Newspaper Extracts
- Timber to be sold by Ticket, 1807
- Body of Margaret Eyre found in Canklow Wood in 1827
- Fire at the home of John Oxley from the Sheffield Times Newspaper, 1833
- Dreadful Death in Whiston from the Sheffield Iris Newspaper 18th December, 1839
- Whiston and Guilthwaite properties for auction, 1844
- Whiston and Guilthwaite properties for auction, 1845
- Rotherham and Pleasley Turnpike April, 1845
- Rotherham and Pleasley Turnpike 1846
- Thomas Foster committed to York Castle March, 1847
- Canklow Corn Mill To Let, 1849
- Miss Needham involved in accident, March 1853
- Thomas Goucher sentenced to 4 months hard labour July 1853
- Martha Weldon died due to Excessive Dancing November 1853
- Robbery at home of John Hardwick March, 1856
- Elizabeth Watson killed during Quarrel at Whiston 1857
- Wounding Charge in Whiston by man named James Lewis, 1863
- Savage assault by William Ellis in 1864 at Whiston
- Police Officer Pinkerton injured November 1864
- Unlawful Lamb killing at Canklow 4 July 1865
- Earl of Fitzwilliams Hounds meet at Canklow, 1866
- Death of Old Ned March, 1870
- Alarming Boiler Explosion 1871
- Accident to a Waxworks Caravan November 1871
- Suspected Death from Poison 1872
- John Torr injured in Explosion 1874
- George Machen sentenced July 1875
- Death of John Briggs in 1878 at Herringthorpe
- John Henry Wood charged with murder of John Coe, 8th March 1880
- Foot and Mouth Disease at Rotherham, November 1883
- Liberal Election Campaign of Dyke Acland, July 1885 at Whiston
- Conservative Election Campaign of Mr. Hoole, November, 1885 at Whiston
- Volunteer Manoeuvres at Rotherham, 1886
- Showmen attend Whiston Parish Church, 1900
- Competition from Sale of Freehold Property in Rotherham, 1900
- Proposal of Light Railway through Whiston, 1900
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