A Farm Journal ~ from the 16th to the 31st August 1868

My great great great uncle John Bayliff Bowman lived at Summer Hill, near Monyash in the County of Derby.

 

The Bowman family, who were Quakers, had three farms, One Ash Grange [which John Bayliff Bowman often referred to as O.A.], Cales and Summer Hill [which he usually referred to as S.Hill or S.H.]

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1 - 16 Fine

 

2 - 17 Fine day lead all at S.H. part Ridge piece to Cales

 

3 - 18 Misty no drying seed[e]d down Winkerley S.H.

 

4 - 19 Wet day cold E[ast] wind

 

5 - 20 Fine day Mother A[rmitage] & Mary came

 

6 - 21 Ditto lead 1/2 of Pewet Knobs corn & thrash[e]d

 

7 - 22 Very wet winnow[e]d oats etc

 

1 - 23 Showery

 

2 - 24 Ditto winnow[e]d up & sent 22 sacks oats to Jos[eph] B[rantingham] B[owman]

 

3 - 25 finish[e]d sow[in]g Rape

 

4 - 26 Fine morn[in]g - Showery aft[ernoo]n B[akewe]ll Fair Cheese brisk 70/- very scarce beef & mutton looked after lambs 20/- lead corn

 

5 - 27 Fine day lead manure morn[in]g corn aft[ernoo]n showery

 

6 - 28 Finish[e]d lead[in]g corn Thrash[e]d rem[ainde]r out Pewet Knobs

 

7 - 29 Fine fin[ishe]d Thatch[in]g lead slack to Willow field Kiln to burn lime

 

1 - 30 Fine

 

2 - 31 Fine day B[akewe]ll market took 2 fat heifers to Hulley of Ashford bo[ugh]t 4 Norfolk sows £2 each 

A Farm Journal ~ from the 1st to the 18th March 1868

My great great great uncle John Bayliff Bowman lived at Summer Hill, near Monyash in the County of Derby.

 

The Bowman family, who were Quakers, had three farms, One Ash Grange [which John Bayliff Bowman often referred to as O.A.], Cales and Summer Hill [which he usually referred to as S.Hill or S.H.]

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3rd Mo[nth] 1st day 1st Very snowy wet day W.N.W.

 

2 - 2 B[akewe]ll market Fine morn[in]g wet aft[ernoo]n bo[ugh]t 4 y[ea]r old calf Jos[eph] Smith in calf for April £12 10/- one in market heifer £12 2/6 2 of G.Allsop B[akewe]ll 1 in calf Ladyday £16 1 for 12 May £9 - 6 y[ea]r[s] old

 

3 - 3 stormy morn[in]g fine aft[ernoo]n self to Longnor Market sold 12 gr [?] old Bl[ac]k oats 27/- for 22 stone ddr [?]

 

4 - 4 Fine day

 

5 - 5 Ditto 4 ton cake from P[arsley] Hay to Cales 2 ton L-Amer £10 15/- 2 ton Cott £7 - Wm & I join

 

6 - 6 Fine to Longnor 7 gr [?] old bl[ac]k oats self to Nott[ingha]m

 

7 - 7 Fine morn[in]g wet even[in]g plough[in]g turnip gr[oun]d with paring plough

 

1 - 8 Stormy day

 

2 - 2 Fine at Nott[ingha]m Self to Norm[anto]n with co[u]s[in] H[enr]y looked sound his & Woodruffs stock & on to Derby to meet S[arah] A[nn] & lad ret[urnin]g home - found all well

 

4 - 4 to 4 -18 changeable weather wind snow storms & frost & rain plough[e]d part of turnip gr[oun]d with paring plough - [next word indecipherable] some walls - calves doing well 17 Cales 11 S.H. 

 

 

John Bayliff Bowman lost me once or twice in this section of journal ... sorry.  

A Farm Journal ~ from the 1st to the 16th January 1867

My great great great uncle John Bayliff Bowman lived at Summer Hill, near Monyash in the County of Derby.

The Bowman family, who were Quakers, had three farms, One Ash Grange [which John Bayliff Bowman often referred to as O.A.], Cales and Summer Hill [which he usually referred to as S.Hill or S.H.]

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3 day - 1st of 1st Mo[nth] 1867 - Fine bright - frosty day gr[oun]d co[vere]d with snow 3 in[ches] - busy with the cattle & sheep - put ewes into moss field & gave turnips & hay - hogs into old meadow at Cales hay & turnips

4 - 2 Beautiful day frosty M[onthly] M[eeting] at B[akewell] - small self walked down & back

5 - 3 ditto - Thrash[e]d at Cales

6 - 4 dried oats & winnow[e]d - Ditto weather tied 11 more Irish

7 - 5 ground the oats into mung & meal windy & more like a change

1st day - 6 Fine frosty day

2 - 7 Wet morn[in]g - fair aft[ernoo]n - B[akewe]ll market & Club dinner I attended & rec[eive]d 1st prize for Swedes £2 

3 - 8 & 4 Fine & frosty

5 Ditto Mrs J went to B[akewe]ll with butler & Loui & Polly & on to Ashford & home - took mother 6 hens - W[illia]m & I to Hurdlow - Chalton [?] & home bo[ugh]t cow at Hurdlow

6 - 11 Thrash[e]d at Cales 3 little stacks Fine day

7 - 12 Snowy day bo[ugh]t 3 sturks & cow 33 10/- of S. Andrews 2 Heifers 24 5/- Mark Critchlow - cow of J.D.Wheeldon 16 10/- & W[illia]m of Hurdlow - sent all down to W[illia]ms at Middleton - took ewes down to Old Mans Green gave hay & turnips - tied 7 Irish at Breck Cote - 4 remain out

1st 13 Fine & frosty - W[illia]m & family at Meeting

2 - 14 Ditto - stack in S.H. oats to Cales & sheep cratches - 

3 & 4 winnow[e]d oats cales drying 

Just so you can put a face to the name [but remembering this is him as an older man] here is William Bowman and his wife, Elizabeth ...

 

In 1867 William would have been  41 or so. In the photo above he would have been in his seventies. In later years he described himself as a Retired Lead Miner/Engineer.