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Death at Gawber, Royston (Barnsley), South Yorkshire, England · 8 November 1851 — Local Past

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Death at Gawber, Royston (Barnsley), South Yorkshire, England · 8 November 1851

8 November 1851 · Death

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Clare Hopkins · 19 Jul 2026

Death of Matthew Lindley

Person: Matthew Lindley
Age: 61. Coal miner. Cause of death: Typhus 5 weeks
Date: 8 November 1851
Place: Gawber, Royston, South Yorkshire
Also tagged: John Linley
Recorded as John Lindley
Informant. Present at the death. Gawber, Barugh