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.
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.
2nd Mo[nth] * 6 day 1st Cold. E. Wind
[No entries for the 2nd and 3rd March 1867]
2nd day 4th cold raw day B[akewe]ll market - Sold Hulley of Ashford fat barren heifer £17/10
3 - 5 Very cold took Mother A[rmitage] to Mid[dleto]n
4 - 6 Ditto & snow - M[onthly] M[eeting] at B[akewell]
5 - 7 to 3 - 12 snow[e]d & drove most of time
5th day W[illia]m & I drove to Uttox[ete]r [see Note 1 below] - bo[ugh]t 27 Shrop[shire ?] ewes £3 10/- each - dried oats at Cales etc
4 - 13 Cold E Wind frosty Kill[e]d 3 pigs S.H. one for selves & 2 for T Bambridge @ 6/3 stone 15 st[one] each - Thrash[e]d etc Cales
5 - 14 Ditto weather pigs to Monyash to weigh bo[ugh]t cow calf off Jas [it could be 'Jos'] Critchlow 22/6 grind[in]g at Cales - We have very severe weather very deep drifts of snow - not much open ground hard frost & piercing East winds everything on full fodder & that's fast diminishing only 2 corn stacks left at Cales - Ditto weather to 5 day 21 self to Uttox[ete]r for Bull calf from Thos Carrington's of Eton
6 - 22 3 in[ches] of snow at Uttox[ete]r - started home - thro' it - there was a deal of snow all the way - thaw[e]d - evening
7 - 23 thaw[in]g all day tremendous wet aft[ernoo]n - wind S.E. nearly all snow gone by night
1 - 24 most beautiful spring like day W.S.W. warm
2 - 25 showery day Hogs home 76 all alive - thrash[e]d at Cales part of last stack - broke cake 3 ton & gr[oun]d mung
3 - 26 Ditto weather fetch[e]d rem[ainde]r of bones
4 - 27 Fine day plough[in]g ley - lead manure at Cales
5 - 28 Ditto - Finish[e]d ley plough[in]g etc at Cales
6 - 29 Fine day W.N. to B[akewe]ll Sessions with Constable list [it looks like 'list' but what does it mean ?] plough[in]g fallow
7 - 30 Very rough snow storms Ewes to S.H.
1 - 31 Squally
* This should, of course, have read "3rd Mo[nth]"
Note 1 ~ Uttoxeter is some 27 miles south of Monyash
Sorry about the lines ~ I usually leave a gap between each day but Blogger wouldn't co-operate today.
* This should, of course, have read "3rd Mo[nth]"
Note 1 ~ Uttoxeter is some 27 miles south of Monyash
Sorry about the lines ~ I usually leave a gap between each day but Blogger wouldn't co-operate today.
