A list of transcribed newspaper and journal articles which may be of general interest and that are referenced by some of the blog posts.
Alternatively, use the “Archives” drop-down menu on the right-hand side to select the relevant year and month.
1790s
1810s
- Leeds Mercury (02/May/1812) – Atrocious Murder
- The Times (04/May/1812) – Pardon and Reward
- The Times (26/Oct/1812) – Murder of Mr. Horsfall
- The Times (30/Oct/1812) – The Murderers of Mr. Horsfall
- The Times (09/Jan/1813) – Murderers of Mr. Horsfall
- The Times (12/Jan/1813) – Execution of the Murderers of Mr. Horsfall, at York
- The Observer (03/May/1812) – Disturbances in the Country
1820s
1830s
- Bradford Observer (15/Dec/1836) – Fatal Mill Accident
- Northern Star (12/Jan/1839) – The Storm: Huddersfield
1830s
1850s
- :HC: (14/Sep/1850) – Having an Outing
- :HC: (12/Jul/1851) – Assault Upon the Postmaster
- :HC: (23/Dec/1854) – Marsden: Drowned in the River
- :HC: (13/Jan/1855) – Extraordinary Mode of Finding a Missing Human Body
- Leeds Times (13/Jan/1855) – Mysterious Death
- Leeds Times (24/Mar/1855) – The Seed Hill Ghost
- Halifax Courier (24/Mar/1855) – The Seed Hill Ghost
- Leeds Intelligencer (24/Mar/1855) – A Ghost Story
- :HC: (31/Mar/1855) – The Mysterious Rappings at Seed Hill Dyeworks
- Leeds Intelligencer (31/Mar/1855) – The Seed Hill Ghost
- Halifax Courier (31/Mar/1855) – The Seed Hill Ghost
- Liverpool Albion (02/Apr/1855) – Seed Hill Ghost
- Morning Post (05/Apr/1855) – Capture of a Ghost
- Chester Chronicle (07/Apr/1855) – Yorkshire Ghosts
- Wells Journal (14/Apr/1855) – The Yorkshire Ghost
- :HC: (12/May/1855) – A Beerseller in Trouble: Second Appearance of the Seedhill Ghost
- Halifax Courier (12/May/1855) – The Woes of John Barleycorn
- :HC: (29/Dec/1855) – Fatal Accident at Dungeon Wood
- :HC: (12/Jun/1858) – Assault Upon the Postmaster of Huddersfield
- :HC: (24/Jul/1858) – Public Funeral of Joseph Brook, Esq., J.P.
- :HC: (06/Aug/1859) – Magistrates in Petty Sessions
1860s
- :HC: (21/Jul/1860) – Fatal Accident
- The Engineer (13/Jul/1860) – Notes from the Northern and Eastern Counties
- :HC: (21/Jul/1860) – The Projected Branch Railway to Meltham and Meltham Mills
- :HC: (20/Oct/1860) – Meltham: Railway for Meltham and South Crosland
- :HC: (27/Oct/1860) – Meltham: Railway for Meltham and South Crosland
- :HC: (23/Mar/1861) – Meltham
- :HC: (17/May/1862) – Sale by Tender: Meltham Railway
- Leeds Mercury (05/Apr/1864) – Cutting the First Sod of a Line of Rails from Huddersfield to Meltham
- :HC: (09/Apr/1864) – Meltham: Cutting the First Sod of the Railway
- :HC: (30/Apr/1864) – Lockwood: The Railway
- :HC: (21/Jan/1865) – Magistrates in Petty Sessions: Assaulting a Policeman
- :HC: (15/Apr/1865) – Meltham: Navvies’ Tea Party
- :HC: (15/Apr/1865) – Lockwood: The Local Board
- :HC: (29/Apr/1865) – Netherton: A Relic of Luddism
- :HC: (12/May/1866) – Netherton: Singular Escape, Two Men Shot in a Tunnel
- :HC: (13/May/1865) – The Footpath and the Railway Company
- :HC: (13/May/1865) – Lockwood Local Board Meeting
- :HC: (17/Jun/1865) – Lockwood: Local Board Meeting
- Manchester Guardian (02/Aug/1866) – Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
- :HC: (15/Sep/1866) – Netherton: The Railway
- :HC: (06/Oct/1866) – Landslip on the Meltham Railway
- :HC: (11/May/1867) – Netherton: Meltham Railway
- :HC: (16/Nov/1867) – Lockwood: The Local Board Meeting
- :HC: (25/Apr/1868) – The Meltham Branch Railway, Forced Removal of Bentley Shaw, Esq., from Woodfield House
- Manchester Guardian (09/Feb/1869) – Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company
- Manchester Guardian (11/Feb/1869) – Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway
- :HC: (29/May/1869) – Meltham: Inspection of the Branch Line of Railway
- The Engineer (09/Jul/1869) – Railway Matters
- :HC: (10/Jul/1869) – Opening of the Branch Line of Railway to Meltham
1870s
- :HC: (21/May/1870) – Capture of a Runaway Snake
- :HC: (08/Oct/1870) – Lockwood: Escape and Capture of a Monkey
- :HC: (07/Jan/1871) – Golcar: Lost in a Fog
- :HC: (02/Sep/1871) – Removal of the Dungeon Wood Tollgate
- :HC: (23/Dec/1871) – Correspondence: Where Are the Police?
- :HC: (08/Jun/1872) – Serious Illness of Charles Brook, Esq., of Enderby Hall
- :HC: (15/Jun/1872) – The Illness of Charles Brook, Esq., of Enderby Hall
- :HC: (15/Jun/1872) – Meltham: Mr. Charles Brook’s Benevolence
- :HC: (29/Jun/1872) – Health of Charles Brook, Esq.
- :HC: (06/Jul/1872) – Illness of Charles Brook, Esq., of Enderby Hall
- Leicester Chronicle (13/Jul/1872) – Death of Mr. Charles Brook
- :HC: (13/Jul/1872) – Death of Charles Brook, Esq., J.P.
- Royal Leamington Spa Courier (13/Jul/1872) – Death of Mr. Charles Brook, Esq.
- Grantham Journal (13/Jul/1872) – Death of Mr. Chas. Brook
- Western Daily Press (13/Jul/1872) – Death of Mr. Charles Brook
- Manchester Guardian (13/Jul/1872) – The Great Thunderstorms of Thursday and Yesterday
- Grantham Journal (20/Jul/1872) – Funeral of Mr. Charles Brook
- :HDC: (18/Jun/1874) – Local and District News: Closing of Woodfield Station
- :HC: (20/Jun/1874) – Public Notices: Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
- :HC: (27/Jun/1874) – Public Notices: Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
- :HC: (08/Apr/1876) – Steam Tram-Cars
- :HDC: (12/Aug/1879) – Scraps and Hints
1880s
- :HDC: (21/May/1880) – Scraps and Hints: Beaumont Park
- :HC: (22/May/1880) – Public Notices: Beaumont Park
- :HDC: (31/May/1880) – Cutting of the First Sod of the Beaumont Park
- :HDC: (01/Jun/1880) – Scraps and Hints
- :HDC: (11/Jun/1880) – Correspondence: Beaumont Park and the Friendly Socities
- Leeds Times (11/Nov/1882) – Huddersfield
- :HDC: (14/Nov/1882) – Huddersfield Tramways and Chapel Hill
- Leeds Mercury (12/Jan/1883) – The Huddersfield Tramway System
- :HDC: (04/Jul/1883) – Fearful Tramcar Accident in Huddersfield: The Lindley Tramcar Overturned
- :HDC: (05/Jul/1883) – The Fearful Tramcar Accident in Huddersfield: Latest Particulars
- :HDC: (06/Jul/1883) – The Fearful Tramcar Accident in Huddersfield: Another Inquest
- :HC: (07/Jul/1883) – Fearful Tramcar Accident in Huddersfield: The Lindley Tramcar Overturned
- :HDC: (13/Jul/1883) – The Fearful Tramcar Accident at Huddersfield: The Adjourned Inquest
- :HC: (14/Jul/1883) – Fearful Tramcar Accident in Huddersfield: The Adjourned Inquest
- :HDC: (23/Jul/1883) – The Fearful Tramcar Accident at Huddersfield: Conclusion of the Inquest
- :HC: (28/Jul/1883) – The Fearful Tramcar Accident at Huddersfield: Conclusion of the Inquest
- Sheffield & Rotherham Independent (07/Sep/1886) – Threatening to Shoot a Magistrate
- The Graphic (06/Oct/1883) – Social Science Congress at Huddersfield
- The Observer (14/Oct/1883) – Royal Visit to Huddersfield
- :HC: (15/Oct/1883) – The Royal Visit to Huddersfield
- The Times (15/Oct/1883) – Royal Visit To Huddersfield
- :HC: (20/Oct/1883) – The Royal Visit to Huddersfield
- Illustrated London News (20/Oct/1883) – The Opening of Beaumont Park
- Sheffield & Rotherham Independent (13/Sep/1884) – Local Intelligence: Shocking Accident at Penistone Station
- The British Architect (18/Feb/1887) – Contracts Open
1890s
1920s
1940s
1950s
- Yorkshire Post (17/Jun/1950) – Reopened for a Day
- Manchester Guardian (07/May/1951) – Forty Years On and the First Passenger Train Arrives
2010s
- Huddersfield Daily Examiner (23/Jan/2013) – Rural Pennine Rail Line that Just Refused to Die
- Huddersfield Daily Examiner (14/Jan/2014) – Wood Trail is on Track
n.b. typos and obvious errors have been silently corrected and road names are rendered in the modern format, e.g. “Meltham-road” becomes “Meltham Road”