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

John Bayliff Bowman is fourth from the left in the photo below ...

 A Farm Journal continues :~

 

4 - 16 Fine day S.A. & baby Ann & self to Nott[ingha]m found Mother A[rmitage] not so well we lodged at Aunt Lucy's

 

5 - 17 Fine self with others off to Lincoln Q[uarterly] M[eeting] - not a large meeting tho very satisfactory testimony to Catherine Hopkins deceased read & referred to Committee a good deal of instructive communication from divers individuals - Self off by 1.15 train & home in even[in]g - weigh[e]d SH cheese for G R Baker of Thirsk 12 cwt 65/- & rem[ainde]r of dairy in spring

 

6 - 18 Fine day cheese off Rob[er]t Bramwell here bo[ugh]t red barren or cast cow £9 - 5 sturks £4 each heifer & bullock £12 Sold Strawberry cow Redfern 11£ & Grindy £12

 

7 - 19 Fine day fin[ishe]d turnips took 4 tups away - ewes all together 100 with 1 tup thieves in 3 lots - 10 sturks to go to S. Davy's give cake to teach em - to eat it - fine weather for time of year - Chas plough[in]g Crags ley turf Jesse O Intake ley

 

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2 - 21 Very wet day self to B[akewe]ll market bo[ugh]t calving cow £10 15/- a confirmed kicker - a March calver for Jesse £9 15/- sent home - self off aft[ernoo]n to Nott[ingha]m to fetch my dear wife & babe

 

3 - 22 Fine day S.A. & I went to see Mother A[rmitage] - she was very low but cheerful & appeared quite desirous to be gone to a better country where sorrows are unknown & after blessing us & desiring us to endeavour to do right & to train our children in a proper manner we took our last farewell of her - reached home safely aft[ernoo]n 10 calves were taken down to B[akewe]ll in morn[in]g for co[usi]n H[enr]y B[owman] to go in morn[in]g by rails also 10 sturks went to S. Davy's of Warsop - cow home from Swans - calver cost £18

 

4 - 23 Fine Mrs. Slack & Mrs. Milland here [can't make out next few words] & allot[tin]g the dole

 

5 - 24 Showery got a truck of grains in broke & ground cake at Cales

 

6 - 25 Fine aft[ernoo]n showery morn[in]g - Mother Armitage died at about 6 oclock this morning aged 79 - her birthday -

 

7 - 26 Showery

 

1 - 27 -

 

2 - 28 Snowed all day 6 in[ches] deep next morn[in]g

 

3 - 29 Winterly - got stock in at Cales & thrashed

 

4 - 30 Fine day S.A. & I to Nott[ingha]m

 

5 - 31 Fine day at Nott[ingha]m the Funeral day of dear Mother A[rmitage] conducted very nicely - Edward Everett spoke at the grave side Friar Lane burying ground & in meeting Eliz[abe]th Hopkins Eliza Southall [?] S. Knott C.Barnard suplic[ate]d* S.A. & baby stay at Aunt Lucy's self home in even[in]g as far as Ashford - all night walked up in morn[in]g frost & gr[oun]d cov[ere]d snow - 2 cows to Jos Kirkam & Jesse's cow up £17 - Bakewell cow Flower cast calf

 

 

* I'm not totally convinced the word is 'supplicated' ~ it appears to be written 'suplic' with a little 'd' behind and above the 'c'.

 

  

A Farm Journal ~ from the 1st to the 29th July 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 :~

 

2 - 1 7 Mo[nth] Fine & hot - little rain even[in]g at turnips mow[e]d round seeds

 

3 - 2 Wet day to Middleton for Mother A[rmitage]

 

4 - 3 Dull & wet aft[ernoo]n self to Furnace M[onthly] M[eeting]

 

5 - 4 Fine at turnips

 

6 - 5 Ditto began mow[in]g mach[ine ?] aft[ernoo]n Barn close S.H. horses very awkward

 

7 - 6 Fine fin[ishe]d mow[in]g Barn cl[ose] Long cl[ose] & N[ethe]r Pingle

 

1 - 7 Fine

 

2 - 8 Fine day mow[e]d Dale top & lead B[arn & L[ong] closes

 

3 - 9 Ditto weather fetch[e]d 2 ton cotton cake fr[om] Bakewell £6 10/- began mow[in]g at Cales - co[u]s[in] H[enr]y Bowman here

 

4 - 10 Ditto lead Dale top 

 

5 - 11 Ditto

 

6 - 12 Ditto lead Old Meadow & Little Lamp past[ur]e

 

7 - 13 Ditto mow[e]d Bottom close & lead part Broad Meadow wet evening

 

1 - 14 Showery

 

2 - 15 Very stormy W[ind] S[outh] E[ast] Mr Almond here to look at cheese very low sold Cales lot @ 56/- or 7

 

3 - 16 Showery weather

 

5 - 25 Fine day got Broad Meadow & Bottom close hay

 

6 - 26 Ditto dull & cold finish[e]d mowing

 

2 - 29 Very fine finished the hay - belted Peetfield & manured part 

 

 

 

There were no entries for many of the days in the second half of July 1867. Usually John Bayliff Bowman would have made some sort of note but this time he didn't.

Furnace [or Toadhole Furnace to give it its full title] is a collection of a few properties which used to include a Quaker Meeting House. There is an article here ~ http://www.crichparish.co.uk/webpages/quakerburials.html ~ about Toadhole Furnace and its Quaker. It is a good 15 miles from where John Bayliff Bowman lived.