   Aug Obituary – Mr Robert Tesh – Prominent Wombwell Buffalo.
1929 Aug 30 Loss to South Yorkshire Speedway
1929   Oct Wombwell’s First Stationmaster
1929   Dec A Wombwell Tragedy – Pneumonia Ravages Family – Churches Loss
1929   Dec Mrs E.Wood – Wombwell’s Oldest Inhabitant – Link with the Oaks Disaster
1929   Dec Obituary – Mr. Abel Lee – Former Dearne Valley Footballer. 
1929   Dec Pit Yard Tragedy – Wombwell Main Foreman’s Collapse.
1930   Jan Obituaries of 1929
1930   Apr Oldest Resident Dead.
1930   Jun Rev. George Hadfield – A Tribute
1931   Jun Obituary – Mr J.H. Payne – The Newhill Naturalist
1931   Nov Tragic Discovery – Daughter Finds Father Dead – Old Naval Man
1932   Jan Obituary – Rev. Henry Weale – A Popular Minister
1932   May Obituary – Walter Musgrave
1932   Jul Wombwell P.M. Stalwart
1932   Aug An Old Mitchell Mainer – Death of Mr. Tom Robinson
1932   Sep Obituary – Charles Willow Heath
1932   Dec Obituary – Mr E. Tune, J.P. – Barnsley Co-Operative Society President
1932   Dec Obituary – Mr E. Tune, J.P. – Tribute Councillor Hallsworth
1932   Dec Obituary – Mr E. Tune, J.P. – Tribute – Mr A E Allott
1932   Dec Obituary – Walter Dransfield.
1932   Dec Passing of a President – Impressive Funeral Scenes
1932   Dec Death while Speaking – Barnsley Co-operators President
1933   Mar Obituary – Kettlewell
1933   May Obituary – Darfield’s “G.0.M” – Mr. Daniel Hammerton
1933   Jul Mr. T. M. Thornsby – Leading South Yorkshire Club Official
1933   Jul Obituary – Isaac (“Ike”) Bedford
1933   Jul Obituary – Mr. Walter Coulsey Hill
1933   Aug Mr. V. E. Burrows – Former Wombwell Councillor
1933   Aug Obituary – Arthur Longley
1933   Oct Great Figure In Local Cricket – Wombwell Pioneer – Seth Kilner
1933   Dec Obituary – Saxton
1933   Dec Wombwell – Mr. Israel Husband
1934   Jan Obituary – Mr. Geo. William Hartley
1934   Jan Obituary – Owen Pascoe
1934   Jan Obitury – Thomas Wood
1934   Mar Obituary – John Coulson
1936   Sep Wombwell Colliery Director’s Death
1936   Oct Death of Mr. P. M Walker – 32 Years Clerk to Council
1937   Oct Generous Bequests of Former Practitioner
1937   Oct William Rowbottom
1937   Nov Obituary – Mr. T. Turvey – Prominent Wombwell Tradesman
1937   Nov Mitchell Main Loss – Sudden Death of Old Servant – Mr. H. Hargreaves
1937   Dec Obituary – Former Mine Official – Mr. W. Johnson, Of Wombwell
1938   Jan Mr. C. Ardron – Wombwell Spiritualist Pioneer
1938   Jan Mr. Firth – Self-Educated Wombwell Veteran
1938   Jan Obituary. – Pioneer of Motor Trade – Mr. Thomas Lee, of Wombwell
1938   Feb Death of Mr. John  P. Lingard – Racing Man Who Never Made A Bet
1938   Feb Family Reunion at the Funeral of Mr John P Lingard
1938   Jul Mr T.W. Small of Wombwell
1938   Jul Wombwell Dentists Death
1938   Sep Obituary  – Mr George Scargill
1938   Oct Mine Directors Death – Mr Stanley Claytor – Mitchell Main Loss
1938   Nov Mr. Charles Radford – Seventy-six Years in One House
1938   Dec One House In 52 Years – Death of Oldest Native of Wombwell
1938   Dec Ten Years With His Spine Broken – And Then Died Natural Death
1939   Jan 40  Years’ Service – Signal Man’s Death at Wombwell
1939   Mar Obituary – Draper Who Became a Farmer
1939   Apr In Her 91st Year
1939   Apr Saw Body In Water.
1939   May Mr. J. Rance – Hemingfield Veteran’s Fine Record
1939   May Obituary – Mr H. Shelton
1939   Jun Obituary – Mrs Foster
1939   Aug Obituary – Mr Paul Fellows
1939   Sep Mr. J. Winder – Yorkshire Deputies’ Secretary – Well-Known Wombwell Man
1939   Nov Pit Tragedy
1939   Dec Obituary – Mr Barrett
1940   Aug Fifty Years as Warden – Wombwell Church Work – Mr A.H. Tabor
1941   Mar Mining Chiefs Death – Mr. R. Claytor of Mitchell Main – Well-Known Personality
1941   Apr Gas Engineer’s Death – Mr. E. J. Wellens of Wombwell
1941   Oct Death of Former Councillor – Mr. G. Taylor
1941   Dec Seventy Years in Pit – Death of Mr. B. Malpass of Wombwell
1942   Jan Death of Mrs. Isabel Hilyer
1944   Oct Obituary – Mrs. A. Prendergast
1949   Jan Obituary – Mr Jim Auckland
1949   May Gardener, 80, Dies after Collapse
1949   Nov Dr. W. G. Etches
1951   Feb Swinton Man Dies in Surrey – Former Wombwell Schoolmaster
1951   Mar Died In His Office – Cortonwood Collieries Manager’s Collapse
1951   Jul Brampton Widows Death – Neighbour’s Found Her Collapsed
1951   Dec Obituary – George Peaker
1957   Dec Obituary – Mr. Tom Rodwell – Wombwell Pitman Who Became Director
1958   Jun  Said To Be Of Royal Stock – Death of Miss C. Gibbs of Wombwell
1959   Apr Obituary – Mrs A Kilner,Famous Wombwell cricketer’s widow.
1960   Apr Obituary – Harry Hammond