A Farm Journal ~ from the 27th to the 31st March 1870

My great great great uncle John Bayliff Bowman lived at Summer Hill, near Monyash in the County of Derby, until the end of January 1870 when he moved to Sandycroft Farm, Queensferry, Flintshire.

The Bowman family, who were Quakers, had rented 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 :~

 

1 - 27 Fine day Dearman Cloak [?] here to dine  - self in aft[ernoo]n to his home to tea & on to M[an]chester 7pm all well

 

2 - 28 Fine & frosty - self on to Longstone & Ashford found Father much better - on to B[akewe]ll mark[e]t full of cattle but dear Co[u]s[in] H[enr]y there buying for S.H. dined at Jos[eph] & on with W[illia]m to Middleton had tea & looked round - & on to O.A. at night - all well

 

3 - 29 Fine & frosty - looked ab[ou]t O.A. Eben[ezer] to M[an]chester - self round Monyash & S.H. & to Ashford

 

4 - 30 Fine Self & Co[u]s[in] E[liza] Gott [on the left in the photograph above] to Sandycroft - all well - to Copt Farm sale of imp[lement]ts good sale - on to Fishers & bo[ugh]t 14 sturks @ 8/15/- & 1 cow £15 - Less £1

 

5 - 31 Fine the beasts came from Fishers Chester Fair poor show of graziers many milkers of mongrel breeds 

 

 

A Farm Journal ~ from the 3rd to the 8th March 1870

My great great great uncle John Bayliff Bowman lived at Summer Hill, near Monyash in the County of Derby, until the end of January 1870 when he moved to Sandycroft Farm, Queensferry, Flintshire.

The Bowman family, who were Quakers, had rented 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 ...

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5 - 3 Very wet morn[in]g high tide - made gr[oun]d very wet in work[in]g it to Queens Ferry Coliery [sic] for slack for Engine - making bone manure ready etc

6 - 4 Fine S.A. & I to Nott[ingha]m (Aunt Lucy's - had a cold) rest pretty well except poor Sam's family they have had a very sick house for some time - Whooping cough & measles - sister Maria had gone to Matlock with Wilson & Celia - none of them are very well - met bro[ther] W[illia]m at Nott[ingha]m

7 - 5 Showery

1 - 6 Fine self to meet[in]g - morn

2 - 7 Fine S.A. & I & bro[ther] W[illia]m to Ashford found all well - Eliz[abe]th to meet W[illia]m - Eben[ezer] also there

3 - 8 Fine - Co[u]s[in] Eliza & Joshua - in car[ria]ge to Monyash - paid some bills - round S.H., Cales & to O.A. to dine - met W[illia]m at Cales - he had weighed the cheese for Etches @ 73/- all well at Cales - John Archer & Father to look at some of Eben's straw at Cales - down to One Ash - left O.A. Eben not very well - rest well - to Ashford to tea - Father was not well this morn[in]g his right arm & leg were weak & partly useless his stomach was very much out of order windy took some medicine seemed better - self no worse for the ride

 

 

A Farm Journal ~ September 1869 ...

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 - 1 9 Mo[nth] Ditto weather Chest[er]f[iel]d M[onthly] M[eeting] S.A. & I attended & M.A. Moates

 

5 - 2 6 - 3 to 6 - 24  cut corn except a bit at S.H. - lead part O. Intake - poor crop - & only in mid condition very showery & windy weather thundry [sic] often - lead manure at S.H. thrash[e]d & drew thatch

 

7 - 25 Fine day lead Crags into Barn at Cales after milk[in]g

 

2 - 27 Showery cut corn at S.H. all but a little bit bo[ugh]t 4 sows at B[akewe]ll

 

3 - 28 Showery began to plough Crags - Thrash[e]d the corn it was heating bad

 

4 - 29 Showery day Thrash[e]d rem[ainde]r of Crags corn - bro[ther] Jos[eph] & W[illia]m up shooting

 

5 - 30 Ditto close & Thundry winnow[in]g oats Sidney drying 

 

A Farm Journal ~ from the 16th to the 31st August 1869 ...

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 :~

 

[no entry for the 16th August 1869]

 

3 - 17 Fine - packed One Ash wool

 

4 - 18 Fine Jos[eph] & I to Haddon Hall & to One Ash for tea

 

5 - 19 Fine Farnsworth sale Monyash - Jos[eph] & I to Middleton in even[in]g

 

6 - 20 Ditto Jos[eph] & I & Co[u]s[in] Eliza to Ashford Jos[eph] to meet the 7.40 train - bo[ugh]t tup of John Brassington 6.10/-

 

7 - 21 Fine F & R.A. & Co[u]s[in] Augusta Hall [Hull ?] to tea - parted ewes 4 barren cows from Bro[ther] Wm £50 to S.H. want a little rain

 

1 - 22 Fine

 

2 - 23 Ditto - to Middleton with Eureka mower to fit at Wms

 

3 - 24 Ditto very hot at Middleton finish mach[ine] & bro[ugh]t to Intake End & began to mow thistles & windles - sold 3 bulls to Tho[ma]s Grindy

 

4 - 25 Ditto finish[e]d mow[in]g Intake End cut[tin]g thistles etc to B[akewe]ll to tea at Jos[eph]

 

5 - 26 B[akewe]ll Fair cheese low - sheep & beasts slow - sold 83 lambs to John Kirkam 24/- 3 for luck - taking the whole of my wether lambs

 

6 - 27 Ditto weather very hot indeed but a  heifer of E.B. [my great great grandfather Ebenezer Bowman ?] calved this even[in]g Bowman Bloore to tea with a young American named Ashmore

 

7 - 28 Tremendous hot finish[e]d lead[in]g the hay out of Intake end bone dust for sow[in]g Rye & wheat

 

1 - 29 Very cold N.E. wind very sudden change from yest[erda]y

 

2 - 30 cold E. wind B[akewe]ll market - began to cut corn in Watricle & Seed Piece S.H.

 

3 - 31 Fine day W.E. 

 

 

I am sure that anyone reading this will be thinking, why did he go to Haddon Hall. John was a tenant of the Chatsworth Estate, the Dukes of Devonshire. Now [as some of you will know] just over the other side of the hill is the Haddon Estate, the Dukes of Rutland. Perhaps he was just going to have a look around though John didn't seem to go anywhere without there being a 'business' element.

 

If only he had gone into more detail.

A Farm Journal ~ July 1869 ...

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 :~

 

7 Mo[nth] 1st 5 day Very fine time finish[e]d all hay but 9 ac[res] by the 14th - good crops Jos[eph] & M.A. Bottomley & Eliz[abe]th Hopkins here last week on religious visit self to M[an]chester to trials of Mowers etc engaged Wilbers Eureka Mower to be sent on trial to mow Mid breck came on 3rd day the 20th worked well self to show

 

4 - 21 finish[e]d hay on 7day 24th in good condition

 

2 - 26 Fine work[in]g the Eureka for W.Bagshaw & others - dipp[e]d lambs & weaned at turnips & topping stacks etc to end of week - had hay supper - Irish leave co[u]s[in] Jos[eph] Shipley here on 6th day

 

7 - 31 Showery - but no weight of rain we want rain now - the mears are low & cows gone off their milk corn short mostly - turnips look well 

A Farm Journal ~ from the 1st to the 15th June 1869 ...

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 :~

 

3 - 1st 6 Mo[nth] Fine day wash[e]d all sheep

 

4 - 2 Fine morn[in]g showery even[in]g to Chest[er]f[iel]d M[onthly] M[eeting] self too pony & basket

 

5 - 3rd Fine fin[ished] sow[in]g turnips in Ridge piece

 

6 - 4th Ditto S.A. Baby & I to Ashford aft[ernoon]

 

7 - 5 Dull but warmer fin[ishe]d sow[in]g corn turnips & put things away corn late only just about 3 in[ches] high or 4"

 

1st - 6 Fine & warm W.S.W. & warm

 

2 - 7 Ditto very close B[akewe]ll Market Eliza Shaw came

 

3 day - 8 Ditto

 

4 - 9 Fine day F&M up to Meeting

 

5 - 10 Fine day cheese cratch fell & crushed a lot of cheese - we crimmed [sic] it over again being new

 

6 - 11 Walling etc - ditto

 

7 - 12 D[itt]o

 

1 - 13 Ditto Jos[eph] & Mary Burtt at Meet[in]g & here to dine - of the visiting committee - to O.A. to tea - Mother with them

 

2 - 14 Showery began to shear the hogs in aft[ernoo]n

 

3 - 15 Very showery day 

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

 

A Farm Journal continues :~

 

6 1st 5 Mo[nth] Ditto work

 

7 - 2 Beautiful fine mild hot day W. South finish[e]d set[tin]g potatoes doing swede gr[oun]d & fallow[in]g N[ethe]r Intake took sturks out into Intake - bullocks & calving beasts on seeds in Waterhole & ewes & couples lost 2 ewes makes 4 since we began lambing - grass grows nicely & corn looks well 5 beasts at Cales & 6 here go out onto seeds in day turned the young Calves out at Cales

 

1 - 3 Fine

 

3 - 4 Fine but cold E.W. fallow[in]g - to Fritchley even[in]g - stayed all night - sow[e]d swedes in Watricle

 

4 - 5 Fine morn[in]g W.E cold at Fritchley started 8 oclock for Ripley - to S.Bramleys - found Peter there too also Eliz[abe]th Hopkins after get[tin]g cup tea & religious opport[unit]y all set off to Heanor M[onthly] M[eeting] several fr[iend]s of Q[uarterly] M[eeting] Committee there very nice satisfactory M[onthly] M[eeting] self on to the Hague even[in]g

 

5 - 7 Fine ditto look[e]d round with Cha[rle]s crops look well then to Eckington bo[ugh]t 2 cows of Barber £33 home aft[ernoo]n 

 

6 - 8 Fine day W. South - very warm thunder in even[in]g & little rain follow[e]d

 

7 - 9 Ditto most beautiful grow[in]g day Matlock Fair EB & self there bo[ugh]t 4 cows each & home sow[e]d swedes S.H.

 

1 - 10 Very fine

 

2 - 11 Ditto

 

3 - 12 Fine day sowing bones on Intake end W[illia]m Hadfield been at Littlewoods on East Moor a whole day waiting for some beasts that should have come from Barbers of Eckington but did not

 

4 - 13 Ditto weather

 

5 - 14 Ditto Rent at Haven

 

6 - 15 Self to Tideswell fair bo[ugh]t 4 cows  

A Farm Journal ~ from the 16th to the 28th February 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 frosty morn[in]g

2 - 17 Fine morn[in]g - wet aft[ernoo]n

3 - 18 Fine day at Cales W[illia]m & I doing cake breaker &

2 mo[nth] 4 day 19 Very wet morn[in]g - winnow[e]d oats at Cales for bro' Joseph 13d p[e]r stone

5 - 20 Fine frosty morn[in]g - wet aft[ernoo]n oats to B[akewell] weighed & pack[e]d wool 58 3/4 tod [?] 247 fleeces @ 35/- 4 1/2 tod locks 17/6 - weighed very well sold to J.Halliwell for Geo. Watkinson & Son Halifax - 

2 Mo[nth] 17 Sarah Gauntley died at Bakewell aged 88 & was buried on 6th day the 21st - she was quite childish towards the last & was looking over her workbox & leaned back in her chair dead

7 - 22 very wet aft[ernoo]n & stormy

1 - 23 Fine

2 - 24 Very fine springlike to Rowsley for Fisons Manure for corn £6 - calf from Jos. Evans up bo[ugh]t one of W.Garratt Alport

3 - 25 Fine ditto S[arah] A[nn] & I & boy & Ann to Nott[ingha]m - Mother A[rmitage] has been very poorly but found her a good deal better

4 - 26 Ditto self home

5 - 27 Very fine springlike garden[in]g etc Walling - Peter Bonsall & W[illia]m Needham doing East & South walls of Bottom Close Cales rid & find stone extra 3/- p[e]r rood

6 - 28 Fine & mild harrow[in]g Kiln close S.H. for drilling

7 - 29 Very wet day W.S.W. gr[oun]d cake etc. Thrash[e]d at Cales - uncomfortable day - All things doing pretty well 10 cows milking at Cales - have 14 calves there - 2 calved S.H. "Febrewary come & gone snow conna lieuf a conde ston"

An interesting fortnight's entries. First Sarah Gauntley died; then his mother-in-law was ill; and finally at the end of the month he quotes something ... though I have no idea what it was/means ... and he did write "Febrewary ..." !  

According to the National Probate Calendar Sarah Gauntley had "Effects under £1000". She was a Spinster and her Will was proved by "the affirmations of James Wall of Sheffield in the County of York and Mary Anne Bowman of Bakewell ... Spinster the Executors." Most personal representatives [Executors and Administrators] swear an oath on the Holy Bible. Quakers do not. They usually 'affirm' that what they have said or written is true. Their word is their bond in short. Sarah Gauntley was born in Grantham, Nottinghamshire and was the brother of William Gauntley.   

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

A Farm Journal continues :~

7 - 1st 2 Mo[nth] - very Stormy wet & windy night & day tremendous wind - Flower cow cast calf at Cales

3 - 4 rather stormy morn[in]g - finish[e]d plough[in]g 

4 - 5 Windy but fair M[onthly] M[eeting] at Matlock bank met at Clara J. Stevens - nice meet[in]g - Tho[ma]s Hartras there & several Irish friends visitors - home with F[ather] & M[other] in their carriage - began to rebuild wall dale side of Lit[tle] Lamb pasture

7 - 8 Stormy morn[in]g N.E. with snow at times

1 - 9 Fine

2 -10 Ditto walling in Lamb Pasture

5 - 13 Fine day thrash[e]d & gr[oun]d mung etc W[illia]m at Cales doing cake breaker

6 - 14 Fine spring like day S[arah] A[nn Armitage] & Baby & I to Ashford J[ohn] A[rmitage] & Maria R.A.B[rayshaw ?] & children there

7 - 15 Rather colder north wind with hail at times get[tin]g stone lamb pasture

 

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

A Farm Journal continues :~

2 - 16 Fine & mild self to Middleton & onto B[akewell ?] with W[illia]m to Nott[ingha]m even[in]g

3 - 17 Ditto weather to Lincoln Q[uarterly] M[eeting]  small - the Freedmens aid agents address @ us after the business meeting W.F.Mitchell of America Arthur Albright of Birmingham also the freedmen are all employed at Good wages the relief is solicited to aid the widows & orphan children - 3 hogs dead of redwater - want dry food I think

4 - 18 home bo[ugh]t doG [sic] at Bakewell snow[e]d most of day gr[oun]d cov[ere]d over wind N.W

5 - 19 tied bullocks up Frost & snow

6 - 20 Ditto

7 - 21 Drizzly wet day snow mostly gone got stack in & thrash[e]d at Cales

1 - 22 Fine & mild

2 - 23 Fine frost B[akewe]ll market came by Ashford home  bo[ugh]t bull calf of Milnes 15/-

3 - 24 Dull & misty

4 - 25 Christmas Day Fine bright frosty day - very quiet day no company Alice Bonsall left us - began to give ewes & thieves corn pitting turnips in Stonepit close S.H. ploughing Ridge piece ley -

5 - 26 Ditto Ditto

6 - 27 Misty no frost

7 - 28 Fine day rather frosty morn[in]g

1 - 29 Fine

2 - 30 Fine

3 - 31 Fine frosty plough[in]g etc

The End of 1867 not so profitable as its forerunners by a good deal beef kept up pretty well till Autumn sheep very low indeed wool 30/- p[e]r [next word indecipherable] cheese 40/- to 60/- crops of corn & hay pretty good & well got good crops of turnips not made so much cheese as usual quite trade dull & things uncertain

For information on the Freedmens Aid Society click here

For information relating to Arthur Albright click here

Red Water disease is referred to here

A Farm Journal ~ from the 1st to the 15th December 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 :~

 

12 Mo[nth] 1 - 1 Showery

 

2 - 2 Very stormy last night gr[oun]d cov[ere]d & hard frost - very cold North wind last night & all day Fair - cows lay in at S.H. calf dead at S.H. speed & 1 at Cales - foddered young things with straw - co[u]s[in] H[enr]y B[owman] came over sold the duck bill[e]d cow at Cales £8 - another calf dead at Cales speed - 3rd lost

3 Ditto weather Co[u]s[in] E & self to Ashford all night

4 - 4 Very cold N. E. windy frosty & slippy  Co[u]s[in] E & self to Chesterfield M[onthly] M[eeting] horse fell in Chesterfield got sharpened also wings put to gig etc at Scots off home by Ashford even[in]g - Father has had a very bad cough but better

5 - 5 more snow - rather softer snow[e]d at times during day turned N in evening again - yearling bullock calf at Cales jumped onto the calf shed & broke hind leg above hock - set it as well as could - calves & cows lie in young stock out have straw - cow calf from Mills 35/-

6 - 6 still hard frost gr[oun]d cov[ere]d snow W.N.E. 

 

to 3 - 10  Wet night began thawing took bosgin stones for W[illia]m to Moor. Kill[e]d 2 pigs at S.H. 1 for us [st14-12] & 1 for Tho[ma]s Mycock [st15-2] Kill[e]d ewe at Cales had Inflam[matio]n

 

4 - 11 Showery & very windy North west Thrash[e]d at Cales lead swedes down complete thaw gr[oun]d bare

 

5 - 12 Very windy but fair & fine North - plough[in]g cutting rem[ainde]r of swedes off Pewet Knobs

 

6 - 13 Ditto

 

7 - 14 Very showery winnow[e]d at Cales

 

1 - 15 Very wet

 

A Farm Journal ~ from the 16th to the 30th November 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 - 16 Fine very cold N.E. many of the Common turnip in Stonepit Close S.H. are gnarled at the roots not much to be seen till pulled 

 

1 - 17 Fine but very cold N.E. wind

 

2 - 18 Fine frosty morn[in]g - N.E. B[akewe]ll Fair cheese dull 40/- to 60/- saw Winders ab[ou]t mine to send the cheese in no price fixed - beef in demand but lower sheep dull - no stir in wool at present -

 

3 - 19 Very fine day W. North - Jesse finish[e]d his lot of pitting turnips left 1 ac[re]to pull began cutting swedes off at S.H. fair crop - calf dead Speed Cales

 

4 - 20 to 6 day 22 Most beautiful fine dry weather cold North wind finish[e]d cutting swedes & carting off at S.H. began at Cales

 

7 - 23 Ditto weather

 

1 - 24 Fine day

 

2 - 25 Dull & inclined to rain W.S.W. weighed cheese for Proctor & Co Selby @ 46/-

 

3 - 26 Showery day cheese to B[akewe]ll coal back

 

4 - 27 Frosty

 

5 - 28 Fine & frosty

 

6 - 29 frosty morn[in]g began plough[in]g Kiln close S.H.

 

7 - 30 Showery day 

 

 

A Farm Journal ~ from the 1st to the 15th November 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 2nd of 11 Mon[nth] - Fine finish[e]d plough[in]g N[ethe]r Intake

 

2 - 4th Fine day put tups to ewes 177 in all began turnip pitting Jesse Bonsall* & Wm. Hadfield - Tho[ma]s & Charles work the horses harrow[in]g fallows etc began plough[in]g Watricle 2 ton Rape cake from P[arsley] Hay for milk cows 2 lb p[e]r day

 

5 - 7 Fine plough[in]g & turnip pitting Eb[eneze]r Howitt took his young horses - Martha A to Middleton Very fine weather 

 

up to 5 - 14 wet day got on well with turnip pitting & plough[in]g

 

6 - 15 Fine 

 

 

In the 1871 Census Return there was a Jesse Bonsall aged 33 [described as a "laborer" (sic)]  living with his wife Ann also 33 and his three sons Richard [10], Joseph [9] and Thomas William [5]. 

 

A Farm Journal ~ from the 1st to the 16th September 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 :~

 

 9 Mo[nth] 2 Fine began to cut corn in N[ethe]r Watricle - Bo[ugh]t 4 pigs 40/- 2 of J Briddon 30/- 

 

3 - 3 showery day sold 35 wethers to J Kirkham 33/- 2 dead

 

4 - 4 Fine

 

5 - 5 ditto cutting corn Nurse came - 

 

6 & 7 corn cutting cut the Rye

 

2 - 9 Fine day all my men gone to W[illia]ms to cut corn - sold 4 Irish Bullocks to Elliot Chest[er]f[iel]d

 

3 - 10 Fine with showers Haven Fair slow sheep fair

 

4 - 11 Fine

 

5 Ditto - Almond to look at Cheese no sale won't give 60/-

 

5 - 13 to 2 -16 Fine B[akewe]ll Market bo[ugh]t 14 pigs for self & W[illia]m 32/- 

A Farm Journal ~ August 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 :~

 

8 Mo[nth] Mostly fine hot weather for the harvest - our corn looks well -  

 

6 - 16 some just turning a little - lead[in]g manure  on to N[ether ?] Flatt S.H.

 

7 - 17 Fine day

 

1 - 18 Ditto

 

2 - 19 Beautiful day har[rowe]d manure etc

 

3 - 20 Deal of thunder & sheet light[nin]g early this morn[in]g - drizzly rain fine grow[in]g weather

 

4 - 21 Ditto Beautiful harvest weather

 

2 - 26 B[akewe]ll Fair Fine full cheese Fair 60/- sheep about same stores low fat 6d to 7d - pigs low - took Star mare & Mountney - sold

 

 

It seems as though John was too busy with the harvest to write in his journal at the beginning of August 1867. 

A Farm Journal ~ from the 16th to the 30th 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.

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1 - 16 Fine

2 - 17 Ditto dull but warmer finish[e]d all turnip sowing

3 - 18 Fine day pulling thistles out of corn

4 - 19 showery ditto

5 - 20 Fine ditto

6 - 21 Fine shearing hogs

7 - 22 Fine day warm  shearing hogs fin[ishe]d Lane lot pull[in]g thistles - things doing pretty well 2 ch a day at each place

1 - 23 Fine

2 - 24 Ditto B[akewe]ll market open for Cattle a lot of all sorts & dear sheep dull sale - bo[ugh]t 10 store pigs 28/-

3 - 25 Fine shearing good clip of wool Irish thinning swedes

4 - 26 Ditto

5 - 27 Ditto

6 - 28 Ditto

7 - 29 Ditto Fin[ishe]d shearing

1 - 30 Ditto Irish came

I have no idea what "2 ch" refers to on the 22nd June 1867.  

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