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 ...

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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 ~ 20th to the 31st January 1870 ... John leaves Summer Hill

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 ...

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6 day 20 Hard frost began to get implements set out in Square at S.H. ready for sale & gears blacked etc

7 - 21 Ditto work & weather

2 day 24 Hard frost with a little snow on gr[oun]d few showers during the day

1870 1st Mo[nth] 2nd day 24 1st Sale day at Summer Hill cattle horses & carriages, had a very good sale

3 - 25 2nd days sale ditto weather implements etc - things sold well not a very large company

4 - 26 no sale

5 - 27 Ditto weather 3rd days sale furniture good sale on the whole the best furniture made the worst out -

6 - 28 Ditto weather Valuation at S.H. & packed the cart

7 - 29 Ditto weather Valuation at Cales - final - down to Ashford in evening Isaac went with me to help me carry my things

1 - 30 Fine frosty day at Ashford - to M[an]chester in even[in]g - lodged at the Cathedral Hotel & off by 6.40am

2 - 31 to Chester & on to Queens Ferry & Sandycroft Fine day Taylor-Churton & his clerk met I paid ch[eque ?] £2000 which was telegraph[e]d to Bakewell about no answer had to go to Chester arr[ive]d & rec[eive]d telegram & there was end of the transaction [word indecipherable] inventory & possessions of farm lodged at Hop Pole & to breakfast with Taylor at Grosvnor [?] & on to Sandycroft again - met our folks with the trap 12 oClock at Queens Ferry - all well - self on mare in even[in]g - to Cherry orchard to John Fishers - bo[ugh]t 10 sturks £9 each & then to Green End farm & bo[ugh]t lot of ewes £2 - 8/- & home - sore throat - sent Chas Wright with mare to meet Jesse - self worse had mustard plaster on throat - & went to bed - Jesse arr[ive]d all right very wet night did not unload so had to sleep between blankets self rolled & toss[e]d all night no sleep  

A Farm Journal ~ 17th to the 31st December 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 ...

 

 

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6 - 17 Fine rec[eive]d letters at South Field one from J.Kirby enclos[in]g ch[eque ?] - one from Chester about Farm there & it appearing likely I proceeded thither arr[iving] Queens Ferry on Chester & Hollyhead line 6 miles fr[om] Chester & walked about 1 mile back to Sandycroft Farm 215 ac[res] rent including tithe £500 - occupied by John Taylor J[unio]r Esq - looked over farm sandy loam in first rate condition& waited till 6 pm for Taylor, did not come so to Chester to Hop Pole Inn to lodge

 

7 - 18 Very showery to Churton & Elphick Auctioneers adv[e]rt[ise]d the farm - spoke with Elphick & after noon met Taylor & he who seemed inclined to let it me the rem[ainde]r of lease if approved by Agent to W.E.Gladstone Sir Stephen Glynne - Burnett - left Chest[e]r to M'Chester & staid at B.Brayshaws

 

1 - 19 Fine left for B[akewe]ll atend[e]d meeting & on to Ashford - wet horse aft[ernoo]m found all well

 

2 - 20 Fine look[e]d round all going on well Jesse began ley at S.H. Groove close to Middleton to dine to talk with W[illia] who has been poorly - going with me to morrow to Chester - bo[ugh]t calving cow 2 mo[nth ?] 10 off F Purslove £14

 

3 - 21 Fine day self to Middleton for W[illia]m & on to B[akewe]ll 1.26 for Chester arr[ived] 5 - to Hop Pole

4 - 22 Very wet snow & rain by rail to Queens Ferry station met John Taylor & on to Sandycroft in his gig - got bit lunch looked at agreement etc & then looked round farm - satisfactory - got dinner & on with Taylor in gig to Burnett the agent - gave him references & on to Chest[e]r stayed all night & on home in morn[in]g 

 

5 - 23 Fine S.A. at B[akewe]] to meet me safe home found all right

 

6 - 24 Fine day Mrs Slack & Miss Melland to help to divide the dole

 

7 - 25 Frosty Xmas day

 

1 - 26 ditto morn[in]g - snow[e]d aft[ernoo]n

 

2 - 27 Frosty morn[in]g then snow[e]d fast till noon W[illia]m & I ferret[e]d in dale a bit

 

3 - 28 Fine tied heifers up at Cales gr[oun]d cov[ere]d snow

 

4 - 28 Fine frost & snow

 

5 - 30 ditto

 

6 - 31 snow gone mild - Have taken the farm at Sandy Croft - here endeth the year 1869 -

A Farm Journal ~ 5th to the 16th December 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 ...

 

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1 - 5 frozen again and slippy

 

2 - 6 Thaw[in]g but very slippy Co[u]s[in] Eliza to Ashford - B[akewe]ll market things lower

 

3 - 7 Very dull misty uncomfortable day W[illia]m & I in dale ferret[tin]g lost a ferret

 

4 - 8 Ditto weather self to John Kirkams & bo[ugh]t a white bull calf then to Cales & broke 2 ton cotton cake for Hogs

 

5 - 9 Dully & foggy to B[akewe]ll 9am to meet John Kirby of Humberstone Leicester & a young man neighbour Mr. Kendal to look at a lot of barren cows sold him 17 at £13 each del[ive]r[e]d at Syston Station which will cost me about 50/- to do instead of luck - to Middleton aft[ernoo]n to look at Lomberdale Museum but no go - had tea at W[illia]ms & on to B[akewe]ll spring broke & had a jolting ride - left gig at B[akewe]ll to be mend[e]d & rode home

 

6 - 10 wet finish[e]d cutting swedes off at S. H. & cut & pit[te]d - a few corn turnips sheep to Elm close Groove close & sq[uare] close to bare & eat turnips prior to ploughing

 

7 - 11 Very wet day

 

1 - 12 Very frosty morn[in]g & snow[e]d aft[ernoo]n 

 

2 - 13 Very wet aft[ernoo]n B[akewe]ll put Xmas show - bo[ugh]t dole £8. 0. 0. worth

 

2 - 14 Very wet

 

4 - 15 Stormy snow aft[ernoo]n took 17 beasts down to B[akewe]ll to truck for Syston for John Kirby of Humberstone - self on to Nott[ingha]m Q[uarterly] M[eeting] at Lincoln

 

5 - 16 Fine day Q[uarterly] M[eeting] large interesting meet[in]g several friends spoke & I trust to the benefit of the hearers about 60 friends sat down at Spread Eagle to dine - Emily & Maria & I to L[incoln] Minster - to Nott[ingha]m even[in]g W[illia]m Sudderby to J.A.'s

 

A Farm Journal ~ 8th November to 4th December 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 ...

 

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2 - 8 Very windy indeed B[akewe]ll merket - 6 cows down for Jos[eph] Lee - sold him 7 heifers £10 10/-& 2 calving cows £37 - Ashford to tea & home - beasts selling well & sheep & pigs

 

3 - 9 to 2 -15 Wet & windy weather sharp frost mid last week & snow gone on 6th day 15 B[akewe]ll Fair took beasts down for Jos[eph] Lee - sold cheese to Etches 71/- pigs 8/- very brisk fair for all classes

 

to 7 - 27 Pitted corn turnips in Ridge piece & cut swedes except a few at S.H. good crops plough[e]d & sow[e]d swede gr[oun]d at Cales with Rye 

 

to 7th - 4th 12 Mo[nth] very stormy week 6 in[ches] of snow[e]d [sic] to Chesterf[iel]d on 4th day M[onthly] M[eeting] very heavy travelling W & E* with me Self to Nott[ingha]m & Norm[an]t[o]n & home on 6th day

 

7 -4th thaw[in]g very sloppy 11 pigs sold to J. Skidmore of Sheffield took to B[akewe]ll to truck one tippled over in lane & had to Kill - dress[e]d & sent by coach in even[in]g  

 

 

* I assume W & E are his brothers, William and Ebenezer 

A Farm Journal ~ 1st to the 7th November 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 :~

 

11 Mo[nth] 1869

 

2 day 1 Showery day Self to Nott[ingha]m met bro[ther] W[illia]m & J.A. all in John's gig to High field farm under W[illia]m Fortieth [sic] 470 ac[res] mostly plough stiffish clay rent asked 23/- p[e]r ac[re] 4 course system - has been overrun with game especially rabbits game let to Haddon* of Nott[ingha]m hosier - House a curious building 4 square & high roof chimneys in stack in centre date 1729 - Goodwin of Gamston - steward a nice man - left with him to ask about the rabbits as I would not take without having the control of them - self ret[urne]d home

 

3 - 2  Fine turnips - 4 pigs to H.Nelson at 8/-

 

4 - 3 Fine S.A. & I to Matlock M[onthly] M[eeting]

 

5 - 4 Very windy stormy day Jos[ep]h Lee came sold 6 barren cows at S.H. 72£ - Tups to theaves

 

6 - 5 Showery cheese fr[om] S.H. to T. Orr Longstone @ 70/- 

 

7 - 6 Fine day emptying Kiln Moss field - Ewes to Tups -

 

 

* Rather than 'Haddon' this may be 'Hadden' ~ Frederick J. Hadden ~ who lived in Nottingham Park [according to the 1861 Census Return] and was a hosier. Apart from his family he had a governess, a footman, a housemaid, a cook, a kitchenmaid and three nurses. Probably the sort of man who would be able to afford to rent the shooting on a farm.  

A Farm Journal ~ 1st to the 20th October 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 :~

 

6 - 1st 10 Month] Fine day heavy rain last night shower at noon chain harrow[e]d manure at S.H. plough[in]g & working at Mill - we have had very heavy rain with a great deal of thunder & lightning corn out looks weather & some sprouting

 

to 7 day 9 Showery & close muddling weather - finer

 

4, 5 & 6 lead Watricle & fin[ishe]d top field lead Far piece S.H. Thrash[e]d etc thatching cows at S.H. have tick from some sows bo[ugh]t at B[akewe]ll 

 

to 4 - 20 Showery dried oats & gr[oun]d into pig meal thatch[e]d filled pudding pie in Willow-field & lighted [sic] & began Moss field pie - cows at S.H. about well again very severe frosts last night & one before very cold N. winds give cows at S.H. turnips & feed of grains & hay night & morn[in]g - Uncle & Aunt Wilson here - been to Middleton today - sold J.Harrison 7 fat pigs & 2 lame theaves 

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 ...

 

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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 ~ from the 16th to the 30 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 :~

 

4 - 16 Ditto shear[e]d a few in aft[ernoo]n - sold J.Critchlow 3 fat pigs £18 5/- & 6 fat ewes 40/-

5 - 17 to 7 - 19 Showery shear[in]g when fit

1 - 20 fine

2 - 21 Fine day Irish men spud[din]g thistles etc

 

3 - 22 Ditto cheese from Cales to G.R.Baker @ 76/-

 

4 - 23 Dull but fair sold cheese SH to Tho[ma]s Orr 70/-

 

5 - 24 Fine fetch[in]g grains to Cales 4 1/2 p[e]r strike del[ive]r[e]d

 

6 - 25 Ditto cheese to Longstone - rem[ainde]r of grains to Cales

 

7 - 26 Fine & hot finish[e]d shearing - horse hoing [sic] turnips (swedes) cut thickly - very dull gloomy week - swedes are very backward as if stunted & the fly has been uncommon busy - corn 1st sown looks pretty well but it is all backward owing to the prevalence of East wind for so long up to end of last week it was as cold almost as Xmas - Fine up to end of 6 mo[nth] - & warmer - began to thin swedes 

 

6 mo[nth] 2nd day 28 began to mow

 

 

[No further entries for June 1869]  

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

 

5 Mo[nth] 1 Very fine time dry Eastwinds very cold with hot sun - lost 7 ewes with blackening etc 3 hogs 

 

2 day 3 Showery day - self with John Hodg[so]n [or Hodgkinson] & H[enr]y Pursglove drove to Lindhurst etc for beasts - off next morning as far as Alfreton for night self to Heanor in aft[ernoo]n M[onthly] Meeting]

 

5 - 6 Showery day

 

6 - 7 Ditto  Working Pewet Knobs

 

7 - 8 Ditto cold N.E. Wind - walling etc. Sold 7 fat pigs £3 10/- each - pastures pretty good cows all out

 

1 - 9  Fine

 

2 - 10 Fine & warm B[akewe]ll market things very dear

 

3 - 11 Fine but cold E wind Frosty nights sow[e]d swedes S.H.

 

4 - 12 Ditto weather 

 

5 - 13 Ditto sow[e]d swedes Cales

 

6 - 14 Ditto fallow[in]g lime in for mear [sic] etc

 

7 - 15 Cold dry E Wind very [next word indecipherable] week grass goes fast Tideswell Fair bo[ugh]t 4 cows - better to buy

 

A Farm Journal ~ April 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 :~

 

5 - 1 4 Mo[nth] Fine day bad luck - had to kill cow bo[ugh]t of Jon[atha]n Blore £17 - Inf[lammatio]n owing to drinking too much water - also sheep died Inf[lammatio]n before lamb[in]g - sold both to Biggin men

 

6 - 2 Ditto Very stormy night Thunder & lightning with snow

 

7 - 3 Fine day Truck of grains in - another sheep poorly pig dead at Cales £2 10 - 

1 - 4 to 6 - 9 Showery weather mild & dull very dirty lost another ewe makes 2 sow[e]d manure on Seed Piece SH & harrow[e]d too wet to work well - lambs doing pretty well - very showery time no sowing

 

15th began drilling oats in Far piece S.H. harrow[e]d & sow[e]d finished

 

There are no more entries for the rest of April 

A Farm Journal ~ from the 16th to the 31st March 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 - 16 Stormy 4d Fine to Middleton for some boards met Father & R.A. also Maria & Bertie there

 

4 - 17 Stormy

 

5 - 18 Fine frosty Cotton cake to Cales chopped at Cales etc

 

6 - 19 very stormy snow[e]d heavy W.N.E. Jesse to Millers Dale for Lime ers [those who work with lime ?] for mear at S.H. Richard Clulow doing it over with lime under pitchings on Clay - grains to Cales

 

7 - 20 Fine bright day W.N.E. snow most gone by noon Cheese off to G.Baker 22 Cwt seeds up from Jos. 3 Bar[ren ?] Cows to Elton sold  Luke Headfield £42 - Robt. Heathcote here doing gigs

 

1 - 21 Fine

 

2 - 22 Fine frosty grinding Indian corn at Cales etc. self to Nott[ingha]m even[in]g

 

3 - 23 Fine but cold N.E. winds to Warsop to look sturks doing pretty well

 

4 - 24 at Nott[ingha]m Fine do  [or perhaps ditto ?]

 

5 - 25 Fine but cold N.E. Wind to Matlock Bridge met hogs coming home - gig to meet me took 3 up in gig. Wm. Hadfield brought rest poorish

 

6 - 26 Ditto Ditto grinding Indian corn etc at Cales - harrow[e]d ley at S.H.

 

7 - 27 Very frosty & snow on gr[oun]d things doing mid - very severe [next word indecipherable]

 

1 - 28 gr[oun]d cov[ere]d snow thunderd [sic]

 

2 - 29 Snow gone Fine day B[akewe]] Fair many beasts rather dull owing to scarcity of fodder cheese 70/- to 80/-

 

3 - 30 Fine Slack in to chop S.H. Sheep on from Cales for Lambing began to sit up

 

4 - 31 Fine days frosty nights 

 

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

12 Mo[nth] Cold raw day Co[u]s[in] H[enr]y Bowman here sold him 5 barren cows for £55 - got a truck of grains in at  6 1/2 p[e]r bush[e]l from Ind Coope & Co* 3 - 1 

4 - 2 Fine day but dull self to Chest[er]f[iel]d M[onthly] M[eeting] & back - small meeting - Eliz Hopkins Jos Bottomley

5 - 3 -

6 - 4 Very wet day took l[oa]d of Swedes down to Pheasey Bakewell at 1/6

[No entries for two days]

2 - 7 Fine day B[akewe]ll Market took 35 fat sheep down sold to Septm** Press @ 35/- 15/- less for 1 - to Station to meet L.A.Fisher from Deptford who comes as our head nurse

3 - 8 Showery Sold J.Critchlow 6 fat pigs  £21 - 10/- sold Etches Cales Cheese 72/- H[enr]y's beasts to Middleton to go in morn[in]g by rail fr[om] Rowsley - sold W[illia]m 5 Heifers & bo[ugh]t 2 cows of [sic] him

4 - 9 Fine day S.A. & I nurse & family to Middleton to dine met Meggy from B[akewe]ll

5 - 10 Fine fair Windy day (Killed ewe for selves) finish[e]d cut[tin]g Head[in]g Swedes to Cales began pitting all that were worth of the corn turnips in Watricle plough[in]g ley in Over Intake - sheep have cotton cake - showery time

[No entries for three days]

2 - 14 Very wet day to Millers dale with milk & on to Litton Rob[er]t Bramwell*** about some sturks & cow he sent here - home & weighed cheese at Cales for Etches 19 cwt 72/-

3 - 15 Cheese to Station Fine day at Cales got cake breaker ready for work & had Little Stones up etc.

 * In 1868 Ind Coope was a brewery based in Burton-upon-Trent some 30 miles south of Monyash

** I can't quite decipher the 'Septm' written to JBB. It's more of a 'Sept' with a smaller 'm', 'n' or 'r' behind and slightly above.


*** This would presumably have been the Robert Bramwell who was 55 years of age in the 1871. At that time he was a farmer of 20 acres. His wife was 35 year old Hannah. They had both been born in Litton. In 1871 five children are listed ~ Thomas [13], James [9], Ann [6], Hannah [4] and George [1].

A Farm Journal ~ from the 17th to the 31st October 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 ...
 

There were no entries for the 14th, 15th and 16th October 1868.

 A Farm Journal continues :~

 

17th sold Jas Critchlow 4 Norfolk sows £4 15/- each

1 - 18 Very hard white frost

2 - 19 Ditto snow[e]d a little - sold Mountney L - 7 fat sheep 35/6 3/- again finish[in]g pudding pie in Mossfield plough[in]g fallows etc make 1 cheese a day at each place

3 - 20 Showery weather plough[in]g fill[e]d Kiln in Mossfield cut thistles in N[ethe]r Intake etc

5th - 22 Fine self to Wingfield to look hogs all well & on to Wessington Hay to look at an estate there 50 ac[res] on to Nott[ingha]m even[in]g to Lindhurst in morn[in]g to see about leying cattle & to Nott[ingha]m home on 

7th - 24 Very wet & desperate windy

2 - 26 Fine B[akewe]ll market very full of all sorts beef best sells well to 8/6 or 9/- Mutt[on] d6 - stone stirk only saleable at very low figures

3 - 27 blustery hail & rain at times

4 - 28  5 -29  6 - 30 Showery day Old Haven Fair cattle & sheep very low - ewes £1 each lambs sold pretty well 18/- to 22/-

6 - 30 Self took 4 tup lambs sold 23/- each 

7 - 31 Showery got Moss field Kiln out in Pewet Knobs