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Calder Abbey Auction
11th Oct 1968
The ruins of Calder Abbey at Caldebridge will shortly come under the auctioneer’s hammer as part of the Calder Estate.

The-free farm at Hole
6th Oct 1829
Farm called Hole, situate within Half a mile of Calderbridge, in the Parish of Saint Bridget; consisting of a large modern….

Found Drowned
10th Aug 1852
The hiring for the reapers at Calderbridge yesterday morning was very brisk, John Moore aged 18….

Henry’s fatal accident
29th Nov 1850
Henry Jackson fallen from his horse, and one of his feet being fast in the stirrup he has been dragged about for some time…

School annual treat
7th July 1877
The children numbering about a hundred, all carrying flowers, together with their teachers, assembled…

Moss Side lunacy case
27th Nov 1873
Moses Jenkinson, an aged lunatic, belonging to Moss Side, near Calderbridge, met his death, were do peculiar….

Calderbridge and

Ponsonby