Newspaper cuttings
The following is a selection of newspaper cuttings relating to Hebden. Some cast light on the social conditions at the time, such as the report of Sarah Dinsdale being publicly whipped for pilfering yarn in 1785, and the Hebden mill owner who claimed ownership of four 'work children', one aged six years, in 1807. Some mark significant events in the development of the village, such as the five years of meetings as the Inclosure Act was being enforced (the relevant Inclosure Act was passed on 4th September 1948, but the award was not sealed until 25 June 1857), the consecration of the church, and the opening of the institute. Others cast light on the people of the village, such as Thomas Tattersall, the local postman who for over 25 years walked his 20-mile round delivering to the local villages, and the fifth marriage of Thomas Francis Hammond at the age of 88.
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| Date | Newspaper | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| 5th April 1785 | Leeds Intelligencer | Public whipping of Hebden woman for contravening the Worsted Act |
| 2nd May 1807 | Leeds Mercury | Claim of ownership of 4 'work children' (one aged 6!) by Hebden Mill |
| 4th December 1813 | Leeds Mercury | Advertisement for Hebden Mill, including a description |
| 9th June 1821 | Leeds Mercury | Advertisement for Hebden Mill, including a description |
| 9th October 1824 | Leeds Mercury | Farmer short-weighting cheese in Skipton market |
| 26th July 1828 | Leeds Mercury | Advertisement for Hebden Corn Mill, including a description |
| 20th August 1829 | Leeds Intelligencer | Shooting accident involving Joseph Mason, owner of Corn Mill |
| 5th December 1835 | Leeds Mercury | Prosecution for overworking children at Hebden Mill |
| January 1839 | Leeds Mercury | Death of an 11-year old miner on Grassington Moor |
| 1839 | Primitive Methodist Magazine | Opening of the Hebden Primitive Methodist Chapel |
| 1st February 1840 | Leeds Mercury | Sale of cotton and corn mills, and manorial rights |
| 28th March 1840 | Leeds Intelligencer | Diocesan funding for the building of St. Peter's Church |
| 6th November 1841 | Leeds Intelligencer | Report of the consecration of St. Peter's Church |
| 19th December 1846 | Leeds Intelligencer | Announcement of availability of Tithe Commissioner's report |
| 1847 | Primitive Methodist Magazine | Ellen Wood (née Brown) obituary |
| 7th August 1847 | Leeds Mercury | Horse thieving in Hebden |
| 23rd December 1848 | Leeds Intelligencer | Notice of first of many Enclosure Award meetings in the Clarendon |
| 22nd December 1849 | Leeds Intelligencer | Cattle stealing in Hebden |
| 14th May 1853 | Leeds Intelligencer | Notice of final Enclosure Award meeting in the Clarendon |
| 18th June 1853 | Leeds Intelligencer | Notice of availability of Enclosure Award claims in the Clarendon |
| 5th November 1853 | Leeds Intelligencer | Notice of findings of Enclosure Award claims |
| 2nd May 1857 | Leeds Intelligencer | Report of a reservoir navvy stealing from his room mates boarding in Hebden |
| 16th March 1861 | Leeds Intelligencer | Report of a navvy stealing from the Clarendon |
| 3rd August 1861 | Leeds Mercury | Land owners exerting gaming rights after enclosures |
| 20th March 1862 | Leeds Mercury | #metoo in 1862 |
| 22nd July 1862 | Leeds Mercury | Sale of Hebden Mill and share of mineral rights |
| 19th September 1863 | Leeds Intelligencer | Poaching on Hebden Moor |
| 21st September 1863 | Leeds Mercury | Diatribe against pollution of the Wharfe by mining and agriculture |
| 21st November 1863 | Yorkshire Gazettte | Court case re. rent charge on High Bank Side |
| 21st November 1863 | Leeds Intelligencer | Court case re. rent charge on High Bank Side |
| 9th July 1864 | Leeds Mercury | Resolution of gaming rights dispute after Inclosures |
| 25th June 1867 | Leeds Mercury | Francis Hammond versus Hebden Moor Mining Company |
| 8th August 1867 | Leeds Mercury | Result of Francis Hammond versus Hebden Moor Mining Company |
| 24th August 1867 | Leeds Mercury | Hebden Moor Mining Company versus Duke of Devonshire |
| 24th August 1867 | Yorkshire Post | Hebden Moor Mining Company versus Duke of Devonshire |
| 12th April 1873 | Leeds Mercury | Sale of corn mill with description |
| 29th April 1876 | Craven Herald | A village concert in the new school |
| 15th September 1876 | Craven Herald | Invitation to tender for rebuilding the Wesleyan Chapel |
| 6th January 1877 | Craven Herald | Christmas shindigs at the Primitive Methodist Chapel |
| 27th January 1877 | Craven Herald | Oddfellows funeral of George Hudson |
| 31st March 1877 | Craven Herald | Sale of Hebden Corn Mill |
| 7th July 1877 | Craven Herald | Independent Order of the Oddfellows shindigs |
| 6th October 1877 | Craven Herald | Opening of the re-built Wesleyan Chapel |
| 3rd October 1885 | Craven Herald | Opening of Hebden Suspension Bridge (transcript) |
| 14th May 1889 | London Gazette | Initial winding up meeting of the Hebden Moor Mining Company |
| 22nd April 1890 | London Gazette | Final winding up meeting of the Hebden Moor Mining Company |
| 2nd July 1897 | Craven Herald | Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee village celebrations |
| 1903 | Primitive Methodist Magazine | Obituary of Mary Ann Hammond (transcript) |
| 4th June 1903 | Leeds Mercury | Opening of the Ibbotson Institute |
| 17th September 1905 | Leeds Mercury | Account of death of John Joy |
| 3rd October 1906 | Yorkshire Post | Advertisement for sale of Hebden Mill |
| 9th October 1906 | Leeds Mercury | Article about T.F. Tattersall, the postman |
| 16th June 1909 | Yorkshire Post | Opening of the C.H.A. guesthouse |
| 7th July 1910 | Leeds Mercury | Sale of land for Grassington Hospital |
| 15th October 1915 | Abderdeen Evening Express | Advertisement for new headmistress at Hebden School |
| 11th November 1915 | Yorkshire Post | Prosecution of Daniel Bowdin for fouling waterways |
| 8 October 1919 | Yorkshire Post | Advert confirming William Bell still leased Smithy Hill in 1919 |
| 10 December 1920 | Unknown | Account of court case between Hebden Parish Council and Mssrs. Stobbs (transcript) |
| December 1920 | West Yorkshire Pioneer and East Lancashire News | Account of court case between Hebden Parish Council and Mssrs. Stobbs (transcript) |
| December 1920 | West Yorkshire Pioneer and East Lancashire News | Letter re.court case between Hebden Parish Council and Mssrs. Stobbs |
| 20th August 1924 | Leeds Mercury | Adoption of T.P. Perks as Keighley Parliamentary candidate for the Conservative Party |
| 2nd May 1930 | Yorkshire Post | Repair of Hebden suspension bridge |
| 18th September 1930 | Leeds Mercury | Fourth marriage of T.F. Hammond |
| 22nd September 1930 | Leeds Mercury | Last train from Grassington |
| 27th August 1931 | Daily Mail | Fifth marriage of T.F. Hammond |
| 27th August 1931 | Yorkshire Post | Fifth marriage of T.F. Hammond |
| 16th January 1933 | Yorkshire Post | Report of earthquake on the Craven Fault |
| 14th May 1934 | Leeds Mercury | Report of death of T.F. Hammond on 10th May |
| 18th May 1934 | Craven Herald | Obituary of T.F. Hammond (transcript) |
| 6th April 1935 | Yorkshire Post | Sale of Thomas Francis Hammond's estate |
| 4th September 1936 | Yorkshire Observer | Article about Jeremiah Metcalfe |
| 4th September 1936 | Yorkshire Post | Golden Wedding anniversary of W.J. Mason, ex-headmaster of Hebden School |
| 30th January 1939 | Leeds Mercury | Evacuation of children into area |
| 5th May 1940 | Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury | Sale of Hebden Hall by the executors of Jeremiah Metcalfe |
| 19th June 1940 | Yorkshire Post | Bequest of Jeremiah Metcalfe to the Ibbotson Institute |
| 14th March 1941 | Yorkshire Post | Bar Jubilee of Mr. T.P. Perks. of Hebden |
| 8th October 1943 | Yorkshire Post | Award of D.S.C. to J.B. Sturgeon, of Hebden |
| 12th February 1944 | Birmingham Pos | John Brian Sturgeon's obituary |
| 22nd February 1944 | Yorkshire Post | Proposed sale of quarrying rights by the Freeholders |
| 13th April 1944 | Yorkshire Post | Death of J.B. Sturgeon, of Hebden, on active service |
| 26th January 1945 | Yorkshire Post | 29 degrees of frost record by Mr. T.P. Perks |
| 14th June 1946 | Yorkshire Post | Search for sheep-killer alsatian dog |
| 24th September 1949 | Yorkshire Post | Return of an ex-Hebden Goldrusher |
| circa 1952 | Yorkshire Evening Post | Article about George Richards and walling |
| 30th June 1953 | Yorkshire Post | Unsuccessful prosecution of Joseph Hawley |
| circa 1956 | Yorkshire Post? | Unexploded 25 lb bomb in Hebden |
| circa 1964 | Craven Herald? | Article about George Richards and walling |
| September 1969 | The Guardian | Hebden Sports |
| 24th January 1970 | Craven Herald | Thomas and Annie Longthorne's Golden Wedding |
| February 1971 | Craven Herald | Herbert Longthorne obituary |
| 19th March 1976 | Craven Herald | Lorries, floods, and allotments - Parish Council meeting |
| 29th July 1981 | Craven Herald | Village celebrations for wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer |
| 22nd July 1983 | Craven Herald | Presentation for Gwen Hawkins after school closure |
| 17th August 1983 | Craven Herald | Albert Howick's obituary |
| 3rd October 1985 | Craven Herald | Suspension Bridge centenary celebrations |
| 28th February 1986 | Craven Herald | Hannah Longthorne's obituary |
| 20th July 1988 | Craven Herald | John Longthorne's obituary |
| 15th December 1988 | Craven Herald | Bryan White's obituary |
| 10th March 1989 | Craven Herald | Letter from Judith Joy re. school after its closure |
| 7th August 1993 | Craven Herald | Thomas Bond's obituary |
| June 1991 | Craven Herald | Bessie Kitching's obituary |
| 8th May 1998 | Craven Herald | Arthur Smith's obituary |
| 16th October 1998 | Craven Herald | Robert Buckley's obituary |
| July 2002 | Craven Herald | Ken Lakin retires from the Clarendon |
| 17th January 2003 | Craven Herald | Winnie Whitehead's obituary |