A Farm Journal ~ from the 1st to the 15th June 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.]

In this photo John is fourth from the left. My great great grandparents, Ebenezer and Hannah Bowman, are the third and fourth adults from the right. John and Ebenezer were brothers and their parents are the elderly couple in the middle, Henry and Mary Bowman.

"A Farm Journal"continues :~

 7 day 1st 6 Mo[nth] Ditto weather wash[e]d some sheep - was ordered to take the sheep out of Lanes - Co[u]s[in] Frank & Annie Howitt came to tea

1 - 2 Fine morn[in]g - wet aft[ernoo]n to O.A. to tea & down dale

2 - 3 Very thoro' wet but fine growing day - F & A left for Ashford

3 - 4 Fine day finish[e]d washing sheep

4 - 5 Very wet early SA & I to Ashf[or]d to Breakf[ast] & then on to Chesterf[ield] M[onthly M[eeting] & on to Eckington aft[ernoo]n to Chas Dyson's found Chas very poorly stayed all night & on to M[an]chester morn[in]g B & RA's all well

6 day to J B B Edmondson's to tea

7 day to look at his factory & home 9 p.m. Very showery all the time

1 - 9 Fine day

2 - 10 D[itt]o B[akewe]ll fait bo[ugh]t 12 pigs 22/- - Middleton to tea Co[u]s[in] E.G. came

3 - 11 Fine sow[in]g turnips

4 - 12 D[itt]o finish[e]d Pewet Knobs

5 - 13 D[itt]o home hoeing swedes - Martin thinning @ 10/- p[e]r ac[re]

6 - 14 Showery & cold W[ind] N[ortherly] fallow[in]g etc

7 - 15 Showery day D[itt]o sow[e]d corn turnips on Stone Pit close S.H. Lizzy & L.A. here

A Farm Journal ~ from the 16th to the 31st May 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.]

In this photo John is fourth from the left. My great great grandparents, Ebenezer and Hannah Bowman, are the third and fourth adults from the right. John and Ebenezer were brothers and their parents are the elderly couple in the middle, Henry and Mary Bowman.

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5 - 16 Ditto weather set potatoes in Pewet Knobs - E.H. home

6 - 17 Fine - frosty nights none too much grass cows milking well too Jesse to Hopton for bones - doing Waterhole to seed down filling a big pit hole up

7 - 18 Ditto weather sow[in]g bones Waterhole etc

1 - 19 Ditto weather

2 - 20 Ditto seed[in]g Waterhole

3 - 21 Ditto little snow at times to Hopton for bones to Watchell for the 3 beasts from Chas Dyson

4 - 22 Very sharp frost hail storms & a covering of snow aft[ernoo]n w[hi]t[e] over at night very cold N.E.wind finish[e]d sow[in]g bones on Waterhole - & part seeds

5 - 23 Fair but cold E wind with frosty nights - little rain even[in]g - fallow[in]g

6 - 24 Ditto ditto & work

7 - 25 the same - pastures are failing cows milking well considering 2 cheeses 1 day 1 the other at both places

1 - 26 Very showery

2 - 27 Ditto Fine growing day

3 - 28 Fine day - fallow[in]g

4 - 29 Ditto

5 - 30 Ditto

6 - 31 Fine growing weather to the Union aft[ernoo]n Audit of Overseers a/c's [sic] - sow[e]d corn turnips Pewet Knobs  

A Farm Journal ~ from the 1st to the 15th May 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.]

In this photo John is fourth from the left. My great great grandparents, Ebenezer and Hannah Bowman, are the third and fourth adults from the right. John and Ebenezer were brothers and their parents are the elderly couple in the middle, Henry and Mary Bowman.

"A Farm Journal"continues :~

 

5th Mo[nth] 4 - 1st dull & moist morn[in]g fine aft[ernoo]n Heanor M[onthly] M[eeting] 

 

5 - 2 Fine drill[e]d N[ethe]r Intake twice over in two days with black tartar oats

 

7 day 4 Fine sow[e]d 1/2 ton to ac[re] in Heath[sic] piece  S.H. & harrow[e]d for seed[in]g down

 

1 - 5 Fine

 

6 - 2 ditto - finish[e]d Heathy piece

 

3 - 7 ditto roll[in]g N[ethe]r Intake fallow[in]g at S.H. Winkerley [?] for swedes

 

4 - 8 ditto ditto

 

5 - 9 Fine sow[e]d some swedes at S.H. 1/2 bone dust p[e]r ac[re]

 

6 - 10 Showery sow[e]d rem[ainde]r 2 ac[res] swedes S.H. etc

 

7 - 11 Very misty then heavy thunder rain till noon - fine aft[ernoo]n set potatoes S.H.

 

1 - 12 Fine but cold East wind

 

2 - 13 Ditto - fallow[in]g in Pewet Knobs for swedes - self & Eben[ezer] in gig to Chesterf[iel]d - got tea with Aunt - & onto Chas. Dysons bo[ugh]t 3 beasts of him 1 calved Heifer 12£ 1 to calve 13 - 1 d[itt]o 4 y[ear] old duck [next word indecipherable though it looks like 'bile' !] 14£

3 - 14 Ditto weather - went round looking for cows offered for 4 others back to Chesterf[iel]d got dinner at Fletchers bo[ugh]t 1/2 lb potatoes 16/- & 18/- p[e]r lb part Irish & part French - home by Ashford to tea looked at two or three but too dear home found all well

4 - 15 Fine but very cold sharp frosts at nights showery aft[ernoo]n Eben Howitt came yesterday with 2 young horses - sow[e]d 2 ac[res] swedes Pewet Knobs