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Concert – Empire – Wombwell Reform Male Voice Choir

Mexborough and Swinton Times October 26, 1918  

Alarming Colliery Fire – Great Destruction of Property – 700 Men Out Of Employment.

October 1872
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 15 October 1872 Alarming Colliery Fire Darfield Main. Great Destruction of Property. 700 Men Out Of Employment. One of the...

The Murder of Henry Jessop at Wombwell

December 1874
Sheffield Daily Telegraph December 31, 1874 The Murder of Henry Jessop at Wombwell Yesterday afternoon the coroner (G Wightman Esq) held an inquest at the Ship...

Painful Case of Robbery at Wombwell

October 1878
Sheffield Independent October 26, 1878 Painful Case of Robbery at Wombwell At the Barnsley Town Hall yesterday, before Mr J Dyson and Mrs JC Milner, a...

Cow Killed By an Excursion Train

July 1882
Sheffield Independent July 26, 1892 Cow Killed By an Excursion Train The fast train to Cleethorpes on Sunday morning knocked down a cow at the level...

A Wombwell Property Owner Fined.

March 1883
Sheffield Independent - Thursday 01 March 1883 A Wombwell Property Owner Fined. Yesterday, at the Barnsley Court House, before Mr. P. H. Taylor, Mr. Thomas Norton,...

Nine Year Old Wanderer Spends Night in Wombwell Wood

January 1885
Barnsley Chronicle, etc. - Saturday 31 January 1885 Nine Year Old Wanderer Spends Night in Wombwell Wood This week, a little girl of about nine years...

Assaults on the Police at Wombwell

February 1885
Sheffield Daily Telegraph, February 10, 1885 Assaults on the Police at Wombwell John Humphries, a Denaby lockout, was fined 5s and cost by the Barnsley magistrates...

Sudden Death at Wombwell

July 1886
Sheffield Daily Telegraph July 22, 1886 Sudden Death at Wombwell On Tuesday morning Arthur Weston, a boy, six years of age, son of William Weston,...

A Terrible Tragedy – Wife Murder at Wombwell

March 1887
Leeds Times, Saturday, March 26, 1887 Wife Murder at Wombwell Junction A terrible tragedy was enacted on Sunday at Wombwell Junction, near Barnsley, the surrounds of...