While on holiday in Yorkshire last week I stopped off at Harrogate and was reminded how valuable local knowledge of local newspaper collections can be.
For several years I've been trying to track down copies of the very rare Burniston's Northern Luminary, printed at Knaresborough. Its not particularly old, but the one copy I have seen is extremely well written and lists a number of marriages of the local registry office - which might indicate non-conformity - but with only one copy…
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