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An ancestor drowned in a West Yorkshire canal
I knew from family stories that a Yorkshire ancestor had drowned in a canal. A few years ago we traced more details in local newspapers, which I’ll reproduce below in full: Ossett Observer, 1903 May 30 A Canal Workman Drowned … Continue reading
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Tagged bellringers, bellringing, campanology, canals, cork, drowning, dublin, dundee, horbury, inquests, ireland, senior, tate, thornhill, west yorkshire, yorkshire
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